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    Edith Cowan University is the latest to announce its move to Microsoft's Live@edu hosted email.

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    The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo to combine their search and search advertising businesses.

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    Kennards Hire today clarified that it had moved its desktop fleet from Linux to Windows machines over a year ago.

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    The fast-approaching holiday season is a great time to update your IT systems while everything's quiet.

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    Microsoft's approach to open source seems to be mellowing quite dramatically the software giant has released its .NET Micro Framework under an Apache licence and made a GPLed source code release over the weekend.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Microsoft likes to be spanked

    Microsoft is going to be given a beating over the next year or so by government agencies wanting to adopt Windows 7 at bargain basement prices. But it will enjoy each gentle slap.

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    Microsoft creates open source foundation

    Microsoft has created the non-profit CodePlex Foundation to target increased communication between open source communities and software companies.

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    Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?

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    It's been just over 12 months since Peter Nikoletatos moved west to take over the role of CIO at Perth's Curtin University of Technology. Since then, he's been working to manage the inevitable complexities of university IT while making sure he has enough time to keep his head in the clouds.

  • Win7 Sydney launch: Live video feed

    Watch the launch of Windows 7 live in Sydney this morning from 9:30am as Microsoft broadcasts the event via Ustream.

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    Follow the launch of Windows 7 live in Sydney this morning from 9:30am as ZDNet.com.au reporter Suzanne Tindal Twitters the whole event.

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    If you spend more time fighting fires than adding business value through IT, it's time to look at this comprehensive management solution for medium businesses.

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  • Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

    SCVMM 2008 R2 is a very competent product, neatly bringing Microsoft's virtualisation management offering in line with the competition at the same time as offering management of disparate platforms in the one product. The integration with the rest of the Systems Center suite makes the overall management and monitoring experience better than its rivals.

  • Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)

    Windows 7 looks like the operating system that we've all been waiting for. Despite its imperfections, it shows a lot of promise for the future while presenting a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X.

  • The best CRM suite is...

    What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

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