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95 percent of UK game design degrees are sub-standard
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-19 09:04:50
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-06-19 09:04:50
The UK video game industry is facing an uncertain future as the majority of games design degree courses are labelled a waste of time by the industry. David Braben, creator of all time classic Elite, has gone on record to claim that 95 percent of courses are simply not fit for purpose. The resulting skills shortage could mean that £700m of foreign investment into the UK gets lost, along with 1,700 jobs, over the next five years according to gaming industry experts.
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Google Sydney "Developer Day" about making the cloud more accessible to developers: Stocky
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-18 03:58:16
Google’s second Australian “Developer Day” saw over 650 developers making the trek to Sydney’s “Wharf8” venue for a jam-packed day-long set of sessions for developers to devour. iTWire spoke to Tom Stocky, Google's director of product management, to get the latest Google goss!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-18 03:58:16
Google’s second Australian “Developer Day” saw over 650 developers making the trek to Sydney’s “Wharf8” venue for a jam-packed day-long set of sessions for developers to devour. iTWire spoke to Tom Stocky, Google's director of product management, to get the latest Google goss!
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Australian software vendor calls for end to whole of government ICT purchasing
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-06-18 00:17:55
One of Australia's largest enterprise software vendors has called on the new Rudd government to level the playing field for local companies and end the practice of whole of government purchasing. The vendor wants a return to the panel system of technology acquisition.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-06-18 00:17:55
One of Australia's largest enterprise software vendors has called on the new Rudd government to level the playing field for local companies and end the practice of whole of government purchasing. The vendor wants a return to the panel system of technology acquisition.
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Is Open Source software safe and secure?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-22 07:21:08
It’s a big question: how trustworthy is the software I use on my computer? When it comes to open source, can you trust the quality of programmers who work for free? You can, according to a new report out this week – which also proves major open source offerings to be especially well written. It equally shows up the projects which are slow to respond to vulnerabilities.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-22 07:21:08
It’s a big question: how trustworthy is the software I use on my computer? When it comes to open source, can you trust the quality of programmers who work for free? You can, according to a new report out this week – which also proves major open source offerings to be especially well written. It equally shows up the projects which are slow to respond to vulnerabilities.
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Walter Bender hopes all will be sweet… with Sugar
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 01:59:36
The man who once was the president of OLPC, the initiative to provide “one laptop per child” to some of the world’s poorest and digitally divided children, has joined Sugar Labs. Why? To do what Nicholas Negroponte won’t – providing open source opportunities for learning, instead of being just another laptop seller.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 01:59:36
The man who once was the president of OLPC, the initiative to provide “one laptop per child” to some of the world’s poorest and digitally divided children, has joined Sugar Labs. Why? To do what Nicholas Negroponte won’t – providing open source opportunities for learning, instead of being just another laptop seller.
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It’s official: Jobs to speak at June 9 WWDC keynote
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 03:09:45
Although speculation was rife that Steve Jobs would speak at Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference, the world waited for official confirmation that His Jobsness would be there. He, and fellow executives, will showcase Mac OS X Leopard, iPhone 2.0 and the SDK, but there’s no mention – yet – of the 3G iPhone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 03:09:45
Although speculation was rife that Steve Jobs would speak at Apple’s WorldWide Developers Conference, the world waited for official confirmation that His Jobsness would be there. He, and fellow executives, will showcase Mac OS X Leopard, iPhone 2.0 and the SDK, but there’s no mention – yet – of the 3G iPhone.
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JavaFX to take on AIR, Silverlight
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-06 20:33:50
As if Adobe and Microsoft weren't providing enough choices for the development of rich Internet applications with AIR and Silverlight, Sun is aiming JavaFX at the same market.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-06 20:33:50
As if Adobe and Microsoft weren't providing enough choices for the development of rich Internet applications with AIR and Silverlight, Sun is aiming JavaFX at the same market.
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MySpace apps arms race: the Murdoch Empire strikes back
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 08:21:35
Striking back against the rebel Facebook alliance, the MySpace Empire has announced the public launch of its “Applications Gallery”. No longer in ‘beta’ phase, the App Gallery is now fully operational, as the full counter strike against Facebook takes shape.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 08:21:35
Striking back against the rebel Facebook alliance, the MySpace Empire has announced the public launch of its “Applications Gallery”. No longer in ‘beta’ phase, the App Gallery is now fully operational, as the full counter strike against Facebook takes shape.
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Satyam sets up shop in Victoria's second city
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Outsourcing
2008-04-13 23:01:34
India-based Satyam is establishing a technology and learning centre at the Geelong Technology Precinct.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Outsourcing
2008-04-13 23:01:34
India-based Satyam is establishing a technology and learning centre at the Geelong Technology Precinct.
