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IBM's 'Microsoft-free' desktop saves '50%' on costs

IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware — or Microsoft software, according to a report on Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal's website. Read more »

With JavaFX, Sun seeks new coders, new revenue

With a back-to-the-future technology called JavaFX, Sun hopes to attract a new class of developer while building a much-needed new revenue source. Read more »

Apple removes Mac antivirus warning

Apple has removed an old item from its support site late Tuesday in the US that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities and this week said the Mac is safe "out of the box". Read more »

Windows 7 beta due in January?

Windows enthusiasts were buzzing on Tuesday over a Microsoft blog posting that makes it seem as if a beta version of Windows 7 should be ready by next month. Read more »

Red Hat chief: 'Cheaper generally wins'

Red Hat's chief executive, Jim Whitehurst, has claimed his company is well placed to deal with the current economic crisis because it is a low-cost supplier. Read more »

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. Read more »

Spam report: volumes rising again

Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company, McColo, was shut down are finally coming back online, security researchers said this week. Read more »

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Google admits breaking App Store rules

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, but denied a more serious charge. Read more »

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Why I switched from Firefox to Chrome

Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I have switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. Read more »

Google adds OAuth to gadget mashups

Google has adopted the OAuth web-authentication standard, an open standard for controlling privacy, for its gadget platform. Read more »

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Features (2036)

Create powerful interfaces by combining ASP.NET 2.0 data controls

Learn how to combine ASP.NET 2.0's GridView control with a DetailsView or FormView control. This will allow a user to select an individual column from GridView and view or manipulate its contents with DetailsView or FormView. Read more »

How do I assign permissions to users to see SQL Agent Jobs?

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server. Read more »

Google: Open source lets us control our destiny

Chris DiBona, Google's open source program manager, gave the opening keynote at the Open Source Developer's Conference. Builder AU caught up with him to discuss why Google uses open source, how the company open sources its software and what it is like to be a comic book character. Read more »

Kicking the tyres with Perfmon in Windows Server 2008

Over the years, there have been very few changes in how we measure Windows performance. Windows Server 2008's implementation of the Windows Reliability And Performance Monitor introduces new features to the venerable Perfmon tool. Read more »

Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

Protect your JavaScript with obfuscation

This article takes a closer look at the concept of code obfuscation and provides a sampling of obfuscator tools that will help you protect your JavaScript code. Read more »

10 ways to improve your office etiquette

Office environments typically require us to work in fairly close quarters, so a little consideration and cooperation can make life a lot easier. These guidelines will help you -- or maybe the irritating colleague in the next cube -- avoid distracting and potentially obnoxious behaviour. Read more »

Key features in the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft plans to release an R2 edition of Windows Server 2008 in 2009 or 2010. Here are the key features of the R2 release that you need to know. Read more »

Quickly Install a LAMP server on Ubuntu

Here are some quick and easy steps to installing a LAMP server on a running Ubuntu machine. Read more »

How do I... Serialise a hash table in C# when the application requires it?

Unfortunately, the .NET Framework does not allow serialisation of any object that implements the IDictionary interface. This restriction includes, but is not limited to, hash tables. Read more »

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Video (29)

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Quickly map drive letters in Windows XP

Mapping drive letters is a common task for most Windows XP users and administrators. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates three old DOS commands that make mapping local folders and network shares a snap. Read more »

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Interplanetary Internet a possibility

Sending e-mails or online shopping while orbiting the Earth in outer-space seems like the stuff of science fiction movies. But in this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Rafe Needleman discuss how NASA is working to make these far-fetched ideas a reality. Read more »

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Common mistakes to avoid when you're installing Linux software

The release of Ubuntu and other user-friendly distributions has bolstered Linux's popularity. Yet Linux neophytes can still stumble over common tasks, like installing new software. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses ways to avoid common mistakes people make when they're trying to add new Linux software. Read more »

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Space, Ubiquity and Microsoft Tri-Soapbox -- Club Builder

In this episode of Club Builder: a new Firefox plug-in makes browsing more powerful, computer viruses enter orbit, and Microsoft gets a three-way serve of soapboxing. Read more »

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Seinfeld, Wiimotes and Woz -- Club Builder

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. Read more »

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Using Aussie mind control to talk to machines

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner talks to Emotiv Systems President Tan Le about new interface technologies that are making humans more like machines. In a demo for conference attendees, Le shows a headset Emotiv developed that can track electrical signals in the brain... Read more »

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Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows

It's an unlikely pairing: security officials and underground hackers. Every year, they make peace and share information at Defcon, Black Hat's sister conference. Read more »

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IBM: Linux in 2018?

At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, IBM executive Bob Suter talks about what a desktop will mean in the future, saying it will focus more on mobile devices like iPhones and collaborations across platforms. He then calls for better graphics designers in the open-source world to make them easier... Read more »

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Animal Euphemisms and Robot Musicians -- Club Builder

In this episode we look at an Aussie clarinet robot, Linus Torvalds insults monkeys and walruses, what's it take to make a good mobile app, and the UK gets totalitarian Read more »

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Making Android fully open

Dan Morrill, developer advocate for Google, explains which areas of Android will be open sourced in the future Read more »

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Blog (222)

Crying, mooning and leaving

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

Adobe briefly considered its own browser

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »

Mozilla launches super-simple Firefox customiser

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

Be wary of the rip and replace guy

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Ever come across a consultant, developer, or manager who wants to rip everything up and start fresh? Change may be what your business needs but don't be afraid to question their convictions before embarking on the new plan. Read more »

The Best of Ballmer

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we cover Steve Ballmer's talk at the Microsoft's Power to Developers event in Sydney, Saleforce's annual Dreamforce conference and more. Read more »

Highlights from the PDC

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week we bring you special coverage from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Read more »

Microsoft's PDC Potpourri

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- 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 »

Azure: A matter of trust

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »

Windows Azure: New windows, same tools

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Microsoft was at pains to stress that it will be creating an environment that developers feel familiar towards for Windows Azure development. Read more »

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Others (4)

Mini-Confs Day 2

Mini-conferences continued to be the order of the day at Linux Conference Australia 2007. Read more »

Mini-Confs Day 1

Linux.conf.au kicked off today with a series of mini conferences covering a range of topics Read more »

Gnome 2.16 Preview

With the next major release of the GNOME desktop scheduled for release next month, each passing day sees more of the code frozen. This is the first iteration since version 2.14 was released in April, which saw extensive improvements in performance. Here is our first look at some of the features in Gnome 2.16. Read more »

Day One at Tech.Ed

Day One from Tech.Ed 2006 Read more »

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