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  • US government dept bans Vista

    The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has banned its users from installing Microsoft's new Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 software packages, saying there was no business or technical justification for the upgrades.

  • YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law

    Whether YouTube suffers the same fate as Napster may depend on the wording of a nearly antique law written long before video-sharing Web sites were envisioned.

  • Senate panel proposes Net user 'bill of rights'

    The latest Net neutrality provisions in a mammoth Senate communications bill stopped short of giving Internet companies and consumer advocacy groups all the assurances they've requested.

  • Tech's China syndrome

    Washington's newfound ire toward China is not a good sign for US technology companies.

  • Blog censorship wins support

    A new survey has revealed most Americans believe that bloggers should not be allowed to publish sensitive personal information.

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  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Vista launch: What a joke

    If you ever meet Microsoft Australia's Jeff Putt, kindly ask him to return the office equipment he keeps stealing.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Traffic tsunami created by Redmond admins

    The equivalent of an electronic tidal wave -- originating from the Microsoft campus in Redmond -- hammered the ZDNet Australia servers earlier this week.

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  • Telstra's T-Suite: First look

    Telstra's T-Suite shows great promise. But users would be wise to note that there are still many bugs the telco and its partners are yet to iron out.

  • Windows 7: Official screenshots

    Check out this photo gallery for the first official screenshots of Microsoft's successor to Vista, Windows 7. The software giant debuted Windows 7 to the world at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in the United States this week.

  • FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny

    Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.

  • Gates talks about the future before farewell

    For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches.

  • Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo

    For a man a few months away from leaving his job, Bill Gates has a lot on his mind.

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