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    Amazon.com has resumed taking advance orders for the business version of Windows XP, giving another preview of pricing for Microsoft's new operating system.

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    Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service - a major component of its online computing services - was experiencing problems Sunday in the US.

  • Google modernises Web software tool

    Google plans to release later this week a near-final version of the Google Web Toolkit 1.5, software designed to ease the onerous parts of writing sophisticated Web-based software.

  • Cloud computing hailed as future of the datacentre

    Cloud computing, the notion of outsourcing hardware and software to Internet service providers, is showing the classic signs of disruptive technology -- it's not good enough for the masses yet, but it has clear potential to shake things up.

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    From Paul Allen to Jeff Bezos, high-tech luminaries have ambitions that are out of this world. What is it with deep-pocket geeks and space?

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    After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?

  • Open source: Collaborate not litigate

    Open-source software is about more than free code and occasionally troublesome licensing models.

  • Microsoft does open source u-turn

    Microsoft is now cosying up to the open source movement, and there are sound business reasons behind the about-face.

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    Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.

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    Pricing for Microsoft Office 2003 has appeared online together with a heavy hint at its release date, in what appears to be the latest e-commerce blunder.

  • Firefox 3 beta 1: a first look

    A few months later than originally planned, Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 3, the widely used open-source Web browser. Firefox 3 beta 1 includes a number of features that Mozilla says should improve security, ease of use, rendering of Web pages and location of previously visited Web pages.

  • Apple iTunes 6

    While the interface has become subtly more intuitive and flexible, especially with version 5's interface tweaks and nested playlist ability, this free app has picked up impressive new features without compromising ease of use.

  • Opera 8

    If you don't mind paying for Web browser features found nowhere else, Opera 8's the browser for you.

  • First Take: MSN Search

    Microsoft hustles to catch up with search engine giants Google and Yahoo, but the beta version of MSN Search still leaves plenty of room for improvement.

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