Rewarding IT innovation
Inventors of a new plastic optical fibre were awarded the $10,000 Australian Computer Society Eureka Prize for Information and Communication Technology Innovation last night in Sydney. More...

AOL updates AIM to fix flaw
America Online has posted a beta of its popular instant messaging client that fixes a vulnerability made public just a day before, and will follow up this week with a patch for the current version, 5.5. More...

Google sets registration deadline for shares auction
Google has set a deadline for would-be investors to pre-qualify for the online-search company's auction-style stock offering, which Google said would take place "soon thereafter." More...

Microsoft's August patch list offers only one entry
How embarrassing it would have been if, just days after Microsoft released its long-anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 update, it had to go public with a bunch of new bugs. More...

SCO considers upping 'Linux' licensing fee
The SCO Group is considering an increase in the cost of the intellectual-property licence it says companies should buy for using the open-source Linux operating system. More...

Staged rollout of Windows XP SP2 continues
Microsoft has made the full network installation package of Windows XP Service Pack 2 SP2 available. More...

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