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Windows 7 gets mixed reviews
As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update. Read more »
Unisys wants AU$250k open source advocate
The Australian arm of IT services multinational Unisys has placed an advertisement for an evangelist to plug open source software locally, with a potential pay packet of AU$250,000 per year. Read more »
Ubuntu-maker launches Bazaar development tool
Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has released a content-development tool designed to move development into the Internet age. Read more »
Microsoft unveils free enterprise search
Microsoft is targeting the lower end of the enterprise search market with Search Server 2008, a free version of which will also be available. Read more »
Google denies it owns your words
Google has denied claims that the terms and conditions for its Google Docs service means it owns any user's content published in the application. Read more »
Google taps Capgemini to challenge Microsoft Office
Google has partnered with global consulting firm Capgemini to push GoogleApps -- Google's online alternative to Microsoft Office -- at enterprise users. Read more »
EMC woos Eclipse developers with US$100k prize
EMC announced the integration of Eclipse development tools in Documentum -- the first major upgrade since 2002 -- and is offering a US$100,000 prize for the best application. Read more »
Microsoft-Novell pact doesn't dent Red Hat growth
Red Hat is still the flavour of the month in the Linux market, despite Novell making some inroads after its controversial alliance with Microsoft. Read more »
Oracle touts 11g, hopes for rapid upgrade cycle
Oracle has been talking up its latest database offering -- but the signs are that Oracle customers will wait a few years before moving to 11g. Read more »
Microsoft SharePoint goes wild for wikis
Microsoft has jumped on the Web 2.0 express with the launch of an add-on for SharePoint server that enables businesses to make use of popular "community" collaboration features such as wikis and blogs. Read more »
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RIFE with possibilities
Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »
Develop a fully functional site with DotNetNuke
The open source DotNetNuke framework allows you to create a powerful Web application using an out-of-the-box solution. 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 »
Case Study: AppleBox takes rentals into Web 2.0
Simon Gilligan's attempt to breathe new life into the neighbourhood video rental store has become an unlikely showcase for Web 2.0 technologies. Read more »
Microformats and Mapping
We begin by looking at what a microformat is and how they are useful, then progress to introducing the Google Maps API and finally putting it all together to produce the user group map 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 »
The Web as a platform
As a gross over-generalisation, software developers don't care much for the latest trends in fashion. 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 »
The LAMP development toolkit
Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »
Use Oracle 10g Single-Sign-On with .NET applications
Configure Oracle 10g Single Sign-On to work with Microsoft .NET applications and achieve better integration. Read more »
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Spellr.us needs a new dictionary
-- One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Install Web stacks in an instant with BitNami
-- Need to set up a server environment to run Web applications such as WordPress, MediaWiki, Joomla, Trac, DocuWiki, or Drupal? Here's how to do it in less than two minutes with free software. Read more »
Drupal gets a Second Life framework
-- Objects in the Second Life virtual world can now be more easily integrated into Web sites running the Drupal content management system thanks to a new third-party module creator released this week. Read more »
Top 25 open source projects at Microsoft
-- Microsoft has consistently lowered the bar for developers, and Codeplex seems to be doing a good job of doing the same thing for open-source development on the Microsoft platform. Read more »
Microsoft's two faces of SharePoint
-- One way or another, proprietary and open-source companies need an answer to SharePoint. Content is the center of the enterprise ecosystem, when all is said and done. SharePoint is Microsoft's answer for controlling the next decade of IT. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney 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 »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.

