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Google Chrome upgraded across the board
Google has updated the Chrome browser for most of its multiple versions on all platforms in the past few days, although most of the updates have been minor. However, high-priority security fixes have been made to the stable version of Chrome. Read more »
Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
Want better games on your Android phone? They may be coming sooner now, at least for Android 2.0 models. Read more »
Apache bug prompts update advice
IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. Read more »
Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing
Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. Read more »
Unveiling Apple's iPad: Live blog
After months of rumors and speculation about a slate-like device, Apple has had its say. See the train of events in this blog from the high-profile press event which kicked off in San Francisco at 10am PST — 5am Sydney time. Read more »
Google releases Android 2.1 SDK after complaints
Google has released the software development kit for Android 2.1, the version of its mobile operating system that powers the Nexus One smartphone. Read more »
Developers get beta SDK for Atom
Intel on Wednesday launched a test version of its software developer kit (SDK) for the Atom Developer Programme, part of the company's plan to sell Atom software on behalf of developers via a network of application stores. Read more »
Microsoft dabbles in hardware
Taking a page from arch-rival Apple, Microsoft has teamed up with hardware-maker Acer to deliver a Windows 7 laptop created to its specifications. Read more »
Office 2010 beta gets LinkedIn
Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The beta integrates social network LinkedIn with Outlook, offers a stripped back Excel for browser editing, and video editing tools for PowerPoint. Read more »
WebGL slips into Chrome, too, for 3D web
When it comes to built-in support for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, WebGL is being built into Firefox and the browser project behind Safari, and now Chrome is following suit. Read more »
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An epitaph for the Web standard, XHTML 2
XHTML 2, a technology intended to build a more powerful Web from the ground up, met a quiet end last week, spotlighting the difficulties of standardisation in a fast-moving Internet. Introduced in 2002, XHTML 2 was a centerpiece of standards work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Read more »
Microsoft to release .NET Micro Framework code
Microsoft is to provide users and developers access to the .NET Micro Framework source code, following a round of layoffs that affected the technology's developer team. Read more »
How JavaScript became a browser-war battleground
After lurking inconspicuously within the code of websites for more than a decade, JavaScript has emerged to become a key battleground in a second era of web-browser wars. Read more »
10 reasons why Linux will triumph over Windows
Windows 7 may be generating some positive buzz, but the author remains sceptical. In fact, he says it's only a matter of time before Linux takes its rightful spot at the top of the OS heap. Read more »
Getting started with Firefox Extensions
No browser is perfect -- eventually enough annoyances will build up to the point that you wish you could do something about it. Thanks to Firefox's extendable architecture and a healthy dose of JavaScript knowledge, you can begin bending the browser to your will. Read more »
Maximise your jdb debugging sessions
Jdb, the Java Debugger provided by Sun, can do most of the things you're used to doing in your normal debugger. Find out how you can get the most out of your jdb debugging sessions. Read more »
Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »
10+ things you should know about rootkits
Malware-based rootkits fuel a multibillion dollar spyware industry by stealing individual or corporate financial information. If that weren't bad enough, rootkit-based botnets generate untold amounts of spam. Here's a look at what rootkits are and what to do about them. Read more »
What does Google Chrome offer developers?
This article discusses Chrome's tools for working with Web pages and weighs in on whether you should ditch IE or Firefox for Chrome. Read more »
Apples vs apples: Chrome takes on beta browsers
The internet has exploded in a single, joyous, mass-hallucination called Chrome. Apparently it's the fastest browser ever and will solve a myriad of problems from slowness within Google Spreadsheet to possibly creating an acceptable carbon trading scheme. Read more »
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Behind the Apple-Google API dustup
Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple's iPhone software development kit when it created the latest version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone. What are the implications for developers and for users? Join Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit on the CNET News Daily Debrief. Read more »
Apple drops iPhone NDA
A little more than six months after Apple initially offered its software development kit for the iPhone, the company has decided to remove the non-disclosure agreement. CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss why this move is actually a three-way win for Apple, software developers, and most importantly, you, the consumer. Read more »
AOL takes AIM to iPhone
At Apple’s official launch of the iPhone software development kit, Rizwan Sattar, AOL senior software engineer, shows off the company's new instant-messaging software for the iPhone. The new software allows users to chat over the AIM network, switch among conversations, and upload user profile photos. Read more »
iPhone SDK makes public debut
From games to instant-messaging and business-oriented applications, Apple demonstrated practical uses of its software development kit. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi shares the highlights from the event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California Read more »
Salesforce.com apps for the Apple iPhone
At Apple's official launch of the iPhone software development kit, Chuck Dietrich, Salesforce.com vice president of mobile, demos new business software on the device. The tools let sales representatives manage applications such as analytics and business intelligence tools on the go. The Apple event took place at company headquarters in California. Read more »
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Google launches Apps Marketplace
-- Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Chrome in IE
-- Google has come up with a plug-in that runs Chrome inside IE. But what's the point of having a browser inside a browser? Read more »
Is Google asking for antitrust?
-- Google has announced a new Chrome Operating System, designed for the web and with a browser baked directly into it — so much so that the entire OS is named after it. But the search giant should watch out: this decision seems designed to attract antitrust attention. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha makes an entrance
-- In this week's Roundup we look at the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new file-synchronisation service for Ubuntu and more. Read more »
What iPhone OS 3.0 promises users and developers
-- Last year, Apple set itself apart from the mobile computing world with the release of the iPhone OS 2.0. This year, Apple won't make quite such a leap forward, but neither will it lose any ground to increased competition. Read more »
IE gets closer to the finish line
-- Web technologies dominated the news this week with Microsoft releasing IE8 RC1, Google taking Gmail offline and Opera releasing the final version of Opera Mini 4.2 for Android. Read more »
Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?
-- Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
Yahoo to expose its wiring to developers
-- Phase one came last week, when Yahoo launched its new profiles site. Phase two begins next week, when web developers can start sinking their teeth into Yahoo's attempt to replace its present static design with one that's customisable, application-rich, socially connected, and woven into other parts of the Internet. Read more »
Startup Camp Sydney: The review
-- Three new Australian technology start-ups, uTag, TrafficHawk.com.au and LinkViz, were conceived and launched over the weekend in a lightning initiative dubbed "Startup Camp Sydney". Read more »
What's new in Dreamweaver CS4?
-- Let's look at some of the new features we can expect to see in Dreamweaver CS4. Read more »
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