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Java junk, Germans jibe

The chief technology officer of Software AG has laughed off suggestions that Java is a business language. Read more »

With Checkout, Google is ready to take your order

In 1999, Microsoft caused a tech industry ruckus when it introduced Passport, an online wallet and payment system that would allow shoppers to use one sign-in username and password to buy things from multiple retailers. Read more »

SourceLabs creates automated open source support

System designed to speed up problem resolution. Read more »

'Mort, Elvis, Einstein' headed for the scrapheap?

Microsoft's internal classification system for developers is 'ethically bankrupt', critics say. Read more »

Softricity speeds app virtualisation

By virtualising the application, SoftGrid aims to break the 'tyranny' of the link between operating system and application. Read more »

Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

Linus Torvalds said Wednesday that he won't convert Linux to version 3 of the General Public License, as he objects to digital rights management provisions in the proposed update. Read more »

Microsoft looks beyond Vista, sees Vienna

Although Microsoft is hard at work trying to ship Windows Vista this year, the company is beginning to set its sights on the next horizon, Vienna. Read more »

Microsoft's file system patent upheld

Two patents covering one of Microsoft's main Windows file-storage systems are valid after all, federal patent examiners have decided. Read more »

Sun releases OpenSolaris file system

Sun Microsystems has released the source code for its OpenSolaris file system, a major component of its server operating system. Read more »

Gates touts Microsoft's supercomputing move

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday announced the company's foray into the world of supercomputing, though its first operating system for computer clusters remains in beta testing. Read more »

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Time to improve application deployment

How many of us pay any attention to the system engineers who need to actually deploy these things? The answer is, quite unfortunately, not enough of us. Read more »

How to choose an open-source CMS

Seth Gottlieb, content management practice lead at Optaros, explains how one should go about selecting an open-source content management system. Read more »

Inside Visual Studio 2005 Team System

Visual Studio Team System provides the tools a team needs for every collaborative development purpose. The downside is that Microsoft is once again going too far in deciding how we should do things. Will it work for your team? Read more »

10 things you should know about every Linux installation

Before installing Linux you must realise that there may be a few "new ways of doing things" to learn. Here are 10 tips to get you started. Read more »

Develop WYSIWYG content management

Need to develop a Web-based What You See Is What You Get content manager? Here are a few options you might want to try. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Prashant Sridharan

Prashant Sridharan is the group product manager for Visual Studio Team System at Microsoft. With the release of the tools later this year Builder AU caught up with Shridharan to talk about the long-awaited release. Read more »

Jim Allchin on Microsoft's Vista

Windows chief Jim Allchin talks about the challenges ahead and how the new OS might help conserve electricty. Read more »

Overcoming old legacy systems with XSLT and Muenchian grouping

One method developers can use for legacy systems takes advantage of XSLT and Muenchian grouping. Read more »

Interact with the operating system via WMI

WMI allows you to interact with the underlying operating system within the .NET framework. Find out how to take advantage of it using your .NET code. 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 »

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