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    Offshoring won't cure a company's ills, but used in the right circumstances and with management paying careful attention to the progress, then the risk of failure is relatively low.

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    Everyone's agreed the BIOS must die, but nobody's saying too much about the replacement.

  • Aust PC market set to boom: IDC

    The Australian PC market for the second quarter 2003 has increased by 20.9 percent over the same period last year, according to IDC.

  • Macintosh: An acquired taste

    Macworld Expo in San Francisco is more than a technology convention. It is a personality litmus test, too.

  • Will robots spit the dummy?

    Why build an angry robot? ZDNet Australia talks to the authors of a system that will bring emotional feelings to aircraft, fridges and household appliances.

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  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

  • Virtual desktops, real security

    Virtualised desktop environments, in some cases using Linux, are gaining in popularity as IT administrators realise they can deliver security advantages. We tell the story of one Australian government department and take you through the landscape.

  • Google vs. Yahoo: Clash of cultures

    As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.

  • How the Mac was born

    Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the Macintosh, talks about his work on the Mac, his reasons for writing a book on it and the reaction from his former co-workers.

  • Software piracy: Hype versus reality

    Business Software Alliance's Bob Kruger defends new piracy stats which reflect a growing threat to digital copyrights.

Reviews (8)

  • Dell 2209WA

    The 2209WA is a monitor with very few flaws. While we'd love to see 1:1 scaling, and the inset screen may cause some users grief, we wouldn't mind two of these sitting on our desk. This is the best 22-inch monitor we've seen.

  • Nitro PDF Desktop

    To create cross-platform documents for the Web, Nitro PDF is a back-to-basics alternative to Adobe Acrobat.

  • When PC installs go bad

    Commentary--I'm here today to make a startling revelation. My current PC scares me.

  • Will robots spit the dummy?

    Why build an angry robot? We talk to the authors of a system that will bring emotional feelings to aircraft, fridges and household appliances.

  • Grab a seat, and join me for my dinner with Bill Gates

    On the eve of Windows XP's launch, I joined 14 other journalists for a private dinner with the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. We had one thing in common: When Bill talks, we write about it. And on this night he was talking, and just to us. Here's part one of what Bill had to say.

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