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    Data is the rising star of mobile communications according to an analyst's review of Australian telecom service providers' performance.

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  • IDC: Software vendors chart licensing sea change

    Software vendors are increasingly considering product-licensing practices based on a subscription model, as changing demands from customers and investors dictate a shift from the time-honored paradigm of a one-time sale with upgrades, a report from researcher IDC says.

  • Numbers game: Macs safe but not so secure

    The scalp of Mac OS X has been waved trophy-like after being hacked in controlled environments, yet security researchers are hard pressed remembering the last time a Mac was compromised in the wild.

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    The first Windows Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption.

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    Toshiba and NEC are demonstrating a new DVD recording technology that promises a significantly higher storage capacity without a major investment in new production facilities.

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    A new hard drive from Cornice is small enough to fit into MP3 players or cameras but costs less than memory cards and other tiny drives.

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

  • Apple's Jaguar leaps ahead of schedule

    The widely anticipated update to Apple Computer's Mac OS X will appear earlier than expected, sources say, which is good news for the company in a tough year.

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