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92% against filter: Whirlpool survey
Early results from broadband information site Whirlpool's annual survey has found that 91.8 per cent of respondents do not support the idea of mandatory internet filtering, with most believing the government should focus on educating parents and children instead. Read more »
80% of Aussies support filter
A survey commissioned by the ABC's Hungry Beast, has found that 80 per cent of respondents supported Labor's proposed filter. Read more »
Google urges web adoption of vector graphics
Some seeds for overhauling web browser graphics were planted more than a decade ago, and Google believes now is the time for them to bear fruit. Read more »
Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy
An independent search engine bug bash gave high marks to Google's bug testers and found that while Bing is buggy, it's also doing a lot of things right. Read more »
Symantec tool calculates your data's value to thieves
It's no secret that criminals are stealing credit card and bank account data and selling it underground. But most people would find it shocking to learn just how little their sensitive personal information costs. Read more »
Mozilla Labs rolls out usability 'Test Pilot' add-on
Mozilla has launched a usability test plug-in for its open-source Firefox browser, in a bid to make testing and user feedback easier and more attractive. Read more »
Businesses can get Windows 7 in September
While most of the attention on Day 1 of Microsoft's partner conference was on the Office side of things, Microsoft did announce two notable pieces of Windows 7 news on Monday. Read more »
Firms will adopt hybrid software cloud
Most businesses will deploy a hybrid cloud computing model based on proprietary and open source software due to the complexity of niche enterprise applications, said a Red Hat executive. Read more »
Microsoft ramps up anti-piracy offensive
Microsoft today released the results of a survey which it claimed showed that close to half of Australians believed that pirating software was "OK", and that the younger you are, the more likely you are to think it's acceptable. Read more »
Developers expect to get SaaSy this year
More than half of software developers worldwide expect to work on internet-hosted applications during 2009, confirming the success of software as a service, according to a survey from Evans Data. Read more »
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10 ways to ensure that you finish work on time
In these times of financial uncertainty, there is a lot of pressure to work longer and longer hours and to be seen doing so. Read more »
Why Windows 7 should be free in China
Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services? 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 »
Google Apps charges ahead with improved data security, long-awaited Java support
Cast Iron Systems and Google have teamed up to overcome one of the biggest hurdles to cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS) in the enterprise -- concerns over data security. Read more »
10 tech mistakes small businesses make
Small businesses must concentrate their time and energy on knowing their own industry -- and that often means that effective technology practices get overlooked. This article explains the most common tech missteps encountered, along with preventive measures IT consultants can take to assist in correcting these problems. 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 »
Unit testing options for JavaScript
Unit testing is different from traditional testing because it is performed by the developer and not a tester. This article provides an overview of several options for unit testing client-side JavaScript code. Read more »
An outage: Lessons learned
This article talks about two outages that occurred at a college and lessons learned from them. Read more »
RIFE with possibilities
Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »
10 things you should do near the end of a project
When it comes to the end of a project, many project managers come up just short of the finish line. Failure to handle the final steps can add confusion to an initiative and may lead to customer dissatisfaction, unhappy staff, and a project dragging on longer than necessary. Read more »
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Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll
Ubuntu is the favourite distribution of Linux for use on both desktops and servers, according to a poll of Australian open source enthusiasts. Read more »
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Twitter brought down by DoS attack
-- Twitter suffered an outage yesterday as a result of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, but the microblogging site has not commented further on the issue. Read more »
Chrome gets extensions
-- In this week's Roundup we look at the release of Chrome for Mac and Linux and its support for extensions, a security flaw in Safari, popularity of SaaS and more. Read more »
The festive season not so festive
-- This is still meant to be the festive season, isn't it? When they say you should show goodwill towards your fellow (hu)man, I don't think they meant redundancy payments. Read more »
Theora, Firefox reach milestones
-- Milestones were reached with two open sources projects: Theora has hit version 1.0 and Firefox reaches 20% global marketshare. Read more »
Flash vs. Silverlight
-- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »
Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut
-- Google's Orkut social network isn't just big in Brazil. It's also popular in India, especially among software developers, according to a new survey. Read more »
Google plans new Internet measurement tool
-- 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 »
Social Skills
-- With Facebook usage on the decline, is OpenSocial the next big thing? Read more »
The typical Linux conference geezer
-- Asking delegates to pick their distribution, shell and editor of choice gives us a chance to gain some insight into the average Linux conference attendee. Read more »
Discover what you already knew
-- Have you ever thought the metrics measured against you as a code monkey to
be unfair or a waste? Well you could be right. Read more »
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