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Mandriva saved by CEO  
Software
Mandriva saved by CEO
Jun 24, 2010 | Comment Now 
Bankruptcy avoided.
 
Adobe shows off Flash on Android tablet 
Hardware
Adobe shows off Flash on Android tablet
May 6, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Flash just dead on the iPhone, iPad.
 
Apple admits iPad can't do wireless well 
Hardware
Apple admits iPad can't do wireless well
Apr 8, 2010 | 6 Comments 
Stand closer to the router.
 
Apple yet to upgrade Boot Camp for Windows 7 
Hardware
Apple yet to upgrade Boot Camp for Windows 7
Oct 26, 2009 | Comment Now 
To be released sometime "before the end of the year."
 
Researchers devise DoS attack filter 
Security
Researchers devise DoS attack filter
Oct 2, 2009 | Comment Now 
Developing traffic authentication smarts.
 
Microsoft launches an open source foundation 
Software
Microsoft launches an open source foundation
Sep 14, 2009 | 1 Comment 
Codeplex is with us.
 
Blade server sales show resilience 
Hardware
Blade server sales show resilience
Sep 14, 2009 | Comment Now 
Plenty of demand in the data centre.
 
Debian accepts Mono applications 
Software
Debian accepts Mono applications
Jul 3, 2009 | Comment Now 
Ignores Stallman's warning.
 
Russians clone Macs again 
Hardware
Russians clone Macs again
May 26, 2009 | Comment Now 
A Russian start-up has started churning out cloned Macs in defiance of legal threats from Apple.
 
Windows 7 RC download crashes 
Software
Windows 7 RC download crashes
May 5, 2009 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has managed a repeat performance of its January debacle when the Windows 7 beta public download crashed due to high demand.
 
Researchers make programming breakthrough 
Software
Researchers make programming breakthrough
Feb 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers have developed a software tool which makes the translation of code for global markets faster.
 
Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless 
Telco/ISP
Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless
Jan 22, 2009 | Comment Now 
It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Web in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.
 
Ipod back on Aussie Christmas lists 
Hardware
Ipod back on Aussie Christmas lists
Dec 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
After months of dropping off of Australians' shopping lists, the iPod is apparently back.
 
Google called a bandwidth hog 
Telco/ISP
Google called a bandwidth hog
Dec 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
Google has fought back at an accusation that it's an Internet bandwidth hog.
 
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer to reality 
Hardware
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer to reality
Dec 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
Fuel cell-powered gear is a step closer now that the US government has removed legislation that would have prevented the development.
 
Nokia to pull out of Japan 
Telco/ISP
Nokia to pull out of Japan
Nov 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
The world's largest mobile maker has decided to pull out of the largest market on the planet.
 
Google broke App Store rules 
Software
Google broke App Store rules
Nov 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
Apple's Steve Jobs does not like people breaking Apple's rules and right now he is mightily miffed at the search engine Google which seem to have broken one of his commandments ...
 
Heroin hacker steals information on 59,000 workers 
Security
Heroin hacker steals information on 59,000 workers
Nov 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
American company Luxottica Retail, the former owner of the Things Remembered stores seemed to have forgotten to have the right amount of security on the company mainframe.
 
iPhone outclocked by MP3-playing sibling 
Hardware
iPhone outclocked by MP3-playing sibling
Nov 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
Apple's iPhone is being upstaged by the outfit's second generation Coldplaying Ipod.
 
Citigroup wonders what to do with redundant gear 
Hardware
Citigroup wonders what to do with redundant gear
Nov 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
When Citigroup announced that it was handing redundancies to more than 52,000 workers, few wondered what was going to happen to all those people's kit.
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