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  • Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 go gold

    At 10am on Tuesday, 22 July AEST, Microsoft announced Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 had gone gold and been released to manufacturing partners.

  • Apple WWDC 2009 live blog

    We blog live at Apple's WWDC 2009 keynote speech.

  • New iPhone hits Oz on June 26

    Apple launch the iPhone 3G S, packing faster processing and a video camera into the same glossy black shell as its predecessor.

  • Bing to hit Australia next Wednesday

    The local versions of Microsoft's latest crack at Google, a new search engine called Bing, will go live in Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday in beta form.

  • Vista SP2 released: What you need to know

    Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is out here's what you need to know before applying it.

  • Victoria centralises VMware purchasing

    The Victorian Government has flagged plans to centralise purchasing of VMware virtualisation software for a number of agencies into a single sizable contract.

  • Telstra reveals Windows 7 plans

    The nation's largest telco Telstra this week revealed it intended to upgrade its tens of thousands of desktop computers to Windows 7 and would start testing Microsoft's operating system when it was released.

  • Uni of Western Sydney deploys Vista

    The University of Western Sydney (UWS) has prepped itself for a Windows Vista roll-out while many in the industry are getting ready for the arrival of Microsoft's next operating system in line, Windows 7

  • NAB walks path to Windows 7

    National Australia Bank (NAB) is testing Windows 7 to assess its viability for an upgrade from Windows XP, which it finished migrating to last year.

  • ATO, Immigration downplay Win7 plans

    Two of Australia's largest federal government departments, the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, have revealed they are not yet seriously examining Microsoft's incoming Windows 7 operating system.

  • Defence not testing Windows 7

    The Department of Defence this week said it was not yet testing the early versions of Windows 7, although it would consider Microsoft's upcoming operating system as more details about it were known.

  • CommBank peeks at Windows 7

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia this week said it had examined Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 7 operating system but was yet to formally test the beta version.

  • Customs passes on Windows 7

    The Australians Customs and Border Protection Service this week said at this stage it had no plans to upgrade its extensive Windows Vista desktop fleet to Microsoft's incoming operating system Windows 7.

  • Centrelink testing Windows 7

    Welfare agency Centrelink has praised early test versions of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, saying they show a jump in quality over the much-maligned Windows Vista.

  • Windows 7 beta upgrade won't be easy

    Those who want to move from the beta version of Windows 7 to the upcoming "release candidate" version will be able to do so, but it is going to take some work.

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