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Will Google Buzz be Wave's demise?

If Google Wave eventually fails to live up to the promise and hype that accompanied its launch, consider its demise an inside job. Read more »

Microsoft IE9 preview released

Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »

Web guru Tim Bray takes Google Android job

Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML, notable tech blogger and until recently a Sun Microsystems employee, has joined Google's Android team in part to show the world what he thinks is wrong with Apple's iPhone. Read more »

Microsoft discontinuing mid-market server

Microsoft is discontinuing its Windows Essential Business Server product, a bundle aimed at mid-size businesses, the company said on Friday. Read more »

Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing

Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. Read more »

Facebook patents social feeds

Facebook has been awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology, more specifically "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network". Read more »

Google stingy on malware handout?

To entice security researchers to look for holes in the Chrome browser, Google has announced it will pay US$500 for bugs found in the code. But several experts have said that's not enough money to motivate skilled vulnerability researchers. Read more »

Google Social Search out of Labs, into beta

Friends on social-networking services who add links to their content inside their Google Profiles will start showing up in search results for Google users. Read more »

Unveiling Apple's iPad: Live blog

After months of rumors and speculation about a slate-like device, Apple has had its say. See the train of events in this blog from the high-profile press event which kicked off in San Francisco at 10am PST — 5am Sydney time. Read more »

Google beefing up new 'Social Web team'

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10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development

The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. Read more »

Five tips for tackling a one-time project

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10 open source headlines we'd like to see in 2010

At the beginning of a bright, shiny new year, a lot of things seem possible -- or at least worth imagining. Here are a few fantasy headlines. Read more »

Preparing for Exchange Server 2010's hardware and software requirements

Exchange 2010 is out and about and ready to deploy. This article provides you with some assistance on getting prepared for this latest release in the Exchange line. Read more »

Why Java and .NET will continue to compete

In this reader Q&A, the author talks about the future of Java, the cost to develop in Java compared to .NET and whether Java will displace .NET. Read more »

Project management: Escaping the vortex

Have you been on a project where everywhere you look a process or procedure or design is broken? Here's how to deal with it. Read more »

A good server naming convention eases IT workload

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Five job search tips for discouraged job seekers

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Project Kenai at JavaOne

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Can Chrome give Internet Explorer a run for its money?

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Why Vista UAC can't stop malware: Microsoft

User Account Control (UAC), the 'annoying' security feature in Windows Vista, will not stop malware from infecting PCs, according Roger Grimes, a member of Microsoft's software security team. Read more »

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JavaOne '08: Sun brings back Java applets

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Sun CTO previews JavaFX-powered game

Sun Microsystems shows off a new JavaFX-powered game at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Sun CTO Robert Brewin talks to Ken Russell and Chris Oliver of the company's JavaFX team about how they created the animation inside the game Moon Tank using the JavaFX environment. Read more »

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Apple raises curtain on iPad

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Generating buzz this week is Apple's new tablet device -- iPad. Will Australia be getting the 3G version? Read more »

Google gets a Caffeine Boost

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google is experimenting with a new search algorithm, labelled Caffeine, in an effort to improve the performance of its search engine. And is Microsoft finally becoming interested in web standards? Read more »

Microsoft and Yahoo join forces

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft and Yahoo have united this week to jointly battle Google, and Mozilla revealed plans to make Firefox look more like Chrome. Read more »

If PHP then goto is the future

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement. Read more »

Adobe develops Strobe

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you could collect your Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, and corporate messages into a single in-box, would you switch? Read more »

Facebook apps get flashier

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook apps got Flash support this week and Microsoft hinted that Office might be coming to the iPhone. Find out more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Google Earth adds Mars roving

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- While you might never become an astronaut and have the chance to ride a Mars Rover on the Red Planet, Google has now rolled out an Earth-bound alternative for the masses. Read more »

Social news start-up Streem shuts down

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Sydney 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 »

Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »

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    This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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  • Chris Duckett IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

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    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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