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Oracle unwraps Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle has unveiled the next generation of its middleware suite, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. Read more »
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5, the embodiment of Mozilla's attempt to "upgrade the Web", is now available for Windows and Mac. Read more »
Android developers get native-code kit
A native application development kit has been released for Android developers, offering a way to create certain kinds of high-performing applications for handsets running the platform. Read more »
Search leaders debate semantics
If those chasing Google have anything to say about it, search on the internet is going to become more about a conversation than an exchange of keywords. Read more »
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 considers request to boost privacy
More than three dozen security and privacy advocates and researchers are asking Google to offer better data protection for users of Gmail and other Google apps and Google said on Tuesday that it is considering doing that, if it doesn't slow down the apps too much. Read more »
Google debuts Chrome for Mac, Linux
Google released Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux on Thursday, but only in rough developer preview versions that the company warns are works in progress. Read more »
Sun updates JavaFX and Java SE
Sun has delivered updates to JavaFX, its platform for rich internet application development, and to Java Platform Standard Edition (SE). Read more »
Speedy Opera 10 beta reconfigures as web suite
Opera 10 has entered beta with the unexpressed goal of becoming more than a mere browser. Read more »
Adobe gives Flash a programming boost
On Monday Adobe Systems released beta versions of three programming projects for producing online applications that run in its Flash Player, software that's widely used but also under competitive threat from other web technologies. Read more »
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Don't let standards impede employee innovation
If users want to use one-off software tools or hardware, IT pros might want to think twice about saying "no" — being too standards driven can be counter-productive to employee innovation. Read more »
The basics of secure admin privilege use with Unix
Sometimes, it’s worthwhile to get back to basics, and today we look at the basics of secure administrative privilege use on Unix-like systems. Read more »
Manage dotfile configuration with subversion
If you have customised configuration files for various CLI programs, so-called "dotfiles" such as ~/.zshrc or ~/.vimrc, you can make management easier with subversion. Read more »
The roots of agile project management
Here’s a brief history of agile project management. By brushing up on these fundamental concepts, you’ll gain insight into the challenges and problems that agile techniques are designed to resolve. Read more »
10 reasons why open source makes sense on smartphones
Open source brings a host of benefits to the mobile market, starting with cost savings but the advantages go much further — from better security to more customisation options to more prolific application development. Read more »
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 »
How do I ... monitor websites and their changes with Wysigot?
Have you ever wanted to employ an application that will monitor sites you follow and inform you of any changes? Read more »
Familiarity can breed contempt among co-workers
If familiarity breeds contempt, then the modern workplace is a veritable petri dish for derision. Since many of us spend most of our days in the company of co-workers, how can we resist the urge to let everything about them irritate us? Read more »
Increase productivity with these 10 helpful OpenOffice extensions
OpenOffice offers a host of essential features, but as with most software, it would be nice to have it do just a little bit more. Here are 10 OpenOffice add-ons that are particularly well suited to simplifying business tasks. Read more »
10 KDE 4 desktop widgets to make you more productive
KDE 4 brought some big changes to the desktop, including time-saving widgets that do everything from popping you into Twitter to keeping tabs on your servers to providing on-the-fly spell-checking. This article runs through 10 of these handy little labour-saving apps. Read more »
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Google demos prototype of mobile Gmail app
At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota showed off the prototype of a new Web-based Gmail app that could one day be used on any smartphone. By using HTML 5 standards, he predicts, developers will no longer have to choose just one platform to write for. When the app is released, users will be able to archive and use their e-mail even when not online. Moderator: Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media Read more »
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 8 takes some long-needed strides to bring it up to speed with its competitors. It's more secure, with tab sandboxing and more aggressive malicious site warnings, and introduces some slick new features like Accelerators and Web slices. Even with better support for web standards, it's far from perfect. Read more »
Should standards be imposed?
Juval Lowy discusses the trade-off of using a highly structured protocol standard for communication instead of a fast and unreliable protocol. Read more »
Supermarket Sweep -- Club Builder
Microsoft wants Yahoo, Nokia buys Trolltech -- it's a tech supermarket sweep! This week on Club Builder we also look at IE8's new standards mode and have some fun with Linus Torvalds. Read more »
Spry: Standards, Dreamweaver & the future
We caught up with Scott Fergette, technical product manager for Dreamweaver to discuss the ins and outs of the upcoming Spry release. Read more »
Microsoft denies OOXML has 'proprietary hooks'
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology. 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 »
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Aussies to pay more for Win 7
-- If you are looking to make some money in these troubled times, perhaps importing copies of Windows 7 could be for you. Read more »
Microsoft misses the Outlook point
-- Ask 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 »
Adobe develops Strobe
-- Adobe unveiled an open framework, called Strobe, while Mozilla released version 1.0 of it's Prism, and Google added new features to its search engine. More in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Yahoo's Outlook alternative: Zimbra Desktop
-- If you could collect your Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, and corporate messages into a single in-box, would you switch? Read more »
3D coming to your browser
-- Is 3D web finally becoming a reality? Are we a step closer to Berners-Lee vision of a Semantic Web? We answer these questions and more in this week's Roundup. 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 »
Mozilla Bespin tries taking coding to the cloud
-- Mozilla Labs on Thursday unveiled a new open-source project called Bespin, a web-based programming environment its developers hope will combine the speed and power of desktop-based development with the collaborative benefits of cloud computing. Read more »
Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?
-- Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
W3C releases mobileOK
-- W3C has released mobileOK checker, an open source tool for checking the suitability of websites for mobile devices. Read more »
BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue
-- 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 »
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Gallery: Jamming it with Web 2.0
"So what is WebJam?" the girl at the bar serving my mate and I a beer asked. She's thinking that maybe there's something to do with music happening tonight, but it's nothing like that. Read more »
JavaOne: Day One Gallery
JavaOne, Sun's developer conference, began today with a series of announcements -- before that could happen though, the lines needed to be traversed. Read more »
LCA Open Day
Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff 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 »
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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.