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    In a move that has exposed a growing schism in the Java community, an Oracle proposal to bridge Java development tools moved ahead this week with approval from competing Java companies.

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    In a bid to keep up with Facebook, social network behemoth MySpace launched its beta application platform to Australian developers last night.

  • Splintering on spam

    Information and communications technology (ICT) companies and governments are planning to drive their anti-spam efforts to new heights later this year. But will they founder in a sea of conflicting standards?

  • Sun warms to open source for Solaris

    Sun Microsystems continues its tilt toward the open-source world.

  • Fight over 'forms' clouds future of Net applications

    As Net heavyweights vie to define the next generation of Web applications, the Web's main standards body is facing a revolt within its own ranks over electronic forms, a cornerstone of interactive documents.

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    Technology is a catalyst for business change, but that change doesn't always sit well with departments that have their own sovereignty to look after. David Braue asks whether IT can be centralised and distributed at the same time.

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    Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java.

  • Browser battle shakes Net apps

    They're used in everything from Google searches to Web tax filings. But standards struggle is rattling W3C and confounding developers.

  • Oracle plan exposes Java rift

    Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.

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  • Is Zip coming undone?

    New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.

  • New Office locks down documents

    As digital media publishers scramble to devise a foolproof method of copy protection, Microsoft is ready to push digital rights management into a whole new arena--your desktop.

  • ATI All-In-Wonder 9600XT

    It'll take a little tweaking to get the most out of ATI's latest All-In-Wonder, but for the price, this TV tuner/DVR/radio tuner/graphics card is a fair deal.

  • Tech Guide: Buying a CD/DVD burner

    From discs to drives, our Tech Guide has everything you need to know about burning CDs and DVDs.

  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

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