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• Google aims for faster Web downloads with SPDY protocol

  Google is hoping to make Web pages download up to twice as quickly using SPDY, a new application-layer protocol it's experimenting with, the company said in a blog post.

• Wine Bloc and Asset Super go with Elcom

  Web application developer, Elcom, has announced two new clients: Wine Bloc and Asset Super. Elcom Technology develops Enterprise Content Management Systems and online commerce for secure Internet, Extranet and Intranet sites. The company also works with brands such as Hyundai, Lend Lease and the University of Technology, Sydney.

• Swinburne University wins McFarlane Prize for Web design

  Swinburne University of Technology has won the annual McFarlane Prize for website design in 2009, beating thousands of Australian websites for its combination of design and accessibility.

• Web Directions South 09: slideshow

  Photos from the Sydney web conference

• Agile development isn't for everybody

  Sick of the term 'Agile development' already? Never fear. Kelly Goto, consultant and co-author of the book, <i>WebFlow that Works</i>, thinks Web and IT managers should take the word 'agile' out of the discussion. Instead, Web teams should be talking about 'iterations' in their user centred design approach.

• NSW Govt plans Web app competition

  The New South Wales Government is calling on Web developers with the launch of its new apps4nsw competition.

• Adobe acquires Web platform builder

  Adobe Systems has acquired Business Catalyst, which provides a platform for Web professionals to build online businesses, and its GoodBarry subsidiary, Adobe confirmed on Monday.

• Once:radix hits 1.5 release, eyes clustering

  Local software company, Once Technologies, has released the next generation of once:radix, an open source, Web-based application development environment that promises significant performance improvements and paves the way for load balancing of applications across mutliple servers.

• Google to promote Web speed on new developer site

  Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster.

• MySpace helps developers tune site performance with new tool

  MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.

• Microsoft offers download tool for Web developers

  Microsoft is offering a free download manager, Web Platform Installer (PI) 1.0, intended to make it simpler to install Microsoft Web developer technologies ranging from .Net Framework 3.5 to ASP.Net to Silverlight and more, the company said this week.

• Sitemasher to reduce developers' cutting, pasting

  Web site development service Sitemasher went live Monday with a new service geared toward making developers' lives a little easier.