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Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe.

Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe. Read more »

SAP tries to lure small firms from Oracle

Business applications maker SAP said Wednesday it has created another so-called safe-passage program designed to lure customers away from rival Oracle -- this time aiming it at small and midsize businesses. Read more »

Microsoft seeks protection from spyware firms

Microsoft wants the US Senate to rewrite anti-spyware legislation in order to protect companies that provide spyware removal utilities. Read more »

Tech IPOs 'rise from the ashes'

Start-ups that survived the bursting of the Internet bubble are finally finding their pot of gold. Read more »

HP rakes in cash from .Net

HP has earned hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two years from consultancy relating to Microsoft's .Net software. Read more »

WebMethods wraps process software in Fabric

Fabric has weaved together products from WebMethods' acquisitions into a suite of tools for automating multistep processes. Read more »

Web news feed syncs up with ads

Moreover Technologies has introduced a free, advertising-supported service that lets Web surfers set up a personalised collection of headlines from news outlets around the Web. Read more »

SETI denies hearing ET's voice

Reports that a group set up as part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI) has detected a radio transmission that it suspects could be a signal from an alien civilisation have been dismissed by the organisation. Read more »

Spam is born in the USA

The vast majority of spam originates in the United States and like last, much of it is pornographic in nature. Read more »

SAP to double programming staff in India

German software maker SAP plans to hire 1,900 software programmers to work in its Bangalore, India, development center by the end of 2006, the company said Tuesday. Read more »

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Creating XML from legacy data

This article explains how to transform a nebulous application requirement into a flexible working solution. Read more »

Create ASP.NET pages from XML data

The server control in .NET allows you to insert an XML document into an ASP.NET page. Find out what classes you need to use and how you can try out this approach. Read more »

Calling a COM object from a Web service in .NET

In this article from Robert Bogue, learn the easy way to call a COM object using the System.Thread namespace. Read more »

C++: Removing duplicates from a range

Removing duplicates from ranges is a fairly common task in C++, but the std::unique algorithm in the Standard Template Library (STL) has some limitations. Find out how to work around them. Read more »

Stealth PM: Learning from your mistakes

Your work is just beginning when the project ends. These tips on reviewing project successes and failures will help improve your project management strategy. 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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