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Amid recession, developer finds hope in App Store
A veteran of companies like Sega USA and Apple, and institutions like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dennis Hescox is facing a tough time selling his iPhone game. This is the third major recession he's had to navigate as a professional. Read more »
Sun remains silent on ANZ staff cuts
Sun Microsystems, which recently announced it was shedding up to 6,000 jobs globally, is still unsure if or how its 640 staff based in Australia and New Zealand will be affected, according to the company's managing director. Read more »
Sun's OpenSolaris ready for developers
Sun Microsystems gave developers a gift at the CommunityOne developer conference on Monday — a packaged version of OpenSolaris with a new logo. Read more »
Microsoft-Yahoo combo could mean one fewer exit for upstarts
In the world of Internet investing, there are generally two get-rich exit strategies: acquisition or initial public offering. Read more »
Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft
For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »
Solving Yahoo's identity crisis
The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past. Read more »
Will a US recession demolish global IT budgets in 2008?
The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous. Read more »
Massive SQL-based Web attack decoded
The SANS Internet Storm Center has published details about the massive SQL-based Web attack that occurred over the weekend. Read more »
Sun: Massive datacentre meltdown to occur in 2008
A massive datacentre meltdown is expected next year in the US, and it will hit the IT industry like the first computer worm did, according to Subodh Bapat, a vice president in the eco-computing team at Sun Microsystems. Read more »
Australia pays its way for IT managers
A global salary survey has placed Australia in the top 10 of the world's highest-paying countries for IT managers, but some within the industry are not convinced. Read more »
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Contractless in Seattle
Just a month after he started, Ben Klausner learned his Microsoft contract was ending. Now Klausner, a 55-year-old former IBM worker finds himself again out of work. And the prospects for employment look even dimmer than they were before the Microsoft job. Read more »
Why AOL wants developers to put passion over profit
Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL, speaks about the impact web applications have had in the enterprise and what trends are emerging. Read more »
Wooing interns to Silicon Valley
Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. Read more »
Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT
Is it time to accept that females lack IT or is lack of support and enduring stereotypes keeping women away? Ella Morton investigates. Read more »
Special report: MXDU 2005
MXDU 2005, happening on February 17 and 18, is an annual event for developers wanting to learn the latest hints, tips, and ideas on using Macromedia MX technology to build and deliver the best experiences on the web. Read more »
Certification: What's in a name?
The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? We investigate. Read more »
Thinking more like Booch
I'd be the first one to say that talking about the future of software development and the computing world is a difficult endeavour. Read more »
Simple advice for job seekers
Commentary--We try and make some sense of the plethora of reports on the IT job market. Read more »
Dealing with nightmare clients
Getting mired in a contentious client relationship is like being stuck in a tar pit: You just keep sinking. But what do you do when dipping into the tar pit becomes inevitable? Read more »
Wanted: cowboy developers
Talk in the industry is that there are too many "cowboy developers" who don't follow proven processes or methods, undermining the software engineering industry. Read more »
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Dot-com boom and bust: The movie
The new film, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott. Read more »
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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 »
Silicon Beach Australia
-- A group of Australian Web technology thinkers and entrepreneurs have started a new Google Group to build the Down Under version of California's famous high-tech development locality. They call it: Silicon Beach Australia. Read more »
How Microsoft beat Linux in China and what it means for freedom, justice, and the price of software
-- Thanks to some major concessions on source code and a precipitous price drop, the Chinese government has now thoroughly embraced Windows and Office, what does this mean for the world? Read more »
Take off your suit pants and jacket -- It's Web 2.0
-- With the shortage of talented IT staff on hand the smell of dot-com culture has made a comeback. Welcome to Web 2.0 work culture , the future of yesterday. Read more »
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