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Yahoo close to announcing new board members

Yahoo close to announcing new board members

Yahoo could name the new members of its board as early as Friday, in a bid to appease investor Carl Icahn and avoid a proxy battle, according to reports..
Phil Muncaster Aug 14 2008 6:44AM Software
Google Street View is in more trouble

Google Street View is in more trouble

Google Street View is getting into more hot water over privacy matters as its cars drive around the world snapping various things at street level.
Nick Farrell Aug 13 2008 7:24AM Software
New OpenGL standard fails to delight

New OpenGL standard fails to delight

The Khronos Group, a consortium of companies that manages the OpenGL graphics standard, has finally released the specification for OpenGL 3.0, and developers are not impressed..
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 7:19AM Software
Google tries its hand at cryptography

Google tries its hand at cryptography

Google is taking a step into the field of cryptography, with KeyCzar, an open-source tool which allows developers to use encryption within their applications.
Shaun Nichols Aug 13 2008 7:19AM Software
Jobs admits to iPhone blacklist

Jobs admits to iPhone blacklist

Apple does have the ability to remotely manage applications on the iPhone, said chief executive Steve Jobs..
Shaun Nichols Aug 12 2008 4:01PM Software
Researchers isolate 'shared elements' to speed 3D map rendering

Researchers isolate 'shared elements' to speed 3D map rendering

Researchers have discovered a novel way to render maps and complex 3D images on consumer devices by processing shared elements in the images only once.
Staff Writers Aug 12 2008 2:56PM Software
Laptop motion detector warns of earthquake

Laptop motion detector warns of earthquake

The technology used to detect motion in laptops can be utilised to detect earthquakes.
Emma Hughes Aug 12 2008 7:34AM Software
Online campaigns bedevilled by typos

Online campaigns bedevilled by typos

Cyber squatters are making a fortune out of the US election.
Nick Farrell Aug 11 2008 4:08PM Software
Missing your Olympics fix? Go mobile!

Missing your Olympics fix? Go mobile!

Some people have obviously gone Olympics mad and can't wait to get the latest updates on how the games are going. Just for those people, there's now the Mippin Olympic channel.
Tony Dennis Aug 11 2008 4:08PM Software
Live trumps Google in paid Olympic traffic

Live trumps Google in paid Olympic traffic

Google Australia is distributing the most local Olympics searches but is being trumped by Windows Live and Yahoo! in paid traffic, Hitwise Australia says.
Staff Writers Aug 11 2008 2:06PM Software
Computer bests human in Go

Computer bests human in Go

A computer has beat a top human player at the board game Go for the first time.
Shaun Nichols Aug 9 2008 4:58PM Software
Weekly Roundup: The Olympics are here! But watch your back

Weekly Roundup: The Olympics are here! But watch your back

In the week-long countdown to the Olympics, online fraudsters have stepped up their efforts to swindle sports fans out of thousands of dollars, while human rights advocates cried foul over online Chinese censorship.
Staff Writers Aug 9 2008 4:53PM Software
IBM looks to take local green software global

IBM looks to take local green software global

IBM and Sydney-based Supply Chain Consulting are working with up to 40 local customers to implement green management strategies.
Ry Crozier Aug 8 2008 12:40PM Software
Mozilla plans to consolidate messaging into one application

Mozilla plans to consolidate messaging into one application

Mozilla has released a prototype of a new application that aims to consolidate all messages a user can receive over a computer into one reader package.
Iain Thomson Aug 8 2008 12:34PM Software
XP still outselling Vista says HP

XP still outselling Vista says HP

A senior executive at HP has said that sales of systems of Windows XP still make up the majority of its sales, despite the operating system being officially withdrawn from sale in June.
Iain Thomson Aug 8 2008 12:34PM Software
Live Mesh tech preview open to Aussies

Live Mesh tech preview open to Aussies

Microsoft has opened its much-anticipated Live Mesh technology preview up to Australian users for the first time.
Ry Crozier Aug 8 2008 10:58AM Software
linux.conf.au 2009 shapes up

linux.conf.au 2009 shapes up

Hardware hacking, licensing and art were among a broad range of topics submitted to linux.conf.au (LCA) 2009 organisers by the time a call for papers closed today.
Liz Tay Aug 8 2008 10:50AM Software
Spanish speakers struggle to find web content

Spanish speakers struggle to find web content

Users whose native tongue is not English are having a particularly hard time evaluating the credibility of websites, according to new research.
Clement James Aug 8 2008 7:39AM Software
Google updates search box

Google updates search box

Google has updated its network search hardware offering.
Shaun Nichols Aug 7 2008 3:37PM Software
Artificially intelligent poker pro available for download

Artificially intelligent poker pro available for download

The source code of the 2008 Computer Poker Competition’s second place prize winner has been released for free use by the public.
Staff Writers Aug 7 2008 2:50PM Software

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