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Sun unveils first real-time Java implementation

The first version of Java for delay-sensitive applications is now available, but one of its chief engineers admits that it's not the 'silver bullet' for real-time systems. Read more »

Microsoft to debut first anti-spyware app

Microsoft is putting the finishing touches to its spyware killer, based on technology from its recent aquistion, Giant. The beta version will be ready for the public in a few days. Read more »

Sun, Microsoft to flesh out pact

Microsoft and Sun Microsystems on Wednesday plan to provide details about their six-month-old alliance for the first time. Read more »

Zope launch next-generation application server

The open-source organisation has released the first version of Zope X3, which has been completely rewritten to improve the architecture. Read more »

First game arrives for AMD 64-bit chip

The first computer game designed to take full advantage of the 64-bit features of Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon chip came out Tuesday, although the operating system to run it won't appear for about another year. Read more »

Mitnick to tackle social engineering in Australia

World-renowned security consultant Kevin Mitnick is expected to visit Australia for the first time in April 2005 after immigration authorities approved a visa allowing him to enter the country. Read more »

Sybase releases 'first free production database for Linux'

The database company is going head to head with PostgreSQL and MySQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux. Read more »

Microsoft releases Media Player beta

The company unveils the first test version of Windows Media Player 10, a significant upgrade aimed squarely at the portable device market. Read more »

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Create your first JSP page

Learn how to create a Web page that has an input form for a user to enter in a stock symbol and get the current stock price. Read more »

First Look: Aspose.Excel

If you are developing an ASP.NET application and need to deliver information to Microsoft's Excel format, Aspose.Excel offers the solution. Better still, it's Australian made. Read more »

First Look: Macromedia's Contribute 3

Macromedia's Contribute 3 is an easy-to-use Web publishing program designed to make editing a Web site as easy as using a word processor. Check out the Builder AU First Look. Read more »

First Look: RoboHelp X5

Need to build a help file for your application? Take a look at our "First Look" of RoboHelp X5 by Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis. Read more »

Does innovation matter?

Do we really care who invented what feature first? Read more »

First Look: ActivePDF Toolkit

In this "First Look", we take a look at ActivePDF Toolkit, a flexible API-driven toolset that ASP and .NET developers can use to manipulate PDF files and forms. Read more »

First Look: ChartFX for .NET

Builder AU Technical Editor, David McAmis takes a fresh look at the new ChartFX tool for enhanced charting and graphing capabilities for .NET developers. Read more »

C++ Tip: Turning unions into first-class objects

The use of unions in this day and age is few and far between. In this article we'll show you how to turn unions into real objects. Read more »

FreeBSD gets Java Development Kit

The FreeBSD Foundation has released a binary distribution of the Java Development Kit for its Unix-based operating system, FreeBSD, marking the first time the operating system has sported native Java support. Read more »

You've been hacked: What to do in the first five minutes

There's nothing quite like the mix of fear and adrenaline you get when you realise your system has been hacked. Here's how to best use that rush of energy during the first five minutes. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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