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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 »
Google deactivates Gmail account after bank error
A bank that accidentally sent sensitive customer information to a Gmail address and persuaded a judge to order Google to deactivate the account has resolved the issue with Google and the companies have filed a motion to dismiss the case. Read more »
Facebook launching Twitter-like 'Lite' site?
Facebook, it appears, was not about to let Google get this week's award for shadowy new projects. On Tuesday night, a number of users -- including Mashable blogger Ben Parr -- received notifications that they were beta testers for something called "Facebook Lite". Read more »
Microsoft hopes users see the Silverlight
Microsoft Senior VP S. Somasegar notes that the early posting of Silverlight 3 to the Web was an accident and not a "clever marketing ploy." Read more »
Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw
Microsoft has failed to remove a long-recognised Windows Explorer security risk from Windows 7, according to security company F-Secure. 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 »
Q&A: Sun open-source officer Simon Phipps
As the chief open-source officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the MySQL acquisition, and community engagement on OpenOffice.org and OpenSolaris. Read more »
Mozilla: Firefox licence in Ubuntu was a 'giant error'
Mozilla, the organisation behind the Firefox web browser, has admitted it made a mistake by including an end-user licence agreement in a Firefox beta used in the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu. Read more »
Building quality code, not testing for quality
Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »
Kernel coding no picnic, says Torvalds
Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel. Read more »
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How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
This article shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system. 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 »
KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
KDE 4.3.5 is out. Does it finally bring KDE back to its golden days it enjoyed with 3.5? The author gives you his impressions of the latest release and what this means to the Linux desktop. Read more »
10 things you shouldn't do when working with an upset customer
Nobody likes dealing with an angry user, but it comes with the tech territory. Here are a few ways to keep things from going from bad to worse. Read more »
Think hard before talking about clients on the web
IT consultants often find that social media provides a great way to build their reputation and their contacts in the industry. However, you have to be careful about what you share out on the wide open web to avoid damaging your clients or your relationship with them. Read more »
10 things you should never do on a consulting job
There are plenty of ways to shoot yourself in the foot when you're out on a job. This article lists a few of the worst offences. Read more »
Don't volunteer if you can't close the deal
The best thing you can do for your career is the one thing that renders all on-the-job competition irrelevant, and it requires no special tools or intelligence: take action. Read more »
10 mistakes that rookie IT consultants make
IT consulting is a tough, competitive field, and there are ample opportunities to mishandle the job. This article offers some cautionary advice for IT consultants who are just starting out. Read more »
Employee vs. hiring manager: On the topic of being overqualified
Many people have heard and are confused by the label of "overqualified". Here we ask a manager what exactly is meant by that term when delivered to a job candidate. Read more »
10 ways to stay sane in your cubicle
If you're stuck in a cube 40 hours a week, you may need a few coping strategies to keep from going crazy. This article offers some survival tips to help make your workdays more bearable -- and maybe even enjoyable. Read more »
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10 mistakes to avoid when flashing your BIOS
Flashing the BIOS is not for the faint of heart, but by taking the proper precautions and planning for the worst-case scenario; your chances of success are greatly improved. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to safely flash your BIOS and covers 10 mistakes to avoid. Read more »
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 »
Torvalds: release timing was a mistake
Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel co-ordinator, admits that the timing of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel was a mistake. Read more »
Is Microsoft learning from its Web standards mistakes?
Microsoft has learned some very serious lessons when it comes to complying with Web standards after taking heavy criticism from the industry and, more importantly, a beating in the browser market share. Read more »
Blog (12)
Pirate Party Hits Australia
-- The Pirate Party has caused quite a stir this week as it battles to become an official party in Australia. The controversial group, which already has success in Sweden and Germany, plans to tackle issues relating to intellectual property. More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Non-professional Oracle wrestling
-- The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into. Read more »
Playing with semantics
-- The Semantic Web, Microsoft's upcoming app store and a security flaw in Google Docs are amongst some topics that made news this week. Find out more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Office 14 coming to testers
-- In this week's news Microsoft says the test version of Office 14 will be available soon, while Opera and Firefox battle security issues. Read more »
The Best of Ballmer
-- 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 »
Spellr.us needs a new dictionary
-- One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »
Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
-- I should have known it was only a matter of time. I've been covering security conferences on and off for about 14 years and considered myself lucky not to have been hacked, that I knew of. Until Thursday. Read more »
Assumption-based Hacking 101
-- High-level thinking leads to assumptions, and assumptions are the mother of all mistakes -- consequently the best place to find a security hole is in a place where the programmer has made an incorrect assumption. Read more »
Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way
-- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »
The Developer Manifesto
-- I ran across a "Developer Manifesto" while trolling through a vendor Web site and thought I would share it with you. Read more »
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