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    It's been a bumpy five years in the making, and it took a detente between old rivals Microsoft and Apple to do it. Office for Mac OS X is finally here--could it be the start of a beautiful friendship?

  • Why Apple should support Microsoft's .Net

    Will Microsoft's much-hyped .Net strategy affect the Mac world, too? Well, it just might--thanks to two open-source projects and OS X's Unix roots--and Apple should support the effort.

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    Looking for a notebook on a tight budget? Check out our Australian review of 6 great budget notebooks.

  • Software rage: Our readers vent

    Frustrated software users must often suffer the indignities of sloppy code. We continue to explore the Software Rage phenomenon with contributions from our readers on the subject.

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