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Green IT is number one priority: Gartner

The intense power requirements needed to run and cool datacentres now account for almost a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions from ICT, according to analyst firm Gartner. Read more »

FaceBook platform attracts 1,000 developers a day

Founder Mark Zuckerberg says new third-party applications will help his social network grow. But how much is too much of a good thing? Read more »

The battle at the heart of Linux

Alan Cox gave insights into the Linux kernel development process and his differences with Linus Torvalds during his FOSDEM keynote. Read more »

HP considers selling tools for open source

Internal tools for contributing to open source projects could form part of a new services offering. Read more »

SAP inks open-source database deal

Business application powerhouse SAP is tapping MySQL's open-source database software in a deal that should let the smaller company accelerate its development plans. Read more »

Google dusts off Chrome bugs with developer update

Google released a developer-oriented update to its Chrome web browser on Wednesday that fixes some crashes and video playback issues. Read more »

Should Apple shackle developers to Safari?

Apple should open OS X and let developers create iPhone applications native to the Mac platform -- instead of driving them down the Safari route. Read more »

Adobe shows developers the Lightroom

Adobe will release Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 Tuesday and has begun working to open the software to third-party programmers. Read more »

Developer Interview: James Gosling

Take a look at Sun Microsystems' recently relaunched Java developer Web site, and you'll see something new: a picture of James Gosling. Read more »

Australian developers lay hands on .NET Server

Microsoft aims to make Windows .NET Server sufficiently scalable and easy to use to suit everyone from small business to enterprise customers, Cliff Reeves, Microsoft's vice president, Windows Server, told over 1500 attendees at Microsoft TechEd 2002. Read more »

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When to kill an application development project

If you have a project on life support, it may be time to pull the plug. Management guru Scott Withrow highlights when to pack it in. Read more »

Allocating development resources

In tough times, projects must fight for development resources. Learn how the project approval process can help you focus your efforts. Read more »

Top 14 development integration trends for 2004

Take a look at what META Group is saying on integration and development strategies research trends for 2003/2004. Read more »

Herding a team of developers

Software development is rarely a solitary process, so integrating teams is a critical skill for any major project. We look at the processes and tools can be used to ensure that developers work effectively and productively. Read more »

Using Agile Software Development, part 1

In the first in a series of three articles, we'll take you through the key practices of Agile - how to use them, what problems you might face and what you'll get from them. Read more »

Flex: The new face of design and development

Far more than just a toy for graphic-savvy developers, Adobe's Flex is one of the best Rich Internet Application tools around. Read more »

Using Agile Software Development, part three

In our final article for this series, we see how the development team interacts with the customer, and how to get them involved in the process. Read more »

How project champions can rally support for your team

A project champion can make the difference between making or breaking a software project. Scott Withrow shows you how to champion your cause. Read more »

Tips for managing the technical documentation tech review

Providing accurate and up-to-date product documentation is important to both internal and external customers. Here's what you need to know to improve the technical accuracy of the documentation produced by your development team. Read more »

Three free bug-tracking tools

Everyone's development budget is tight these days, but that's no excuse to skimp on project essentials like bug tracking. Try these three free bug-tracking tools for size. Read more »

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Everyone wants to be agile

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- During a recent trip to China and Australia I observed that everyone wants to be agile. In a round table meeting with CIO’s, I usually ask what people are particularly interested in right now. Five years ago a common answer was we are trying to adopt the Unified Process. Now, the same question returns the answer we are trying to move to agile. Thus you would assume that people know what agile is. Read more »

Web continues to stagnate

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you are in the Internet Explorer development team, you are faced with a conundrum -- the choice is either break the Web or give standards compatibility a lower priority. Read more »

64 bit me

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- If these 64-bit systems are going to use wrappers and other tricks to maintain compatibility with vendors unwilling to support the platform, is there any point to having it? Read more »

Mixed Emotions

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Betamax showed that technical superiority can be beaten with a good dose of distribution -- does the same fate await Silverlight? Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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