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Browser replaces OS

Browser replaces OS

The Linux Good OS team announced its lean, quick booting 'Cloud' browser-based thin-client computing environment at a Netbook expo in Paris on Monday.
Egan Orion Dec 3 2008 6:53AM Software
Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon has moved its SimpleDB online database service out of beta, claiming that new features have reduced the cost of data storage from US$1.50 to US$0.25 per gigabyte per month.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
VMware View 3 enhances virtual desktops

VMware View 3 enhances virtual desktops

VMware has updated its virtual desktop product with enhancements that make it easier to provision and manage virtual clients, and new capabilities that support mobile workers on laptops.
Daniel Robinson Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
Linux lands on the iPhone

Linux lands on the iPhone

A group of amateur developers has ported the Linux operating system to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
Shaun Nichols Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
Victorian Council eyes 24x7 online access to services

Victorian Council eyes 24x7 online access to services

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is rolling out Objective enterprise content management (ECM) software to 650 users enterprise-wide as part of a wider strategy to enable it to conduct more business process transactions online.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 1:06PM Software
User-created extensions coming to Google Chrome

User-created extensions coming to Google Chrome

User-created extensions are at the heart of a new Google plan to improve its open source Chrome browser, according to documents on the Chromium development site.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 11:22AM Software
Pownce acquired by Six Apart, will be shut down in two weeks

Pownce acquired by Six Apart, will be shut down in two weeks

Popular microblogging and social networking site Pownce will close forever on 15 December, after it was acquired by rival Six Apart, the company behind Movable Type, Vox and TypePad.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 10:29AM Software
Sanity Music’s LoadIt online music service shuts down

Sanity Music’s LoadIt online music service shuts down

Sanity Music’s dud LoadIt online music service will close just five months after it launched, according to chief executive Ray Itaoui.
Ry Crozier Dec 2 2008 10:13AM Software
Marshal8e6’s new software locks down Microsoft Exchange

Marshal8e6’s new software locks down Microsoft Exchange

Marshal8e6 promises to secure all Internet-based communication streams in the workplace with an internal filtering solution for Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007.
Staff Writers Dec 1 2008 2:22PM Software
Jadu brings PHP and .NET closer together

Jadu brings PHP and .NET closer together

Content management firm Jadu has released a new tool which could bring together the fiercely opposing spheres of PHP and Microsoft's .NET, bridging developer skills gaps and lowering the cost of web application development.
Phil Muncaster Dec 1 2008 6:28AM Software
GPET overhauls doctor education report systems

GPET overhauls doctor education report systems

General Practice Education and Training (GPET) – the organisation that oversees GP training programs on behalf of the government – has set up a new data warehouse and BI system to report internally and to government.
Ry Crozier Nov 29 2008 3:15PM Software
Despite reports, Telstra and Second Life remain inseparable

Despite reports, Telstra and Second Life remain inseparable

It’s a match made in heaven: Telstra is Australia’s biggest telco and ISP, while Second Life is one of the world’s hottest social networking tools. So when the media reported that “the game was almost over” for Second Life, Telstra was quick to defend its investment.
Kathryn Small Nov 28 2008 2:20PM Software
Start-ups get freebies and cheapies from Sun and Microsoft

Start-ups get freebies and cheapies from Sun and Microsoft

First it was students – now hardware and software vendors want to hook start-ups on their gear with Microsoft and now Sun Microsystems offering them free or subsidised software and hardware.
Staff Writers Nov 27 2008 3:51PM Software
Internet café fined $82k, forfeits servers for copyright breaches

Internet café fined $82k, forfeits servers for copyright breaches

A Sydney Internet café raided by Australian Federal Police late last year has pleaded guilty to 40 charges of copyright infringement, copping an $82,000 fine, court costs and forfeiting some 60 computer terminals and three servers.
Staff Writers Nov 27 2008 3:46PM Software
Fedora 10 shows enhancements

Fedora 10 shows enhancements

The Fedora Project has released version 10 of its free-to-download Linux platform, adding greater support for virtualisation, a graphical boot system, and other enhancements such as network connection sharing.
Daniel Robinson Nov 27 2008 6:48AM Software
SCO files for appeal of loss to Novell

SCO files for appeal of loss to Novell

SCO filed notice on Tuesday that it will appeal Judge Kimball's final judgment in its unsuccessful lawsuit against Novell, wherein it tried to claim ownership of the copyrights to UNIX SVRx.
Egan Orion Nov 27 2008 12:22AM Software
Google broke App Store rules

Google broke App Store rules

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 which he set in stone.
Nick Farrell Nov 27 2008 12:22AM Software
Microsoft study finds the internet can make you sicker

Microsoft study finds the internet can make you sicker

A study by Microsoft researchers has found that the internet has a tendency to fuel anxiety among users who self-diagnose illnesses using web site information.
Iain Thomson Nov 27 2008 12:10AM Software
Only one in five video games make a decent profit

Only one in five video games make a decent profit

Only 20 per cent of released video games ever make sizable profit according to analysis outfit Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR).
Sylvie Barak Nov 26 2008 3:42PM Software
Social networking juror kicked out of court

Social networking juror kicked out of court

Criminals are expected to face up to their actions in court, but trial by Facebook is not an option, apparently, as a British juror discovered after being booted out for running a poll on the social not-working site to determine the defendants’ guilt.
Sylvie Barak Nov 26 2008 3:42PM Software

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