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New OpenGL 4.0 aims to match DirectX 11
Aiming to keep pace with Microsoft and advance the computing frontier, the group behind OpenGL has announced a new version of its interface designed to make advanced graphics easier for programmers to handle. Read more »
Facebook still pitching itself to open-source crowd
Facebook's rep at the Future of Web Apps event in Miami this week was David Recordon, the company's open-standards guru. That's a crowd that the social network still has yet to win over. 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 »
Microsoft fixes 8 IE holes, including one used in attacks
Microsoft on Thursday issued a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that fixes eight vulnerabilities, including a hole targeted in the China-based attacks on Google and other US companies. Read more »
Firefox 3.5.6 patches critical security holes
Mozilla has updated its Firefox browser to patch three critical security holes. Read more »
Microsoft Bing Maps Beta adds much richer images
Microsoft is kicking Bing Maps into a higher gear, announcing a beta version of Bing Maps that uses Silverlight to display 3D images and its own version of street-level images. Read more »
Microsoft open-sources .NET for embedded devices
Microsoft has open-sourced most of the .NET Micro Framework, the company's development and execution environment for embedded systems. Read more »
Atlassian: $10 products for charity
Atlassian, a Sydney-based software company best known for its bug-tracking JIRA product, is currently selling $10 licences for six of its products, with all of the money from sales going to charity. Read more »
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone
Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos from both their phone and their online library on Photoshop.com. Read more »
Picasa 3.5 adds facial recognition
Google has introduced an updated version of its Picasa software that can recognise faces in photos stored on users' computers. Read more »
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A look at ColdFusion 9's new features
This article looks at some of the best features in ColdFusion 9 and discusses why the application server is still compelling. Read more »
10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development
The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. Read more »
Hands-on programming: Create a function library from an external configuration
This article incorporates information from his T4 templates and lambda expressions columns into this tutorial on creating a function library. Read more »
SpringSource talks about Java's past and future
SpringSource's general manager Rod Johnson speaks about trends in the Java world and what he sees on the horizon for Java and SpringSource. Read more »
Code concepts: Parallel extensions
The Parallel Extensions library from .NET (PFx) supports a range of parallel programming paradigms. Here's an overview of the three main concepts in PFx. Read more »
Yahoo updates YUI tool for slick web interfaces
Yahoo on Tuesday released version 3 of its Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library, a software collection programmers can use to endow websites with fancy user interface elements written in JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. Read more »
10 Linux file managers worth checking out
If you've never given your file manager much thought, maybe it's time to look at the wide range of features offered by Linux file management tools. Read more »
The pros and cons of using Twitter as a server notification tool
Twitter is breaking out of its "look at me" shackles and has real business value. This article suggests using Twitter for server notifications. Read more »
Unmask your passwords with this JavaScript trick
If you think you mistyped a password into a password field in your browser, a simple JavaScript trick can help you find out by unmasking the password. Read more »
JRuby team leaves Sun for Engine Yard
JRuby team has decided to move wholesale from Sun to Engine Yard. Read more »
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Microsoft in hot water over stolen code
-- Microsoft has been accused of stealing code from a microblogging start-up called Plurk. Read more »
Google gets a Caffeine Boost
-- Google is experimenting with a new search algorithm, labelled Caffeine, in an effort to improve the performance of its search engine. And is Microsoft finally becoming interested in web standards? Read more »
Facebook apps get flashier
-- Facebook apps got Flash support this week and Microsoft hinted that Office might be coming to the iPhone. Find out more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Tools for the Semantic Web
-- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »
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 »
Mozilla launches super-simple Firefox customiser
-- You and your geek friends may love trolling the Mozilla site for Firefox add-ons, but the lineup on the site can be overwhelming. To simplify the add-on market, Mozilla has just launched Fashion Your Firefox, a tightly edited version of the add-on library with a very simple installer. Read more »
Microsoft's PDC Potpourri
-- While not game-breaking in their own right, these little titbits complete the picture from Microsoft's recent PDC conference at Los Angeles. Read more »
Microsoft's new identity tools
-- One of the topics at this year's PDC in Los Angeles was identity management. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure easier user authentication by announcing new tools for managing identities and the support for OpenID. Read more »
AJAX applications and security
-- Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON, gave a talk entitled "AJAX Security" at the recent Web Directions South conference. In this talk, Crockford discussed some of the security concerns with AJAX applications and what can be done to address them. Read more »
Developer creates Mac UI for Java apps
-- Java developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Read more »
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