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  • Internode steps cautiously into naked DSL

    Internode has announced a roadmap for the rollout of naked DSL services -- broadband access without a phone line subscription -- but claims it's being careful to avoid some of the challenges faced by fellow naked provider iiNet.

  • Will Windows Vista SP1 drive adoption?

    The first Windows Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption.

  • ADSL2+ close to Pacific's shores

    Business-focused Internet service provider Pacific Internet is evaluating wholesale partner options as it gears up for the launch of high-speed ADSL2+ services.

  • Virtualisation to cure software setup pains?

    Most talk about virtualisation these days centres on using server hardware more efficiently. But the technology also has the potential to ease another headache: software installation woes.

  • Is the CBA getting IT right?

    It's not often one of Australia's Big Four banks issues a mea culpa on customer service.

  • DEWR upgrades to 64-bit SQL Server

    The federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEWR) recent upgrade of the back-end of its online services portal to Microsoft's 64-bit SQL Server 2005 database hit only one hitch -- it still required one 32-bit server.

  • Why I dumped IE

    After months waiting for Microsoft to give me a reason to remain loyal, I finally dumped Internet Explorer for the Firefox Web browser last week.

  • 419 spammers use Holocaust to boost credibility

    A spammer has bombarded at least 75,000 inboxes with an email scam that offers recipients a share of US$35m (19.5m) from a World War II Holocaust victim's bank account, experts say.

  • AFL Grand Final tickets unavailable online

    A Web site hitch has forced ticketing agency Ticketmaster7 to drop its Internet ticketing channel for sale of AFL Grand Final tickets to AFL and club members.

  • New Linux distro poised for pub release

    In true-blue Australian style, a pub in Sydney is the venue for the release this week of a new Linux distribution and an update of the GNOME open source desktop environment.

  • XP upgrade hitch pops up at online bank

    St.George Bank may be forced to make changes to its online banking interface as adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes widespread among consumers.

  • Inside the Linux arcana

    Did a 1994 agreement with SCO hand Sun a smoking gun?

  • HP aims to throttle Net threats

    Computing giant Hewlett-Packard plans to announce two services this week aimed at slowing down fast-spreading viruses and immunising networks against threats.

  • Pandora's box for open source

    Once every three months, Alan Nugent, chief technology officer of billion-dollar software company Novell, sits down with a small group of colleagues to decide what software the company will give away for free.

  • Electronic paper: just a pipe ream?

    The dream of the paperless office is as far away as it ever was, or at least that's what printer vendors will tell you. But electronic documents are making serious inroads into their dead-tree rivals.

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