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    update: New Zealand's biggest IT users seem in no rush to deploy Microsoft's Office 2007, adopting a wait and see attitude to the software suite.

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    Microsoft plans to increase its research and development budget by 20 percent and hire 5,000 new workers in the coming year, according to chairman Bill Gates.

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    Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a flaw in the Bluetooth stack.

  • Open source company prepares MS competition complaint

    An open source software company wants Australia's competition watchdog to force hardware vendors to offer PCs without a Microsoft OS pre-installed and force changes to a public education procurement process it claims is biased towards Redmond.

  • Telstra connects wireless office

    Reminiscent of its monopolist style, Telstra is fitting out an 11-floor wireless office in Melbourne and moving in 1100 employees. The project is believed to house the largest number of workers in a wireless space worldwide.

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    ZDNet Australia reviews seven of the most outstanding, high-end notebooks.

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    Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

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    Buying a laptop can be a daunting experience. Thankfully, if you have questions, we have answers! Take a look at the most commonly asked questions and see if you can find your insight here.

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    The M50Vm is a great mid-weight laptop, with a few years of longevity in it as well. And at AU$1,999, it's definitely worth a look.

  • Toshiba Satellite Pro M300

    Toshiba, who built one of the world's first notebooks, clearly has a head start in the race to put a laptop on every desk. The AU$1,210 Satellite M300 is a step in the right direction, being a modest, yet high quality desktop replacement at a reasonable price.

  • Lenovo IdeaPad U110

    Lenovo's bright red foray into the ultraportable consumer space is for the most part a successful one, despite a few missteps.

  • First Take: Microsoft Windows Vista

    Microsoft has released the first public beta of its Windows Vista operating system. We examine the new features.

  • Toshiba Tecra A9

    Toshiba hoped to create a desktop replacement model with their Tecra A9 series. While for AU$2,310, you can find better performing cheaper machines, the Tecra does have the advantage of good security and durability.

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