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  • Aussie first wins US$388m MS suit

    A US-based technology firm founded in Australia in 1992 has won a long-running patent infringement case again Microsoft, with US$388 million damages being awarded.

  • Defcon subway hackers can talk

    The three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who have been barred by a court order from discussing subway card vulnerabilities are now free to say what they want.

  • US subway hackers still gagged

    A US judge let stand a temporary restraining order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from discussing or disclosing their research into security vulnerabilities in the payment system for the local subway system.

  • Segway CTO rides away to Apple

    Segway, the manufacturer of the famous scooter-like device, is losing an early employee with Doug Field, the company's chief technology officer, announcing plans to become a vice president of product design at Apple.

  • Tech greats bid farewell to Gates

    As Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at Microsoft, well-wishing cheers and not-so-nice jeers are echoing from Silicon Valley.

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    What's in a name?

    Are ICT, IT&T and plain old IT interchangeable? Or is it time for a new name?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Just how fast is fast, anyway?

    There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Why IT geeks are chic

    These days, you're just as likely to see high-technology surfboard designers wearing board shorts to work as Star Trek T-shirts.

Features and Case Studies (43)

  • Debating the morality behind software development

    IBM's Grady Booch says developers can no longer just dash off code without thinking about the larger implications.

  • Photos: Google's Down Under Developer Day

    Google's Developer Day 2007 conference kicked off globally in Sydney this morning and ZDNet Australia went along to record all things Google.

  • How the Woz shaped Apple

    Though Apple's success has made Steve Jobs' name well-known in many a household, few know much about co-founder Steve Wozniak. But, says Seb Janacek, "the Woz" played at least as crucial a role in shaping the PC industry as Jobs.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • World Cup football loves to hate high-tech

    Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.

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  • Autodesk helps architect green buildings

    At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Mark Strassman, vice president of plant design solutions at Autodesk, discusses how the company's design software, Rivet and Inventor, is making it easier and more cost effective for architects to create sustainable buildings.

  • Tridgell pleased with rsync progress

    Andrew Tridgell, the co-inventor of rsync, announced that the third version of the product is about to be released.

Reviews (15)

  • ELOoffice 7.0

    ELOoffice 7.0 interfaces with a very wide range applications, has excellent scalability through professional and enterprise versions, and has local technical support. Overall it is a well featured document management system and offered at a very good price.

  • "Trust us", says ThinkPad creator

    Arimasa Naitoh, the inventor of the ThinkPad notebook and a senior executive at Lenovo, has moved to quell fears that the sale of IBM's PC division would result in a reduction in quality levels.

  • Toshiba touts data density record with new drive

    Toshiba says it has earned the right to say it's more dense than its competitors.

  • The man who built a better mouse trap

    Ubiquitous PC mice once existed only on the scientific fringe, with their inventor waiting two decades before commercial models were produced.

  • The Age of Automation

    The '60s and '70s were the decades of the mainframe. The '80s made up the decade of client-server computing. The '90s were the Internet years. Now we're entering the decade of the electronic butler.

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