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Tuesday, 5th February 2008

Latest headlines

Windows Vista SP1 set for launch, Microsoft says

Microsoft said Monday that it has released the first major update for its Windows Vista operating system to manufacturing, meaning the software will be ready for general distribution in the coming weeks.. ... Read More >>

	Analysts react to Microsoft/Yahoo deal
	Taiwan group guilty of 90 percent of Microsoft piracy
	Google hits back at Yahoo/Microsoft deal
	IBM builds cloud computing centre in China
	Micron offers super-fast Nand Flash
	IPods cleared of upsetting pacemakers
	Dell expands in data-storage business
	Microsoft expects to borrow to fund Yahoo deal
	Yahoo made many mistakes before Microsoft bid

Most read articles

Software
Python 3.0 to be backwards incompatible
Organisations using the programming language Python will be majorly affected by changes in store for the language over the course of the next twelve months, Linux.conf.au attendees were told this morning.

Security
Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier
Computer security expert Bruce Schneier took a swipe at a number of sacred cows of security including RFID tags, national ID cards and public CCTV security cameras in his keynote address to Linux.conf.au this morning.

Linux & Open Source
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source
The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source.

Internet
2008: The year of the content filter
With Communications Minister Stephen Conroy set to release his report on ISP-level content filtering later this month, 2008 is shaping up to be the “year of the content filter” according to IP expert Kimberlee Weatherall.

Telecommunications
Telstra cops complaints from four rival telcos
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received notification of five telecommunications access disputes under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Events

Event Name	Location	Date
Amazon Web Services presentation by Mike Culver	Melbourne - register for location	25/02/2008
Windows Server 2008 Seminars	All states	05/02/2008
Gartner Business Intelligence & Information Management Summit	Sydney Convention Centre	18/03/2008
Broadband for Australia: How, Why and When	Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street Sydney	25/02/2008
Fred Schebesta’s Online Traffic Formula Seminar	Level 3, 4-16 Yurong St, East Sydney, 2010	28/02/2008

Products

Solaris 10 OS

Solaris 10 OS ... read more »

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