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  • Apple Australia in two legal battles

    In Federal Court, Apple today fought the first of two separate and protracted legal battles, arguing for ownership over the trademark name "Mac Pro" and "MacPro". Next month it will again take on its former reseller, Buzzle Operations.

  • Facebook in $500m Twitter bid: report

    Facebook recently made a US$500 million offer to buy micro-blogging site Twitter, according to a Wall St Journal website.

  • Yahoo to chop at least 1,400 jobs

    Yahoo yesterday in the US reported a 64 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter, issued cautions about a weakening advertising market, and confirmed that layoffs were indeed on the way.

  • Microsoft blamed for Google Docs flaw threat

    Google has fixed a flaw in Google Docs that allowed an attacker to hijack sessions on any Google service but security experts say that the real damage is being caused by Internet Explorer, not Google's technology.

  • Legal schmegal: Aussie iPhone will still be locked

    After research conducted by two Queensland legal academics ignited debate yesterday over whether Apple will be allowed to lock the iPhone to an exclusive carrier, Trade Practices experts have agreed that to do so might contravene regulations, but it will make little difference to the company.

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  • Windows Live rooted in MSN's past

    Microsoft's new batch of services borrows heavily from current or proposed products. Is Windows Live just another name for MSN?

  • SAN backup buffer saves Kiwi college

    When one of Waiariki Institute of Technology's servers went down a month ago, it was an opportunity -- unwanted, no doubt -- to test the restore capabilities of the institute's new backup system, implemented after years of problems with backups.

  • XML: Too much of a good thing?

    Explosion of special-interest XML dialects could mean the standard is a success or could be the start of a new headache.

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

  • SCO backs off Linux invoice plan

    SCO Group has backed off a plan to send invoices to prod corporate users into buying licenses to use Linux, an operating system the company argues violates its Unix intellectual property.

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  • Photos: Fellows lifts the veil on Vista

    Windows Vista was officially launched at the The Museum of Contemporary Art of Sydney. It was also an unofficial handover of sorts from outgoing Microsoft Australia managing director Steve Vamos to Tracey Fellows, who starts her stint next week.

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