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New Lara Croft is 'pure woman'

New Lara Croft is 'pure woman'

US gaming magazine Play has hinted at the treats in store for Lara Croft fans when Tomb Raider Underworld arrives on the shelves next year.
Guy Dixon Dec 19 2007 11:41AM Software
'Browser detention' exposed as hoax

'Browser detention' exposed as hoax

The case of an American student given a detention for using the Firefox browser has been exposed as a hoax..
Shaun Nichols Dec 19 2007 7:28AM Software
Aussies love pizza on YouTube

Aussies love pizza on YouTube

Australians may love their beer, sunshine and beach, but it seems a little thing called pizza has got most people hooked online.
Staff Writers Dec 18 2007 3:30PM Software
Digital maps to go interactive

Digital maps to go interactive

The expected growth of pedestrian navigation and location-based services means that traditional map production technologies will no longer be able to generate and update sufficiently detailed maps, experts predict..
Robert Jaques Dec 18 2007 7:04AM Software
Ordnance Survey opens up source code

Ordnance Survey opens up source code

Ordnance Survey has unveiled a free online platform aimed at encouraging web developers to tinker with the map specialist's geographic data..
Guy Dixon Dec 18 2007 7:04AM Software
Google challenges Wikipedia for the knowledge crown

Google challenges Wikipedia for the knowledge crown

Search giant Google is set to take on the world’s most popular encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, with the launch of Knol, an online, user-generated and user-edited learning resource..
Staff Writers Dec 17 2007 2:51PM Software
Web 2.0 goes charitable

Web 2.0 goes charitable

A social networking site dedicated to fundraising for good causes is due to launch next year..
Staff Writers Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy

Sun sheds light on OpenOffice strategy

Sun Microsystems has vowed to make its free office suite every bit as good as its paid-for offering..
Shaun Nichols Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Microsoft unveils hypervisor beta

Microsoft unveils hypervisor beta

Microsoft has unveiled a public beta for its hypervisor-based server virtualisation technology, Hyper-V, a feature bundled in with some versions of Windows Server 2008..
Robert Jaques Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
One in seven dumped via text message or email

One in seven dumped via text message or email

Following in the tradition of Phil Collins, who reputedly divorced his wife using a fax machine, today’s generation are using technology to end their romances..
Guy Dixon Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Sun Sparcs up open source processor

Sun Sparcs up open source processor

Sun Microsystems has provided its OpenSparc T2 RTL (register transfer level) processor design to the free and open source community via the GPL license..
Clement James Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Hybrid apps put pressure on Office

Hybrid apps put pressure on Office

Attempting to take market share from Microsoft Office has become one of the great follies of recent years, but contenders continue to line up. The latest rivals are using the ubiquity of the internet to develop low-cost and free web-based tools that can be accessed from anywhere and have strong document collaboration features. However, Microsoft is also taking steps to protect its dominance.
Martin Veitch Dec 17 2007 2:28PM Software
Interoperability is main worry for open source customers

Interoperability is main worry for open source customers

Interoperability tops the worry list of open-source-software customers and channel partners, according to a study by The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA)..
Guy Dixon Dec 14 2007 11:21AM Software
IBM beefs up ID management in Tivoli

IBM beefs up ID management in Tivoli

IBM has added a set of identity management tools into its Tivoli enterprise management suite..
Shaun Nichols Dec 14 2007 10:46AM Software
Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam email accounted for between 90 and 95 percent of all email in 2007, up from an estimated five per cent of email in 2001, according to a report from web security company Barracuda Networks..
Guy Dixon Dec 14 2007 10:46AM Software
Bebo opens up developer platform

Bebo opens up developer platform

Bebo has launched its Open Application Platform, opening its API to third party developers to integrate their applications with the social networking site..
Staff Writers Dec 14 2007 7:46AM Software
Adobe opens up its remoting and messaging apps

Adobe opens up its remoting and messaging apps

Adobe Systems has announced a new open source project named BlazeDS that opens the source code in the company’s remoting and messaging technologies, Flex and AIR.
Staff Writers Dec 13 2007 3:17PM Software
Wabbadabba gets into the spirit of Christmas

Wabbadabba gets into the spirit of Christmas

Yahoo-powered search engine wabbadabba has launched headlong into the spirit of Christmas with what could be the silliest Christmas prize give-away based on the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' rhyme.
Staff Writers Dec 13 2007 1:19PM Software
Reserve a seat through Ticketek online

Reserve a seat through Ticketek online

Online users will now be able to purchase their own seats and then hold a limited number of adjacent seats to be purchased within a set period of time without paying up-front costs, through Australian ticketing agency Ticketek.
Staff Writers Dec 13 2007 11:15AM Software
Vivid takes hard line with PornoTube

Vivid takes hard line with PornoTube

Commercial pornography producer Vivid is taking the web site PornoTube and its parent company to court for copyright infringement..
Iain Thomson Dec 13 2007 7:18AM Software

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