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Scott McNealy spent years sniping at the "evil empire" of Bill Gates. Now, a more customer-centric approach unites the archrivals, forcing them to bury the hatchet.
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.
Microsoft is developing new security software it hopes will make Web services and its entire product lineup more appealing to big companies.
Microsoft is now cosying up to the open source movement, and there are sound business reasons behind the about-face.
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Your data is important to you, but do you know if others are trying to get at it? ZDNet Australia investigates.
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