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Windows 7 gets mixed reviews
As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update. Read more »
OpenSuse unwraps Version 11
Version 11 of the OpenSuse Linux distribution was made available on Thursday. Read more »
Apple previews OS X 10.6: Snow Leopard
Apple has previewed OS X 10.6 at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, code-named Snow Leopard. Read more »
Australia's $10 'GiFi' chip promises wireless 5Gbps
Australian researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA) have developed a lower power, short range chip for wireless communications that can achieve up to 5Gbps -- allowing them to transfer a complete DVD in a matter of seconds. Read more »
Enterprises, Microsoft unmoved by end of DVD war
Observers have said the death of HD DVD will have little impact on the Australian business market after Toshiba's announcement to end production of the format, concluding a two year battle between Toshiba and rival Sony, the chief backer of the Blu-ray format. Read more »
DVD John frees the music for Facebook
The man notorious for cracking the DVD code and Apple's FairPlay DRM, is looking to make a legitimate business out of his expertise. Read more »
NEC helps users downgrade Vista to XP
The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade machines running Windows Vista to XP. Read more »
Novell gives Linux mainframes a start
Novell has anounced a pre-built "starter" system for Suse Linux Enterprise Server, which will eliminate the complicated procedure normally required to get Linux going on a mainframe, the company claims. Read more »
Coming to the Mac in 2008: 'Spore'
Electronic Arts plans to release the much-anticipated new game on several platforms at the same time, including the Mac. Read more »
Gates talks about the future before farewell
For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches. Read more »
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Options for passing a driver into the Windows Server 2008 install program
The Windows Server 2008 installation offers a little flexibility on how drivers are installed. This article shows ways to access the mass storage drivers when you need some out-of-the-box thinking. Read more »
Disable removable media through Windows Server 2008's Group Policy configuration
Among the more frequent requests for data protection, disabling removable media access is quite simple. Learn how to deploy a Windows Server 2008 Group Policy configuration through a Group Policy object. Read more »
Using the Windows Server 2003 Computer Management Console's Device Manager snap-in
Windows Server 2003 supports devices large and small, both as internal cards and external USB devices, which can be cumbersome for admins. Fortunately, Device Manager is included as a snap-in to the Computer Management Console. Read more »
Creating a three-level rollover vertical menu with CSS
In this tutorial, we'll build a three-level rollover menu that expands vertically when the user moves their mouse over the items. Read more »
Teen iPhone hacker predicts two weeks: Interview
Builder AU tracked down the first person outside of Apple to get their hands on the inner workings of the iPhone and asked him the what, the where and the why of hacking the iPhone. Read more »
Showing off at JavaOne
While the hype has been elsewhere in the software world over the past number of years, Java has continued to find it way into an increasing number of places. Read more »
Talking IP with Kimberlee Weatherall and Rusty Russell
Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall and Linux Australia's IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russell, talk about the new intellectual property laws Read more »
What's new in Windows Vista?
Don't want to take Windows Vista for a test drive until you know what it has to offer? Join Windows expert Deb Shinder for a visual tour of Beta 2 as she points out some of the more dramatic changes and shares her impressions of the new OS. Read more »
Avoiding Microsoft SQL Server 2005 deployment pitfalls
This tutorial shows you how to properly install Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, avoiding the pitfalls of an unsuccessful deployment. Read more »
Mac OS X on x86 tested
Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. Read more »
Blog (11)
How many Windows 7s will there be?
-- The internet has been awash with rumours about Windows 7, with a pre-beta release being handed out to attendees at the Professional Developers Conference in the US this week. But how many Windows 7 versions will there be? Read more »
Introducing IE8: The Ocho
-- Over in Las Vegas the MIX conference is underway and that means only one thing: Microsoft announcements and plenty of them. Read more »
Competition: Gates vs Woz Deathmatch
-- Tell us who you think would win in a deathmatch between Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak, and go in the running to pick up some free gear. Read more »
DataPortability has big names on board, but a long road ahead
-- There's been plenty of talk about data portability over the past few weeks, what with Facebook taking issue with a Plaxo script that imported user data from one social network to the other. But the news has mostly dealt with tiffing and squabbling -- until now. Read more »
October DVD competition
-- If you could read peoples thoughts what would you do with your power and why? If you can answer that question you could win a dvd pack Read more »
Is that $500 million in your wallet?
-- Have we officially returned to the silly season of the late 1990s? If not, there was a momentous step closer taken this week. Read more »
Competition: Pick up a DVD -- over $2000 worth to be won
-- Music, Mars and Bra Boys -- which one do you want? We have over $2,000 worth of DVDs to be won. Read more »
Builder AU 5th Birthday Competition
-- Builder AU is turning five and we are offering readers the opportunity to win one of six big ticket prizes! Read more »
Anti-social Web 2.0 to save your bacon
-- Even if you don't buy into the whole "social" part of Web 2.0, it's still useful if you are an endemic procrastinator. Read more »
Sun mimic Ubuntu
-- Sun freely admit that they are copying Ubuntu with the OpenSolaris Starter Kit Read more »
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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 »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite 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 »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending 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 »
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.