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Google ramps up Australian hiring
Google Australia is looking to fill almost 40 positions within its local office in Sydney. Read more »
No Nexus One for Australia — except on eBay
Only two days after the release of Google's Nexus One phone, Americans are using eBay to turn a tidy profit. Read more »
Hot Java injection for Google App Engine
Support for Java and cron jobs, and database mobility improvements headline an update to Google's App Engine announced by the search giant today. Read more »
Google map tracks deadly bushfires in Victoria
Engineers create a Flash map to keep track of the fires and help reduce the traffic burden to official sites coordinating emergency services. Read more »
Optus prepares for Android G1
Optus has been getting ready behind the scenes to support HTC's Android G1 phone, according to internal documents seen by ZDNet.com.au. Read more »
Google peeps get Android phone for Xmas
Google Australia employees — and those in many other countries — received an HTC Dream Android phone for Christmas. Read more »
Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?
Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all. Read more »
Google defends privacy credentials
Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy. Read more »
Google in Australia-wide hunt for top techie talent
Google Australia will this week run recruitment drives in Australian capital cities as the local arm of the software giant searches the nation for new engineering talent. Read more »
Google chops down 'tree planting' search engine
A war of words has broken out between an Australian "eco-friendly" search engine and Google. Read more »
Features (1)
Introduction to the Google Web Toolkit
At the Google Developer Day conference 2008 in Sydney, Lars Rasmussen, the head of engineering for Google Australia gave an overview of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) with his presentation "AJAX with Google Web Toolkit". Read more »
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Using Google Maps with Flash
Mickey Kataria, product manager, Google Australia discusses a new feature in Google Maps that allows Flex developers to incorporate their API. Read more »
Offline YouTube and Gmail Makes Sense: Alan Noble
While there is no plan currently, taking all Google properties offline would make sense eventually to Google's Australia and New Zealand engineering director Alan Noble. Read more »
Blog (5)
Google Developer Day yet to fill
-- Past experience would suggest that if Google restricts access then people will clamour for it -- remember GMail invites back in the day? It is therefore surprising that places for Google's Sydney Developer Day have not been snapped up. Read more »
Google Developer Day scheduled in 2008
-- Google has announced that it will host a free new event for developers in 2008 in Sydney. Read more »
Schmidt happens in Sydney
-- The scene was set: harbour views from the Sydney Opera House and Eric Schmidt , the Chairman and CEO of Google, was about to front the throng of media assembled. Read more »
Take off your suit pants and jacket -- It's Web 2.0
-- With the shortage of talented IT staff on hand the smell of dot-com culture has made a comeback. Welcome to Web 2.0 work culture , the future of yesterday. Read more »
Google Gears screenshots
-- Here is a bit of eye candy of the new Google Gears installation and sample code. Read more »
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