Australian Technology

Archive: 02-2012

• Windows Azure: leap year bug as a service

  Microsoft’s Azure platform has fallen foul of that old leap year bug.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 29, 2012, 10:44 PM PST

• AtG: did someone say launches?

  While Australia slept, the wraps came off a quartet of technologies; plus, we see when the NBN is heading your way.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 29, 2012, 5:15 PM PST

• BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 review

  After a long gestation, RIM has finally delivered the long-awaited 2.0 software update to its PlayBook line. Is it enough to turn the device’s fortunes around?

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 28, 2012, 9:14 PM PST

• Facebook headlines new mobile working group

  A new W3C community group focusing on mobile browsing has been formed, without any participation so far from Apple or Google.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 27, 2012, 8:37 PM PST

• Time zone database lawsuit dismissed

  The lawsuit that shut down the venerable time zone database, tz, which powered the majority of Unix-derived software across the globe, has been dismissed.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 23, 2012, 8:15 PM PST

• Visual Studio 11 beta due on Feb 29

  Developers will be able to get their hands on the next version of the venerable Visual Studio IDE next week.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 23, 2012, 10:32 AM PST

• AtG: NBN support, bizarre MS vid, and Ubuntu on Android

  Australians clearly support an NBN, Microsoft marketing makes more crazy, NSW and Victoria sign up for brand TLDs, and a dockable Android phone runs Ubuntu.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 22, 2012, 7:07 PM PST

• Making a sortable ListView in Android

  Creating a list of items in Android is simple, but what if you want to make those items sortable by dragging them? Now things start to get interesting.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 21, 2012, 9:39 PM PST

• AtG: Single-atom transistors, Windows 8 logo, and got props?

  UNSW has created a single-atom transistor, an Aussie movie is looking for old school props, and Windows 8 gets its logo.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 19, 2012, 5:40 PM PST

• Abandon Mac App Store to maintain UX

  On 1 March 2012, Apple will require all apps in its App Store to be sandboxed; should you remove your app to maintain its experience?

  Posted by Chris Duckett | February 16, 2012, 9:27 PM PST