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Google releases application development engine

Google releases application development engine

Google is previewing a new service aimed at web application developers. The preview release of the Google App Engine will let developers host, create and run applications as easily as they might create a blog, said the firm.
Staff Writers Apr 9 2008 4:09PM Software
Couples turn to online espionage

Couples turn to online espionage

Research undertaken at Oxford University suggests that an increasing number of people are spying on their partners online..
Iain Thomson Apr 9 2008 1:04PM Software
IBM builds SOA social network

IBM builds SOA social network

IBM has built a social network for anyone interested in service oriented architecture (SOA)..
Andrew Charlesworth Apr 9 2008 7:22AM Software
Blogging may be bad for your health

Blogging may be bad for your health

Some of the blogging community are worried that blogging for a living could be bad for your health..
Iain Thomson Apr 8 2008 3:33PM Software
AIIA backs Swimming Australia in Facebook photo removal

AIIA backs Swimming Australia in Facebook photo removal

Swimming Australia may have copped some flack over the removal of its members' personal photos from popular social networking site Facebook, but according to the AIIA, the sporting organisation was correct in its instructions to the athletes.
Liz Tay Apr 8 2008 2:24PM Software
Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft’s advances, again

Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft’s advances, again

Yahoo has rejected yet another aggressive advance from Microsoft in which the software giant issued a three-week ultimatum: either accept a US$44.6 billion buyout offer or face an ugly proxy battle.
Staff Writers Apr 8 2008 2:17PM Software
ISO approval is mixed blessing

ISO approval is mixed blessing

Microsoft’s success in gaining ISO standard status for its Office Open XML file format is either good or bad news, depending on your point of view.
IT Week Apr 8 2008 1:28PM Software
Infoblox delivers DNS and DHCP for Windows systems

Infoblox delivers DNS and DHCP for Windows systems

Microsoft gold certified partner Infoblox will today announce the launch of its Infoblox IP address management (IPAM) WinConnect system, an application which can run on Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Dave Bailey Apr 8 2008 1:28PM Software
Setting your own agenda at Sydney BarCamp

Setting your own agenda at Sydney BarCamp

Early on Saturday morning, at the BarCamp Sydney conference, a group of people crowded around the conference scheduling board. Most wore jeans and t-shirts, and all nursed take-away coffee. “Who’s speaking first?” asked one of them. “No one so far – why don’t you give a talk?” asked another. A young man carrying a laptop wrote his name and subject matter on an oversized Post-It note and stuck it on the scheduling board. “There – I’ll give the first talk,” he said.
Kathryn Small Apr 8 2008 12:14PM Software
Microsoft Windows 7 two years away

Microsoft Windows 7 two years away

Despite ramping up efforts to improve Vista traction in the marketplace, Microsoft is already preparing for the release of its latest operating software – codename Windows 7 – following an announcement by Bill Gates.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 8 2008 7:56AM Software
China lifts ban on English Wikipedia

China lifts ban on English Wikipedia

China has lifted the ban on its citizens viewing the English language version of Wikipedia..
Iain Thomson Apr 8 2008 7:54AM Software
Google sued for Street View privacy invasion

Google sued for Street View privacy invasion

A Pennsylvania couple are suing Google for posting pictures of their home on Google Street View..
Iain Thomson Apr 8 2008 7:54AM Software
Outsourcing code puts security at risk

Outsourcing code puts security at risk

A study into companies that outsource code development has found that six out of 10 do not include security specifications..
Iain Thomson Apr 8 2008 7:54AM Security
Microsoft issues Yahoo a three week deadline

Microsoft issues Yahoo a three week deadline

Having grown tired of chasing the approval of Yahoo directors, Microsoft now has issued the company an ultimatum; agree to its $US44 billion buyout offer within three weeks, or Microsoft will take its offer directly to shareholders.
Staff Writers Apr 7 2008 3:35PM Software
China tightens control over Web media

China tightens control over Web media

Amnesty International’s recent report on human rights in China revealed the country has fallen short of its pledge to provide unrestricted Internet access leading up to the Beijing Olympics.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 7 2008 3:30PM Software
Computer games make players less violent

Computer games make players less violent

A new study of computer gamers has found that a session in front of World of Warcraft can make players less stressed and more calm..
Iain Thomson Apr 7 2008 3:09PM Software
Microsoft sheds light on its internet strategy

Microsoft sheds light on its internet strategy

At Microsoft’s Mix08 conference for web designers and developers earlier in March, the firm showed off its developments and coming attractions, including a new focus on standards in Internet Explorer and an update to its Silverlight platform for browser-based applications.
Apr 7 2008 3:01PM Software
Sydney BarCamp calls on businesses to go social

Sydney BarCamp calls on businesses to go social

Social networks, web 3.0 and e-business were the key topics at this weekend’s BarCamp Sydney, an open conference for the IT industry.
Kathryn Small Apr 7 2008 10:37AM Software
Open source the biggest potential game changer for government: Senator Lundy

Open source the biggest potential game changer for government: Senator Lundy

Senator Kate Lundy hosted a pre-2020 Summit event in Canberra last week to generate ideas on how open source technology, open standards and open access to information might transform the way government departments and the business world operate.
Sarah Stokely Apr 7 2008 7:58AM Software
Aussie MYOB parts with UK division for $77M

Aussie MYOB parts with UK division for $77M

Australian software vendor MYOB – devloper of the popular MYOB accounting software package – has sold its UK and Ireland Accountants Division to Wolters Kluwer for a cash payment of $77.2 million (GBP 35.5 million).
Lilia Guan Apr 7 2008 7:51AM Software

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