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Apple's WWDC: New iPhone, new OS X, new .Mac?

Expect to hear new details about the future of Apple's Mac OS X and Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference — and we think there might be a new iPhone, too. Read more »

Counting down to the iPhone SDK

While Australia waits for the iPhone, time is quickly closing in on the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the iPhone, one that could signal just how far Apple can take its maiden voyage into the smartphone world. Read more »

Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion

Oracle plans to acquire middleware maker BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. The move means Oracle will leapfrog IBM as the number one middleware player. Read more »

Apple QuickTime zero-day flaw 'extremely critical'

Security research firm Secunia has reported what it calls an "extremely critical" vulnerability in media-streaming program Apple QuickTime. Read more »

SAP puts focus on Business Objects

SAP has no plans to join Oracle and get involved in the megamerger game. Read more »

BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low. Read more »

iPhone hack wars continue

Two weeks after the update that disabled iPhones that had been unlocked or had third-party applications installed, hackers have struck back with a new method for unlocking the popular device. Read more »

BEA to run Java sans operating system

BEA gets virtualisation religion, builds edition of Java virtual machine that runs on VMware's hypervisor. Read more »

Google and BEA in enterprise portal mash-up talks

Google and BEA are in talks about partnering on a new initiative that will allow organisations to create mash-ups between enterprise portals and applications such as Google Maps. Read more »

BEA redesigns for SOAs

This week BEA Systems on Tuesday sketched out plans to optimise its infrastructure software for a services-oriented architecture, a modular system design being adopted by corporate customers. Read more »

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J2EE Servers Stink

Our project is behind schedule. My other projects are now way behind schedule. And it's all because of the complexity and low quality of J2EE servers. Read more »

Top five problems in IT business: Rational VP

We talked to Hayden Lindsay, IBM Rational's vice president of enterprise tools and compilers about enterprise modernisation. He identified five key factors that are inhibiting business responsiveness. 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 »

Special report: MXDU 2005

MXDU 2005, happening on February 17 and 18, is an annual event for developers wanting to learn the latest hints, tips, and ideas on using Macromedia MX technology to build and deliver the best experiences on the web. Read more »

Java jams: five IDEs tested

We put five of the most popular Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) up against each other. Find out which tool is tailor made for your development requirements. Read more »

What's wrong with RSS is also what's right with it

The popular Web syndication's brand of flexibility promises to make life difficult for all those attempting to bring order to the natural chaos that defines the Internet. Read more »

Disruptions in the software fabric

COMMENTARY -- According to a recent Gartner report, companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft need to deliver more modular, bite-sized chunks of functionality, which would allow customers to update systems with more flexibility and speed. It's not exactly a new revelation. Read more »

Get blogging with Pivot

A good place to start when setting up your own blog server is with a file-based blogging server. In this article we are going to look at how to get the Pivot blog server up and running. Read more »

Totally RAD: we road test five IDEs

Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis gets down and dirty with the most popular IDE's to see how they they stack up as Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. Read more »

Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »

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