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ACT Greens MP demands Firefox
Canberra's shared services organisation InTACT came under fire at the state's budget estimates for not allowing members of the Legislative Assembly to use Mozilla's popular browser Firefox. Read more »
Windows 7 may have limited XP downgrade rights
Microsoft will allow only limited rights for those who buy a Windows 7 PC to go back to Windows XP, according to an analyst who said he has been briefed on Microsoft's plans. Read more »
Adobe makes Acrobat.com a business with paid accounts
Adobe is taking Acrobat.com out of beta on Monday, and turning it into a business with paid user accounts. 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 »
Conroy's big red button: Caption contest
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set. Read more »
Win MSDN subscription and REMIX tickets
We've got a full MSDN subscription and four tickets to Microsoft's REMIX conference in Sydney next week to giveaway. Enter here! Read more »
Google Wave has developers buzzing
When developers are comparing your new product to the unveiling of the iPhone, you know you've probably got something on your hands. Read more »
Google: The browser is the computer
Google spent Wednesday morning trying to get developers excited about the next generation of Web technologies by showing off how future web applications will mimic desktop apps. Read more »
Sun touts Java app store
Sun is to launch a Java application store, chief executive Jonathan Schwartz has revealed. Read more »
Yahoo wants to objectify search
Yahoo is continuing its attempt to redefine internet search by focusing on intent, not results. Read more »
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10+ tips for working smarter with SQL
The sharper your SQL skills become, the more robust and error-free your solutions will be. Here are a dozen practical tips to get you started. Read more »
10 ADO best practices
You can work more efficiently with data when you know how to take advantage of the ActiveX data objects (ADO) library. This article offers some pointers that will help you use ADO objects effectively and avoid potential code snafus. Read more »
Reap the green IT benefits of thin client computing
This article notes that applying a selective and rigorous methodology to a thin client migration will position IT teams to reap the enhanced green IT and ROI benefits that the computing model offers. Read more »
Install OpenVZ on CentOS to create a virtual container
This article shows you how to install OpenVZ on CentOS. OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualisation product that allows you to completely isolate processes from each other, increase security by keeping bits separate, and tightly control resource utilisation. Read more »
10 tips to go from a beginner to intermediate developer
Having trouble finding tips for beginner developers who want to take their career to the next level? This article aims to fill this information gap with his suggestions about how to make that leap. 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 »
10 ways to keep your job despite the tough economy
As the economy worsens, more companies are making deep cuts in personnel -- and many IT workers are bracing for the axe to fall. But it may not come to that, especially if you take steps now to increase your value to the organisation. Read more »
Twitter: Under attack
We all knew it was going to happen sooner or later. So it's no surprise that Twitter is under attack. The important thing now is knowing what to do about it. 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 »
10 ways to manage your risk with web applications
Web apps continue to grow in popularity, but companies have legitimate concerns about security and reliability. Here are some ways to address potential risks and make sure you choose the right vendor. Read more »
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Facebook Shifting Security
Microsoft's Steve Riley and Peter Watson discuss the shift in security in the world of Web 2.0, with particular reference to Facebook and users freely giving away information that they would not have done previously. Read more »
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Google goes Native
-- Google's Native Client exits the research stage and goto statements make their way to PHP 5.3. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft readying My Phone cloud service
-- Microsoft appears poised to officially unveil a Web-based service that will let users store, share, and back up data from their mobile phones. Read more »
Office 14 screenshots find way to Web?
-- A Russian Web site posts screenshots that it says are of the new version of Office. Read more »
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
-- Google already has customised some of its websites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software. 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 »
What's new in CSS 3?
-- At the Web Directions South conference in Sydney on Friday, Jina Bolton presented "Creating Sexy Style Sheets", which gave an insight into some of the new features in CSS 3. Read more »
2Vouch refers well
-- Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »
Install usability practices in your shop with Silverback
-- Getting started with usability testing doesn't require an expensive lab full of equipment and science nerds in white coats to poke and prod your users. Cheap and accessible software is readily available to help your team create better software for end-users. Read more »
Is Streem just Scopical take two?
-- When I wrote about Sydney-based social news start-up Streem earlier this week, the group was less than forthcoming about the real history behind its operations. Read more »
Firefox 3 add-ons to make you a better Web developer
-- 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 »
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Mini-Confs Day 1
Linux.conf.au kicked off today with a series of mini conferences covering a range of topics Read more »
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Firefox: Greens want it, 3.5rc2 not up to par
This week's roundup looks at the situation surrounding a campaign to change Outlook HTML renderer, a Greens MP wants to install Firefox but is restricted and all the photos from the iPhone 3GS launch. Read more »
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Microsoft misses the Outlook pointAsk designers which mail program is the bane of their existence, and you'll find that Outlook tops the list. The reason why the most popular email reader is also the most painful is simple: it uses Word to render HTML emails. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.