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Industry veterans bet on open-source model
A team of computer industry veterans, including a former Microsoft executive, are launching an open-source company that aims to be the Dell of the software industry. Read more »
Microsoft tries to one-up Google PageRank
Though a distant third place to Google, Microsoft thinks it can teach its rival a thing or two about searching the Internet. Read more »
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »
Suit seeks US$1 billion in damages from Google
LimitNone, a small software development company, is seeking nearly US$1 billion in damages in a lawsuit that accuses Google of reneging on a partnership with the small company and misappropriating its trade secrets for its Google Apps online service. Read more »
Google debuts Gears for Firefox 3
Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce soon. Read more »
Google denies Android delay report
Google has denied a report that phones using its Android software have been delayed to 2009. Read more »
Google Street View cars collect 3D data
Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, but says data currently remains "experimental". Read more »
Google launches local hosted security service
Google has launched a hosted security service for enterprise customers in Australia, a re-branded version of the Postini service it acquired last year. Read more »
Yahoo and Google attempt to improve the browser
A year after Google launched its Gears project, Yahoo has decided to make your browser better, too. Read more »
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level — Google Ocean. Read more »
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Google vs. Microsoft
At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »
Nokia enters the mobile open source battle
Tuesday's big announcement, that several major mobile platforms — Symbian, UIQ, Series 60 and MOAP — are to be pooled into one open-sourced über-platform, came out of the blue. Read more »
Google's Android not what you think
If you were looking for an iPhone-killing handset from Google's new mobile strategy, you were definitely hoping for the wrong thing. Google is warmly neutral towards Apple and really has a certain software giant in their sights instead. Read more »
Will search keep Google on the throne?
Unlike rivals Yahoo and Microsoft, Google is focused on core search and thus will be the main infrastructure provider for Web services and information going forward. Read more »
Taking developers into the interface
In the second half of our interview with Matt Thompson, director of Sun Developer Network, we discuss JavaFX phones, Sun's view of Google and Adobe, Swing's appearance and just how much of a bubble the industry is in. Read more »
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »
Why open source is bad for Australia
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Read more »
Automate and extend Firefox with the Chickenfoot add-on
Chickenfoot is a Firefox add-on that allows you to automate user actions within the browser environment. It also lets you extend the browser interface to provide additional features to a Web page. Read more »
What is cross-site scripting?
Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »
Interview: Getting sassy with SaaS
We sat down with Salesforce's Doug Farber to talk about the benefits of using the SaaS model and how developers can take advantage of cloud computing on the company's Force.com platform. Read more »
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Zoho takes on Microsoft, Google
ZDNet editor-in-chief Dan Farber and Webware.com's editor Rafe Needleman sit down with AdventNet's CEO Sridhar Vembu to find out about Zoho's office productivity suite and how the CEO plans to compete against Microsoft and Google. Farber and Needleman then analyse the company's business model and determine Zoho's chance for success in the emerging Web 2.0 office software market. Read more »
Blog (7)
Still many questions about software for mobile computers
-- The great thing about the development of future mobile computers is that no one school of thought has come to dominate the territory. Of course, that's also a problem. Read more »
MyPerfect.com.au has potential
-- 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 »
Do you trust data in the cloud?
-- Cheap hosted storage, app engines, and hosted code libraries. Can you really trust your data, or your client's data in the magical Web 2.0 cloud? Read more »
Mercantile Mashups
-- Making mashups for a living is a web developers dream - it may be closer than you think. Read more »
Delivering software like iTunes delivers songs
-- Last Friday I got the chance to speak with Don Ferguson, IBM Fellow and SWG Chief Architect about the impending open sourcing of Java, Web 2.0, and what IBM are doing. Read more »
Web - the next frontier... again
-- Web is making a comeback. But are developers ready? Read more »
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Club Builder: Seinfeld, Wiimotes and Woz
On this episode of Club Builder: Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of Vista, we learn how to make a cheap whiteboard, and Woz talks about Steve Jobs.