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More interoperability info from Microsoft
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-08 16:20:38
It probably won't satisfy the company's critics, but Microsoft has released another 14,000+ pages of interoperability information for its "high-volume products".
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-08 16:20:38
It probably won't satisfy the company's critics, but Microsoft has released another 14,000+ pages of interoperability information for its "high-volume products".
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Mac OS X 10.5.3 builds ticking along
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-07 03:18:16
Developer builds of Mac OS X 10.5.3 are coming thick and fast.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-07 03:18:16
Developer builds of Mac OS X 10.5.3 are coming thick and fast.
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OMG! Windows Vista source code... leaked!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-06 01:40:16
Yes, it’s mostly, sort-of true – Microsoft’s precious Vista source code is now in the public domain... and while some would say it’s not quite what we were expecting, others say it’s spot on!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-06 01:40:16
Yes, it’s mostly, sort-of true – Microsoft’s precious Vista source code is now in the public domain... and while some would say it’s not quite what we were expecting, others say it’s spot on!
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Borland updates StarTeam
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-01 01:47:51
Borland claims "dramatically" improved performance from the new version of its StarTeam software change and configuration management system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-01 01:47:51
Borland claims "dramatically" improved performance from the new version of its StarTeam software change and configuration management system.
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Mac OS X 10.5.3 reaches developers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-04-01 00:20:06
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5.3 9d10 to developers, embodying over 70 fixes from the current version.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-04-01 00:20:06
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5.3 9d10 to developers, embodying over 70 fixes from the current version.
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Adobe AIR alpha for Linux
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-03-31 23:04:11
Proprietary technology doesn't always go down well with the Linux community, but Adobe is pressing ahead by offering an alpha version of its AIR rich Internet applications software for the open source operating system, along with an updated alpha of Flex Builder 3 for Linux.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-03-31 23:04:11
Proprietary technology doesn't always go down well with the Linux community, but Adobe is pressing ahead by offering an alpha version of its AIR rich Internet applications software for the open source operating system, along with an updated alpha of Flex Builder 3 for Linux.
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Is a modular Windows 7 in 2010 really such a good idea? No.
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-24 12:32:06
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is suggesting that Windows 7 will be a modular operating system, with a central core that is the OS itself, with other modules to be separately installable. Why isn't this a good thing, and would it mean only ‘one’ version of Windows at retail?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-24 12:32:06
Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is suggesting that Windows 7 will be a modular operating system, with a central core that is the OS itself, with other modules to be separately installable. Why isn't this a good thing, and would it mean only ‘one’ version of Windows at retail?
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Adobe iPhone Flash – only if Adobe gives Apple some flashy cash?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-19 13:33:40
First it was Sun promising to make Java on iPhone a reality, now Adobe says they’ve also read the SDK tealeaves and say that iPhone Flash is possible – but would Apple ever allow it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-19 13:33:40
First it was Sun promising to make Java on iPhone a reality, now Adobe says they’ve also read the SDK tealeaves and say that iPhone Flash is possible – but would Apple ever allow it?
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Apple’s iPhone SDK: one more thing, or one more sting?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-16 09:27:34
It’s been a couple of weeks now since the release of Apple’s iPhone SDK, along with the news that the iPhone’s firmware would be upgraded to the magical version 2 milestone. Not only are some developers unhappy with some restrictions, some developers aren’t being accepted into the program – yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-16 09:27:34
It’s been a couple of weeks now since the release of Apple’s iPhone SDK, along with the news that the iPhone’s firmware would be upgraded to the magical version 2 milestone. Not only are some developers unhappy with some restrictions, some developers aren’t being accepted into the program – yet.
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Windows Server 2008 in ‘workstation’ mode – a suitable Vista replacement?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-13 21:34:24
Reports have emerged across the web of users transforming Windows Server 2008 into ‘workstation’ mode, effectively using it for desktop work instead of Windows Vista. Some reports suggest it’s much faster than Vista, while others say it shouldn’t make any difference.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-13 21:34:24
Reports have emerged across the web of users transforming Windows Server 2008 into ‘workstation’ mode, effectively using it for desktop work instead of Windows Vista. Some reports suggest it’s much faster than Vista, while others say it shouldn’t make any difference.
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iPhone SDK provides rich access to hardware
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-06 16:41:19
The keenly awaited iPhone Software Development Kit has arrived (at least in beta form) and it appears programmers will have sufficient access to hardware and software features to allow the creation of some interesting and useful applications.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-03-06 16:41:19
The keenly awaited iPhone Software Development Kit has arrived (at least in beta form) and it appears programmers will have sufficient access to hardware and software features to allow the creation of some interesting and useful applications.
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