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  • Developers want Ballmer to show money

    Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers.

  • Symantec, Yahoo team on security

    Symantec and Yahoo plan to announce on Tuesday a partnership designed to help secure consumers online.

  • Adobe to launch AIR 1.0

    Adobe Systems on Monday is set to finally release Adobe Integrated Environment software, which is on the leading edge of a movement to make Web applications act more like traditional desktop applications.

  • Mono brings Silverlight and Adobe AIR closer

    Miguel de Icaza, who heads up the open source Mono project, has provided an update on a project to create Silverlight applications that run out of the browser, moving a small step toward what Adobe Systems offers with AIR.

  • Microsoft to license Adobe's Flash Lite

    Even though it has plans to release a competing technology, Microsoft has agreed to license Adobe's Flash Lite technology for its Windows Mobile operating system and browser.

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  • Olympics are a boon for Silverlight

    Here's the way things work at Microsoft. After correcting shortcomings in the first and second editions of its software, version 3.0 of a Microsoft product usually silences the company's worst critics, allowing management to get on with business of crushing rivals. But I'll be first to acknowledge that Silverlight breaks with that pattern.

  • Q&A: Adobe on taking on services and Microsoft

    Much of the future success of Adobe Systems hinges on the work done by its Platform Business Unit, which is headed by Kevin Lynch, the company's chief software architect.

  • Adobe plots its path on the Web

    Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business.

  • Superguide: the death of 'trusted' Web sites?

    The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

Reviews (8)

  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (Beta)

    Adobe's latest incarnation of Acrobat is top of the line, highly featured software. Just make sure you need all the bells and whistles before you pay the AU$999 price tag.

  • Graphics Wars: which vendors are winning?

    While the tide of technological delivery continues to shift, four graphics software vendors struggle for supremacy. ZDNet Australia profiles the leading combatants.

  • Paint it black: 6 mono printers tested

    Who needs colour? Sometimes all you need is a black-and-white printer that can churn out the pages fast. We test your options.

  • Code confidence: 4 HTML editors tested

    Whether or not you're fluent in HTML, there's a Web site creation app just for you. We'll help you find it.

  • Office Professional 2003 Beta 2

    Corporate buyers should test this beta -- we suspect you'll love Office 2003's integrated XML. Home users: Office 2003 hasn't been enhanced enough to merit a test. Wait for the final release, and then check our review.

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