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Strike vote fuels IBM Australia debate
A potential impending strike action at one of IBM Australia's Sydney facilities has sparked debate about whether it was still worth striving to work at one of the largest and most prestigious technology firms in Australia and the world. Read more »
Why IT sucks at being a law hound
When legal wrangling turns serious and lawyers send corporate IT departments a barrage of emails looking for information to use as evidence in an upcoming trial, the IT geeks often aren't up to the challenge. Read more »
Aussie Linux head: Microsoft more open than iPhone
The world has been turned upside down for Linux developers, thanks to Microsoft's approach to its mobile platform -- today it's the most open functioning platform on the market, says new Linux Australia president Stewart Smith. Read more »
Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence
The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site. Read more »
Howard 'hacker' off the hook: AFP
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed it will not be pursuing the so-called "Howard hacker" -- but it has been helping the political parties better secure their Web sites. Read more »
XSS flaw makes PM say: "I want to suck your blood"
The Web sites of Australia's two major political parties contain cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, which could be exploited to fraudulently acquire political donations, say security experts. Read more »
Novell in 'Windows cheaper than Linux' statement
Linux vendor Novell has issued a joint press release with Microsoft, in which HSBC, a customer of joint technology from the two companies, claims that Windows has a lower total cost of ownership than Linux. Read more »
Torvalds talks like a pirate
Linux creator Linus Torvalds today signalled his enjoyment of the annual "Talk Like a Pirate Day" festivities, using the nautical lexicon to launch an update to the kernel at the heart of his open source operating system. Read more »
Microsoft outlines Internet Explorer 7 tabs
A Microsoft manager has finally confirmed the upcoming version 7 of the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser will feature the tabbed browsing function made popular by competitors Opera and Firefox. Read more »
Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step
Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers. Read more »
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Qt: Cross-platform futures in a mobile world
Benoit Schillings is chief technologist for Qt Software (originally Trolltech). Based in the Bay Area around San Francisco, he sets the direction of the company's cross-platform application deployment product. Read more »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »
Big trouble for little white IT consulting lies
A prospective client describes the problem. It seems easy enough for your abilities but what happens when the client says: "Oh, and we use technology X. How well do you know technology X?" Read more »
Agile Modelling with IBM's Scott Ambler
You may already be doing agile modelling and not realise it according to Scott Ambler, head of Agile Development at Rational Software. Read more »
Model-Driven Development today
Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »
Faster XML ahead?
The Net's top standards body is getting closer to speeding up XML-based software, a move that could benefit everyone from mobile phone carriers to television broadcasters to the military. Read more »
How the Mac was born, and other tales
Steve Jobs will be the star attraction when the Macworld Conference and Expo opens to the public Tuesday, but many Mac fans might be just as interested in hearing from one of the original Mac's creators. Read more »
Q & A with Linus Torvalds
When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Read more »
A simpler Java?
With C# and .NET from Microsoft breathing down its neck, Java is facing more heat than it has before. Java creator James Gosling explains Sun's gameplan: A simpler Java that can be deployed faster. Read more »
Turf wars on the Java front
Has the JCP been corrupted by the efforts of IBM and BEA? Will Sun's AppServer 8.0 provide competition to the incumbents and more options for customers? I give you my impressions and talk with Sun software czar Jonathan Schwartz. Read more »
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Gosling, the ATO and useless stats -- Club Builder
This week on Club Builder: James Gosling tells us why Emacs sucks, the ATO feels uncomfortable with using open source and who's to blame for IFRAME attacks? Read more »
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Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... 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 »
Wireless theft -- what's the harm?
-- Hand up if you have logged in to use some poor schmuck's unprotected wireless connection to overcome a bandwidth drought? Read more »
What's hot with Linux Luminaries
-- Check out our video of renown FOSS developers giving their 2 cents on technology, companies, and girl bands. Read more »
Technology that will still suck in '07
-- As another year begins I thought I'd compile a short list of technology I think will still suck in 2007. Read more »
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This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision
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 »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. 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.