News (29)

Aussie IT jobs market still buoyant

There is still plenty of local work for skilled IT staff despite a global financial crisis, according to one of Australia's largest technology staff recruiters, but not much room to move in terms of higher salaries. Read more »

IBM boosts Ballarat facility

IBM today said it would create 300 new technology jobs in the Victorian city of Ballarat, using government funding to open a new building at Ballarat Technology Park. Read more »

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Australian students win global software competition

A group of Australian students have just been crowned winners of the Imagine Cup, a global competition in software design. Read more »

Aussie students close in on Microsoft prize

A group of Australian University students, including one of Australia's most well-known technology bloggers, has progressed to the finals of the Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup software development competition in Paris. Read more »

Telstra, CommBank, DoD in secret cyberwar games

In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II. Read more »

Australia's $10 'GiFi' chip promises wireless 5Gbps

Australian researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA) have developed a lower power, short range chip for wireless communications that can achieve up to 5Gbps -- allowing them to transfer a complete DVD in a matter of seconds. Read more »

Free Wi-Fi set to go full-time at Sydney libraries

Over the past four weeks, the City of Sydney Council has been trialling the provision of free Wi-Fi services in its libraries. With only a fortnight to go before the hotspots are switched off, a spokesperson has said that users won't have long to wait before access becomes a permanent fixture. Read more »

Open source Aussies: Not poor, bearded loners

Typical Australian open source developers are 26 years old and spend their days being bored in Canberra. Despite that, free software enthusiasts have more sex and earn more money than you might expect, a new survey reveals. Read more »

Oracle claims Aussie apps wins

Software giant Oracle went for overkill factor today as it named more than twenty new Australian customers of its enterprise applications. Read more »

Sydney Novell user group welcomes MS deal

The president of the Sydney Novell User Group expects end users to benefit from Novell's new relationship with software giant Microsoft, but remains suspicious about Redmond's intentions. Read more »

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Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

Helping yourself by helping others

If you're considered too junior or your lines of advancement are blocked then it might be time to volunteer your time to create future opportunities. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Gian Sampson-Wild

Gian Sampson-Wild is an accessibilty expert and one of the speakers at this year's Web Directions conference to held in Sydney this year. Builder AU interviewed Gian via email prior to the commencement of Web Directions to talk about accessibility, how to make it a part of the development process and where to from here. Read more »

Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT

Is it time to accept that females lack IT or is lack of support and enduring stereotypes keeping women away? Ella Morton investigates. Read more »

Review: Macromedia's ColdFusion MX 7.0

The new release of ColdFusion looks solid and brings a massive set of new capabilities to the table. Is it worth the upgrade? Find out in our review. Read more »

What users want

Developing usable software for customers is all about understanding your end-users. We asked some of Australia's leading usability experts on their approach to this integral part of software development. Read more »

Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested

Need a new server but only have AU$2500 to spend? The range of options is suprisingly good as long as you're willing to do without some of the fancy features. Read more »

Creating a Community with DotNetNuke

DotNetNuke is an open source CMS based on ASP.NET. Builder AU Technical editor, David McAmis introduces DotNetNuke and how to get it up and running in no time. Read more »

Geek of the Week #7

So you think you are the master of useless information? ZDNet Australia challenges you with our Builder weekly quiz. Read more »

Content controversy

It is widely assumed that manage content providers are subject to the laws wherever their data is hosted, but what happens when content delivery is global? Read more »

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MyPerfect.com.au has potential

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

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