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  • Windows 7 beta: get it tonight

    The general public will be able to download the beta of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system from 9 January, Microsoft said today, with some customers getting access today.

  • Vodafone backtracks on roaming chaos

    Vodafone has admitted it inadequately forecast demand from roaming customers over the Christmas period but has promised that the worst of its roaming problems, which saw some overseas users unable to make calls or send texts, are now over -- thanks to a helping hand from Optus.

  • Palm: Don't worry about the job cuts

    A top executive from Palm has assured the company will continue to serve customers in the region, even amid recent reports of declining revenue and staff layoffs.

  • Vista sales gaining momentum

    Windows Vista is chugging along on strong PC sales and antipiracy efforts, but Microsoft still faces some grumbling and a long haul in corporate sales.

  • Microsoft sells 20 million Vista licenses

    Microsoft claims Windows Vista is off to a fast start, having sold more than 20 million copies since its January 30 consumer release.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    2008: The year of making good

    It has been a busy year in telecoms, whether because of the increasingly bitter relationship between Telstra and the government; the awarding of the contentious but (finally) progressive broadband contract to OPEL; the pivotal election that led to a change of government; or the move of 3G mobile technology into the mainstream at last.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    DDoS makes a phishing e-mail look real

    Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.

Features and Case Studies (17)

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

  • Networking: What can you expect in 2008?

    During the holiday season, snow isn't the only thing analysts shovel. With that in mind, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Oltsik, takes a look forward on networking technology and related industry trends in 2008.

  • Sony's brave Sir Howard

    Sony has been in the news a lot in the last year, but mostly for the wrong reasons.

  • Gates on launching Zune, spiffing up Office

    Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."

  • Backup headaches eased at Genesis Energy

    On any list of businesses that can't afford downtime or system failure, power companies have to be close to the top. So when New Zealand electricity and gas generator and retailer Genesis Energy experienced a series of flaws in its backup and recovery systems, it had to act.

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