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92% against filter: Whirlpool survey

Early results from broadband information site Whirlpool's annual survey has found that 91.8 per cent of respondents do not support the idea of mandatory internet filtering, with most believing the government should focus on educating parents and children instead. Read more »

Lentz on Open Database Alliance board

Arjen Lentz, executive director of Brisbane-based company Open Query, has become a member of the interim board of directors for the Open Database Alliance (ODBA) — an organisation intended to promote the ecosystem around free and open source databases. Read more »

Pirate Party storms Australia

The Pirate Party, which champions issues such as intellectual property rights, free speech and data privacy, is on its way to becoming an official party in Australia. Read more »

Microsoft pushes for single global patent system

A senior lawyer at Microsoft is calling for the creation of a global patent system to make it easier and faster for corporations to enforce their intellectual property rights around the world. Read more »

Bing to hit Australia next Wednesday

The local versions of Microsoft's latest crack at Google, a new search engine called Bing, will go live in Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday in beta form. Read more »

O'Reilly: The web is still learning, but it can teach too

The floor of the exposition hall at this year's Web 2.0 Expo has been a little bit lethargic, to say the least. "It's a lot emptier than last year," said one representative from a social gaming company that had set up a booth. "I think the 'Web 2.0' thing has become a bit of a stigma." Read more »

Microsoft Windows 7 and business: Listening at last?

With Windows 7 Microsoft is going after business, listening to their feedback and watching how they work. Read more »

Twitter hack strikes Obama, Britney Spears

An unknown party has hacked into the Twitter accounts of high-profile users of the micro-blogging and social networking service such as US President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and Fox News anchor Bill O'Riley. Read more »

IBM Australia faces strike action

IBM's Australian operation is facing the possibility of strike action amongst its workforce after a secret ballot opened yesterday between employees in a Baulkham Hills facility. Read more »

Gates is gone but the fight goes on: Stallman

To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers. Read more »

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Local game studios face skill shortage

The Australian game development industry is now worth $130 million, employs around 2000 people -- and there has never been a better time to break into it. Read more »

Labor should promise the kids XO, not XP

Should Labor get into power at the federal election next month, its promised "education revolution" rebate would be better spent on the world's largest single order for Negroponte's XO laptop instead of being a boon for traditional PC retailers and a certain software vendor from Redmond. Read more »

IBM boss spells out a better future

Forget the multinational, says IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano. "Global integration" is now the way to go for large organisations. Read more »

The open-source techie who means business

Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop. Read more »

Review: Macromedia's ColdFusion MX 7.0

The new release of ColdFusion looks solid and brings a massive set of new capabilities to the table. Is it worth the upgrade? Find out in our review. Read more »

Using Agile Software Development, part two

We've seen how Agile Development affects each developer individually, so now we'll look at how the whole development team adopts Agile practises. Read more »

Flexing some muscle

Macromedia's Flex allows developers to create rich presentation layers for Internet applications using Flash. We'll show you how to get your first Flex application up and running. Read more »

James Gosling Q & A

James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »

The open-source patent conundrum

The latest tactic in the software-patenting battle is the granting of patent rights to open-source developers. But are the grants really the equivalent of wolves in sheep's clothing? Read more »

How the Mac was born, and other tales

Steve Jobs will be the star attraction when the Macworld Conference and Expo opens to the public Tuesday, but many Mac fans might be just as interested in hearing from one of the original Mac's creators. Read more »

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MyPerfect.com.au has potential

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

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