Tag: measure

Firefox 3.5 'web upgrade' planned for end of June

Mozilla plans to issue a release candidate for Firefox 3.5 on Friday and the final version by the end of the month, Firefox director Mike Beltzner said on Tuesday. Read more »

Google Native Client grows out of research phase

Satisfied that its security underpinnings are solid, Google has promoted its open-source Native Client technology to accelerate web applications out of its research phase and is taking steps to build it into the Chrome web browser. Read more »

Adobe beams up new Strobe video framework

As part of the Streaming Media East conference in New York, Adobe has unveiled "Strobe," the "open framework" for its Flash video player that the company first announced last month. It's expected to be available in the third quarter of this year. Read more »

Cybercriminals use fake search engines to spread malware

Cybercriminals have moved on from search engine optimisation techniques and are now creating fake search sites designed solely to direct web surfers to pages hosting malware, Panda Security warned on Wednesday. Read more »

HP offers developers free Flash-app security tool

HP is set to announce a free tool that developers can use to check for holes in the Flash applications they write, which can lead to data leaks and other security problems on websites. Read more »

Microsoft launches IE8 with a smile

Aiming to better compete against a growing list of rivals, Microsoft on Thursday launched its Internet Explorer 8, the latest version of its web browser. Read more »

IE8 to arrive on 20 March

Microsoft Taiwan representatives have reportedly revealed that the launch date for version 8 of Internet Explorer: 20 March. Read more »

Microsoft Windows 7 and business: Listening at last?

With Windows 7 Microsoft is going after business, listening to their feedback and watching how they work. Read more »

Twitter turns to search to turn a profit?

Twitter is working to convert its popularity into a business and Google has shown that search can make money. Read more »

eBay: Let us look inside your PC

From this year, eBay will open the doors on a new site offering malware scanning to its users as part of a raft of new features aimed at beating the phishers and virus writers. Read more »

Dealing with negativity: Stop naysayers from derailing a project

Negativity often stems more from personal interactions than from technical or business reasons. When an employee puts the kibosh on an idea in order to defeat a project, try identifying the source of negativity and treating the real cause. Read more »

Social computing: Start small, think big

Don't be afraid of social networking and blogs in the office, says Freeform Dynamics's David Tebbutt. Here's how you can make them work for you. Read more »

Performance often still matters

Do developers care about performance anymore? I seriously doubt it, at least for the vast majority (over 90 per cent) of developers. Read more »

10 ways to make your boss love you

Worried about job security? These days, who's not? Andrew Donoghue offers some advice for tight times. Read more »

Hapax's Amplify makes it easy to extract meaning from text

We put Hapax's Amplify, a lightweight natural language processing web service, through its paces. Here's what we think of this relatively new product. 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 »

How do I ... use CSS to create an image map on my website?

Thanks to the rise of Flash technology, image maps are rarely used anymore. However, CSS does allow you to create an image map with some subtle mouse over effects with a few slick modifications to the

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Five strategies for 2009 IT gold

This article offers strategies that will help your IT projects be successful this year. The five points cover relationships between IT and its environment, as well as address culture and process. Read more »

Job satisfaction: It's highly overrated

Once faced with a dissatisfied IT workforce, what should you do? Hide in your office? Fire the most disgruntled people? Pretend it isn't happening. Before making any decisions, let's ask an important question: how important is job satisfaction anyway? 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 »

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IBM not the Big Blue it was: Union

IBM workers once believed they didn't need a union because working conditions used to be the best in the industry, but the competitive market has led to cost cutting measures which have had their toll, according to the Australian Services Union. Read more »

Open Facebook

[blogs:syslog] -- The Weekly Roundup covers Facebook's Open Stream API, the release of Firefox 3.5 beta, news about Windows 7 release candidate and more. Read more »

Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- A successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »

BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

Gartner: Social software projects lack purpose

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Social software projects fail because IT management lack purpose of their deployment according to the industry analyst firm. Read more »

Facebook gives developers more detailed analytics

[blogs:syslog] -- Facebook is announcing later on a complete revamp of the analytics system it offers to developers for measuring the performance of their applications on its platform. Read more »

10 PR 2.0 tips for startups

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »

Firefox 3 add-ons to make you a better Web developer

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Firefox might be a fast browser but it's extensions can transform it into a powerful development tool for Web developers and designers. Here are 10 of the best to get you started. Read more »

Google plans new Internet measurement tool

[blogs:syslog] -- Google is expected to unveil a tool Tuesday that measures Internet use to help advertisers identify the best places to buy ads that will reach its target audience. Read more »

Are your Web apps ready for the next-gen browser war?

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Webkit, Firefox, and Internet Explorer are all scheduled to update their browsers in 2008. Are you ready for Web dev test fest 08? Read more »

Dealing with the ego elephant in the room

[blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Egomaniacs, swell-heads, know-it-alls, showboats, show ponies, narcissists, ego-trippers, big heads, and peacocks – work with one of these? Read more »