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• Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

  Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

• Yahoo-Microsoft to hitch this week say analysts

  As Yahoo gears up to report its first quarter performance next week, one analyst predicts the Internet search pioneer may clock in at the lower end of its revenue range, while other analysts predict a buyout deal with Microsoft may be in the mix this week.

• 419 spammers use Holocaust to boost credibility

  A spammer has bombarded at least 75,000 inboxes with an email scam that offers recipients a share of US$35m (19.5m) from a World War II Holocaust victim's bank account, experts say.

• Massive open source mirror lands in AU

  A download mirror for sourceforge.net, the development hub for nearly 60,000 open source projects, was launched in Sydney two weeks ago with no fanfare or announcement.

• Microsoft sends message with Unix deal

  Microsoft's licensing of rights to Unix technology from the SCO Group lends heavyweight backing to SCO's intellectual-property claims and helps Microsoft combat Linux, a growing marketplace threat to its operating system, analysts said.

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

  Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

• Playing 'for' a perfect host

  Before handing over your IT requirements to a host, you had better learn to play all your cards right.

• OpenOffice.org versus Microsoft Office

  The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

• Virtual machines 101

  Virtual machines gained popularity as a way to emulate Windows on Mac OS or Linux. ZDNet Australia looks at the two most popular packages.

• MS Office for Linux? Not quite--but close!

  A new product lets you run some Microsoft Office apps on a Linux PC. That may not sound like a lot, but for most of us, it's a pretty good start.

Reviews (22)

• Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

  The improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint make this upgrade worth the cash, especially for Office 2001 users, but the new Project Center needs beefing up.

• Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

  Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

• Palm Treo 500v

  Although it's a good smartphone, the Treo 500v needs either Wi-Fi or HSDPA to deliver that knockout punch.

• Apple iWork '08

  Apple's new iWork becomes a more well-rounded productivity package by adding Numbers for spreadsheets. Pages and Keynote include some nifty visual enhancements too.

• HP iPAQ rx1950

  The HP iPaq rx1950 offers great features in a sleek package.

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