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  • CentOS developers threaten mutiny

    Offering a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux turned out not to be such a simple matter after all.

  • Oracle unveils first hardware product

    Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive.

  • Google launches Wikipedia rival

    Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning, according to the Official Google Blog.

  • Microsoft dumps book search efforts

    Microsoft's Live Search Team is ending its book search efforts, according to a blog post Friday. Its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic sites will be discontinued next week, and books and academic publishings will show up in regular search results rather than separate sites.

  • Google trains indexing bots to fill HTML forms

    Google's ever active search bots, which scour the Web constantly for new pages, have begun a new, more active phase of their indexing jobs.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over

    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Dear Telstra: pack up your toys, go home

    Rejecting Telstra's proposal, after all, is the only conclusion Conroy can reach: as someone whose entire philosophy is built around transparency and process, he simply cannot keep Telstra as part of the NBN bidding process anymore.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    US shows what OPEL could have been

    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Remember the Ala-MIMO

    As CSIRO stands firm on its refusal to freely license key patents relating to WLANs, I'm reminded of the joke: what do you get when you grab a man by the testicles? The answer: his full attention.

Features and Case Studies (33)

  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

  • Novell CEO: We made Microsoft open up

    Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.

  • Thin client phone becomes 'Pocket Supercomputer'

    Accenture researchers have been showing off a thin client system, which can recognise objects such as books, pictures and foodstuffs videoed on a mobile phone -- delivering relevant information straight to into your hand.

  • Google's Android head on the iPhone, Linux and the Dream

    Google's Andy Rubin talks nuts and bolts about the Linux-based phone software, the lessons of Sidekick, and the beauty of the iPhone.

  • Vista essentials: A business guidebook

    After more than three years in the making, Windows Vista was unveiled to corporate users late last year. This guide covers everything a business needs to know before embracing the new operating system.

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  • DET begins slow crawl to a new Vista

    The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET), which has one of the largest IT infrastructures in Australia, will face some unique challenges if it decides to migrate its desktop fleet to Microsoft's new operating system.

Reviews (38)

  • Sony VPL-VW40

    Although there's room for improvement in the colour department, the Sony VPL-VW40 is yet another impressive advert for SXRD.

  • Toshiba Portege R500

    Toshiba's much-anticipated Portege R500 may be the best ultraportable laptop available right now, but mobile broadband is conspicuously absent.

  • Dell Inspiron 6400

    The Inspiron 6400 is a desktop replacement notebook, offering up the familiar silver and white-accented design that's common to the Inspiron line. It's not exactly a stunner, but you certainly won't be ashamed to tote it around whilst in the public eye.

  • F-Secure Internet Security 2006

    F-Secure Internet Security 2006 provides reliable protection against viruses, spam and other online menaces. Although its spyware defence needs work, F-Secure is a steadfast defender and a solid, affordable choice for newcomers.

  • Ten ways to troubleshoot a slow PC

    Over time, users begin to notice that their system is slow or that it hangs. While the possibilities for system slowdown are endless, we identify 10 common troubleshooting areas to examine before you suggest to management that it's time for an upgrade.

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