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War rages on over Microsoft's OOXML plans
What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other? Read more »
Microsoft 'stealth' Windows update damages trust
Microsoft has been criticised for automatically uploading and installing files to user PCs even if they had specifically been set to not auto-install patches. Read more »
New hacker trick may expose Oracle databases
A new attack technique increases the risk of commonly found bugs in Oracle's database software, a security researcher has warned. Read more »
Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista
Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent research released Friday. Read more »
Red Hat scathing over MS/Novell deal
Red Hat moved quickly on Friday to pour cold water on Microsoft's partnership with Novell. Read more »
Apple announces developer conference dates
The Mac OS coder's excuse for a trip to San Francisco will take place in the summer, and is expected to focus on the new Intel-based Macintoshes. Read more »
South Australian companies miss out on outsourcing contracts
Initiatives designed to teach small local IT providers how to engage with the South Australian government have been described as nothing more than pre-election sweeteners. Read more »
Oracle to 'Fortify' its source code
Oracle, recently under fire from security researchers for the state of its product security, is further automating its bug-checking process. Read more »
Microsoft Eiger to fight desktop Linux threat?
Microsoft's ongoing battle to keep its virtual monopoly of the desktop will be fought on a new front next year when the software giant releases a 'lean client' version of Windows XP that can be used on older hardware. Read more »
AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal
Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »
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Anti-social media: Is this social media stuff really the future?
Hype aside, what does social media mean and how should a savvy executive approach it? Read more »
10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development
The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. Read more »
10 mistakes that rookie IT consultants make
IT consulting is a tough, competitive field, and there are ample opportunities to mishandle the job. This article offers some cautionary advice for IT consultants who are just starting out. Read more »
Employee vs. hiring manager: On the topic of being overqualified
Many people have heard and are confused by the label of "overqualified". Here we ask a manager what exactly is meant by that term when delivered to a job candidate. Read more »
Don't sweat the small stuff too early
Have you ever been in a planning meeting and everything comes to a grinding halt because someone wants to address details? There's a time and a place for the details, but not in the beginning of the creative process. Read more »
Performance often still matters
Do developers care about performance anymore? I seriously doubt it, at least for the vast majority (over 90 per cent) of developers. Read more »
The benefits of agile development
I recently spoke to Scott Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, Rational Software from IBM about the benefits of the agile development method. Read more »
Amazon S3: For now at least, sometimes you have to reboot the cloud
Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service, S3, spent a few hours Sunday in a big pothole on the road to the glorious cloud computing future, with an outage taking the storage system offline for several hours Sunday. Should we be surprised? Read more »
My move from VB.NET to C#
The author confesses why he stuck with VB.NET for so long rather than moving to C# and reveals how life has been now that he's taken the plunge. Read more »
Encrypting configuration data in ASP.NET 2.0
Learn how to protect data stored in a configuration file via encryption and describe new features available in ASP.NET 2.0. We'll begin with an overview of the encryption options and continue with the actual encryption of data values in a configuration file. Read more »
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Everyone wants to be agile
-- 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 »
Wireless theft -- what's the harm?
-- Hand up if you have logged in to use some poor schmuck's unprotected wireless connection to overcome a bandwidth drought? Read more »
US Navy stole my Internet
-- Giving and receiving lame excuses seems to be par for the course in our industry. How best can we deal with them? Read more »
And the crowd goes wild
-- In the wash-up of the iPhone announcement, there has been a lack of analysis by way of wrestling metaphors. I seek to fill this void by thinking about it in terms of the browser war. Read more »
Irony of it all
-- Sun has finally announced the full details of their open sourcing of Java -- a move intended to reinvigorate a language badly needing fresh momentum. But let us to cut through the hype and see what we can find. Read more »
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Microsoft shows off IE9 previewThis week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »
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In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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