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Microsoft concocts 2010 Vista-based embedded OS
A Vista-based successor to Microsoft's Windows XP-based Embedded system, used for retail and gaming systems, will include features such as disk encryption and anti-malware -- but its core will be seven times larger. Read more »
Microsoft charms hobbyists for embedded developments
The software maker has launched a project to encourage more amateur developers to tinker with its embedded software Read more »
Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux
Academic says the operating systems of the future will be called Windows and Linux, no matter what they look like. Read more »
Wind River aims for Eclipse expansion
Wind River has proposed an expansion to make the Eclipse project for open-source programming tools more useful in the domain of embedded computing, which includes devices such as elevators, video recorders and car navigation systems. Read more »
Eclipse to branch out of Java
The burgeoning open source foundation is looking to move into non-Java development. Read more »
Eclipse to split from IBM
Eclipse, an open-source development tools organisation backed by IBM, plans to transition to an independent foundation by next month, a representative said this week. Read more »
Interview with Bill Gates
This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »
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Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum
Nick Gibson caught up with Dr Tanembaum after his keynote address at linux.conf.au and spoke about microkernels, MINIX and what's coming up on the horizon. Read more »
Embed me: Career opportunities in embedded software
Writing software designed to be embedded in an appliance, phone, or some other real-world device is a growth area, but has its own set of challenges. Read more »
How to choose embedded tools
In this article David Brenan gives his advice for choosing the right tools for your embedded projects. Read more »
Six "must haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams
An Inc. 500 profile from the SoftwareCEO Web site: Performance Software CEO Tim Bigelow shares his six "must-haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams. Read more »
Unplugged: Charles Simonyi
Word processing pioneer and Microsoft emeritus Charles Simonyi is building tools that enable programmers to create software that more closely reflects what designers intended. Read more »
Open source, shared source or secret sauce?
When Microsoft shared its code, only a few people wanted to look. Were the open-source people wrong all along? Read more »
Java beyond the server
Java has a somewhat deserved reputation for being a server-side-only affair. But now, the language is becoming an increasingly popular choice for embedded development as well. Read more »
Embedded software development tips
Debugging embedded code can be quite a challenge. To make it a little easier, we offer tips on implementing a profiler and using printf() to debug code. Read more »
Java development trends
Java is quickly moving into new arenas. This first part of the series from Builder introduces just some of these trends. Read more »
Video (7)
NICTA's clarinet playing robot
NICTA and UNSW have collaborated to create a clarinet playing robot designed to demonstrate the versatility of embedded systems. The robot won the ARTEMIS orchestra competition in Athens. Video courtesy of NICTA. Read more »
Improved GUIs with Windows Presentation Framework
Visual Studio 2008 allows developers to take further advantage of WPF, David McAmis shows you how. Read more »
Convergence of kernel philosophies
Gernot Heiser, professor of operating systems at UNSW, explains how monolithic kernels are taking some ideas from microkernels, but never shall the two meet. Read more »
Super Techies: Dan Bricklin
In this Super Techies interview, software inventor Dan Bricklin shares with CNET News.com's Dan Farber his thoughts on software innovation past and present. Bricklin discusses how he dreamed up the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc; developing handwriting applications for the tablet PC; and his current role as the inventor of Wikicalc,... Read more »
Super Techies: Marc Benioff
In this Super Techies interview, tech star Marc Benioff talks with CNET's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills with industry mogul Larry Ellison at Oracle; and his current... Read more »
Gosling, the ATO and useless stats -- Club Builder
This week on Club Builder: James Gosling tells us why Emacs sucks, the ATO feels uncomfortable with using open source and who's to blame for IFRAME attacks? Read more »
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NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Bloated code is bad for working families
-- It's hard to argue with large and bloated as adjectives, but streamlined is debatable. MinWin comes in at a hefty 25MB and for that price you don't even get graphical output. 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 6.5
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 »
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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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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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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.