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Microsoft launches aggressive pursuit of pirates

Microsoft launches aggressive pursuit of pirates

Microsoft has launched a devastating attack against alleged counterfeiters and pirates, taking simultaneous legal action in Australia and 48 countries on six continents for what they declared to be “Global Anti-Piracy Day”.
Kathryn Small Oct 22 2008 6:40AM Software
Apple goes after Vista in new campaign

Apple goes after Vista in new campaign

After Microsoft’s huge advertising campaign to support its Vista operating system Apple has gone on the offensive with a new series of adverts slating the move.
Iain Thomson Oct 21 2008 2:28PM Software
Government virtualisation subsidies under fire

Government virtualisation subsidies under fire

VMware has emerged upbeat from its latest round of efforts lobbying the Rudd government to subsidise enterprise adoption of virtualisation, but at least one IT insider is questioning the scheme’s logic.
Ry Crozier Oct 21 2008 12:18PM Software
Microsoft patents speech censoring

Microsoft patents speech censoring

Microsoft has managed to get a patent for censoring speech.
Nick Farrell Oct 21 2008 6:35AM Software
Google shows off Gmail on Android

Google shows off Gmail on Android

The first Android-powered phoneis se t for release by T-Mobile this week, and Google has been showing off the Gmail experience running on its new mobile platform.
David Neal Oct 21 2008 6:30AM Software
Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Web sites that match kidney donors with recipients may facilitate social worth judgements, researchers say, raising concerns of socio-economic discrimination.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 6:25AM Software
VCs backing off of open source

VCs backing off of open source

Venture capital firms are pumping less money into open source companies, according to recent report.
Shaun Nichols Oct 20 2008 6:44AM Software
Mozilla debuts mobile browser

Mozilla debuts mobile browser

Mozilla has released its first beta of a mobile version of its popular browser Firefox.
Iain Thomson Oct 20 2008 6:44AM Software
Open source licence violations manual published

Open source licence violations manual published

Dutch software engineer Armijn Hemel has just published a manual on how to detect violations of open source software.
Gijs Hillenius Oct 18 2008 10:28AM Software
Gmail outage irks IT administrators

Gmail outage irks IT administrators

IT administrators are being hassled by disgruntled staff who have found themselves cut off from Gmail with little explanation.
Iain Thomson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Software
Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

The government will not reconsider anti-siphoning laws as it formulates new digital strategies for ABC and SBS, despite claiming multi-channeling is important to future growth.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 11:32AM Software
Google patches up its Chrome developer version a bit

Google patches up its Chrome developer version a bit

Google has released a developer update to its Chrome Web browser which purportedly deals with some of the crashing and video issues which were occurring.
Sylvie Barak Oct 17 2008 7:21AM Software
Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has joined the ranks of celebrities and influential tech leaders in getting a Twitter account -- and the results are surprisingly mundane.
Kathryn Small Oct 16 2008 10:57AM Software
Demand outstrips supply for OpenOffice

Demand outstrips supply for OpenOffice

Demand for the OpenOffice 3.0 suite has been so high that it has taken down the company’s servers.
Iain Thomson Oct 15 2008 3:37PM Software
Mozilla Labs experiments again

Mozilla Labs experiments again

Mozilla Labs announced yesterday the formation of a new group put together to focus on the research and development of tools for the open Web.
Emma Hughes Oct 15 2008 6:56AM Software
Microsoft unveils Silverlight 2.0

Microsoft unveils Silverlight 2.0

Microsoft has released the latest version of its Silverlight web application tool, promising a "radical improvement" in the way developers and designers build applications on the web.
Shaun Nichols Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
VKernel analyses virtual capacity

VKernel analyses virtual capacity

VKernel, the developer of virtual machine solutions, is now shipping its Capacity Analyzer 2.0 virtual appliance..
David Neal Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
Microsoft settles on 'Windows 7' for new OS

Microsoft settles on 'Windows 7' for new OS

Microsoft confirms the next version of its operating system will be called Windows 7 but the decision has invoked surprise and confusion among some observers.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Software
Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

VMware will lobby the Australian government to offer incentives to business to encourage adoption of virtualisation technology.
Ry Crozier Oct 14 2008 12:57PM Software
Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

An international team of researchers is using a wireless Open Source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 12:50PM Software

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