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Microsoft plans phone push into emerging markets

Microsoft on Monday announced plans for mobile software that aims to allow people in emerging markets to access various internet programs using lower-end feature phones. Read more »

Researcher blackmails Sun, Nokia

A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding €20,000 in return for full details of the vulnerabilities. Read more »

Opera brings AJAX to mobiles

A beta version of the Opera Platform SDK allows interactive Web applications on smartphones. Read more »

Nokia pushing mobile development at Eclipse

The mobile phone manufacturer is hoping to attract more developers through its involvement in the open source tools project. Read more »

Apache Derby comes out of incubation with Sun's blessing

The embedded Java database, originally released by IBM as open source, is now a fully-fledged Apache Software Foundation project. Read more »

Apache eyes open-source Java project

The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open-source version of Java on the desktop, a plan that Sun Microsystems has initially welcomed. Read more »

Eclipse lights up Java crowd

A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in the Java tools industry. Read more »

James Gosling unplugged

In February, Builder AU will be updating the latest happenings from Sun's Developers days seminars. We will be covering the latest news and interviews from readers, attendees and speakers at the seminar. Read more »

BlackBerry gets Java boost

Research In Motion on Tuesday unveiled a new set of Java development tools for its BlackBerry handheld. Read more »

Vulnerability hits Java for mobile phones

A Polish researcher has found two vulnerabilities in the mobile phone version of Sun Microsystems' Java software that under unusual circumstances could let a malicious program read private information or render a phone unusable. Read more »

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Why 2008 was another great year in web technology

This article offers a look back at web development software updates and new products in 2008, with an eye toward 2009. It discusses SOA, mobile development, Silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, Python, and more. Read more »

Print on all Java platforms with JPS

Java Print Service (JPS) allows you to print even on very size-limited platforms such as J2ME; it also supports standard Java 2D graphics. Learn how to organise printing with this API. Read more »

Developing Bluetooth wireless applications in J2ME

This article reviews the principles of Java development for Bluetooth on mobile devices and describes how to write a Java application for Bluetooth communications. Read more »

Sun's Java certifications: Are they worth the effort?

Can Java certifications be beneficial for your career? Here's a quick overview of Sun's Java certification offerings, along with my thoughts about how much stock I put into these certifications. Read more »

Australian Mobile Development Landscape

Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »

Review: NetBeans 5.0

The new version of the open source Java IDE adds new UI layout capabilities, and vastly improves its Web Services handling. We take a look at the changes. Read more »

Embed me: Career opportunities in embedded software

Writing software designed to be embedded in an appliance, phone, or some other real-world device is a growth area, but has its own set of challenges. Read more »

Mobile development in Australia--Part 3

In the final part in this series, Builder AU wraps up with advice for developers wanting to take their mobile applications to market. Read more »

Develop Applications for the BlackBerry

Want to develop apps for the Blackberry handheld devices on the market in Australia? Try this "Hello World" primer from David McAmis. Read more »

Ask the Java expert: Develop mobile apps

Want to start developing applications for Java phones? Builder AU's resident Java expert, Michael Geisler shows you how to get started. Read more »

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Newbie guide to Google's Android

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »

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