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Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates

Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. Read more »

Google releases near-final Android programming tool

Google on Monday released the first beta version of its software developer kit (SDK) for Android phones, a significant step in the company's hope for "open" phone technology. Read more »

Gates: Privacy a 'challenge' as software advances

As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose an "interesting software challenge," says Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Read more »

UK govt to monitor all telecoms

UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country. Read more »

Cloudbusting: Can you fight Google's million servers?

While "cloud computing" is some way from being an enterprise reality, IT managers need to start planning now if they want to avoid being ordered by their bosses to implement technology from Google and close down their own datacentres, a Gartner analyst has warned. Read more »

Sensis settles with ACCC, Google takes dock in June

Sensis has settled with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) regarding a number of alleged breaches of the Trade Practices Act, committed online by its classified advertising publication The Trading Post. Read more »

Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client finally gets calendar

Mozilla Foundation has finally integrated the Lightning calendar to its latest incarnation of open-source e-mail client, Thunderbird 3.0. Users can also expect improved search. Read more »

Ubuntu bucks trend, goes for KVM virtualisation

Heading in a different direction from its main rivals, Ubuntu Linux will use KVM as its primary virtualisation software. Read more »

Solving Yahoo's identity crisis

The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past. Read more »

Perl language gets a revamp

The Perl Foundation last week released the latest version of the programming language, Perl 5.10. Read more »

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Build Web applications without writing code

This article gives an overview of Iceberg -- a tool for building Web application without writing code. Read more »

Monitor and manage Java applications with JConsole

The jconsole command launches a graphical console tool that enables you to monitor and manage Java applications on a local or remote machine. Read more »

Working with configuration files in ASP.NET 2.0

The second iteration of ASP.NET includes a number of enhancements for working with configuration files. Read more »

What is cross-site scripting?

Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »

Add stability to your ASP.NET applications with AppDomains

This article explains the concept of an application domain within ASP.NET, a security feature of the .NET framework. Read more »

What's new in SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 will be released in 2nd quarter of 2008. SQL Server 2008 will also be part of a joint launch with Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on February 27, 2008. Read more »

Microsoft not yet open for business

The most impressive aspect of Microsoft's statement on Thursday in favour of caring and sharing wasn't in anything the company said. It was the speed at which the world, or that part of it not in a commercial relationship with Microsoft, digested the information and replied: Heard it before. Not good enough. Read more »

Testing Web applications with multiple browsers

One of the messier aspects of delivering Web applications to the Internet is comprehensive testing to ensure a consistent user experience with different browsers. Here's a look at various avenues for proper application testing. Read more »

You say you want a revolution?

Failure to innovate on your part will lead me to innovate with you (by force), without you, in spite of you, in lieu of you Read more »

Synchronise computers with Unison

For individuals with more than one computer, trying to keep files in sync between them can be an exercise in frustration. Typically, tools such as rsync are used to synchronise files from one system to another, but the problem is that it's a one-way sync. Read more »

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Microsoft produces another "video gem", we find out how to deal with smart people and we see which CEO can write comprehensible letters. Read more »

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CodeGear ready Ruby release

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear have announced this week they will be releasing an integrated development environment(IDE) for Ruby on Rails developers in the second half of 2007. Read more »

.NET doesn't have to mean VB.NET or C#

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- It’s funny... when people think about the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) they tend to think in terms of either VB.NET or C#. Read more »

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    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

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    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

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    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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