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• 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

• Microsoft Australia still expanding

  Microsoft has boosted its Australian headcount for the second year in a row, new documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission have revealed.

• UTS dumps Sun email for Exchange

  The University of Technology Sydney today revealed plans to dump its current Sun ONE-based email system for staff use and adopt Microsoft's Exchange.

• China jails Microsoft counterfeiters

  Eleven counterfeiters have been given jail sentences of between one and a half and six and a half years by a Chinese court after being found guilty of producing fake Microsoft software.

• Microsoft confirms SP2 for Vista, Office 2007

  While most of the excitement concerning Windows and Office centres around the next full versions of the products, Microsoft is also working on the next service pack updates for each offering.

• OpenOffice 3.0 demand crashes servers

  Servers hosting the new version of OpenOffice.org have crashed, under the weight of demand for the latest version of the open-source office productivity suite.

• Data#3 rolls out Office 2007, Salesforce

  Diversified IT products and services company Data#3 this week said it was in the middle of a two-year internal software and systems revamp, including roll-outs of Office 2007 and Salesforce.com.

• Windows 7 gets closer

  Although a public test version of Windows 7 is still at least a month away, Microsoft has hit a key internal milestone, according to several Windows enthusiast sites.

• Canterbury Uni adopts Vista

  Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK has moved to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system in time for the new academic year.

• CommBank rolls out Office 2007

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has completed a deployment of Microsoft's new Office 2007 suite to 38,000 desktops a year after giving Google Apps the thumbs down.

• Innovation agency goes Vista

  The federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has flagged plans to replace a desktop computer supply contract held until recently by Dell, as part of a broader move to Windows Vista and Office 2007.

• Microsoft's OOXML bid: No knowledge, no regrets

  Microsoft admits it had no knowledge of software standards until deep into its bid to get Office Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standardization -- but there are no regrets over its tactics during the process.

• Suncorp envisages Linux, ODF for 20,000 desktops

  Suncorp's CIO, Jeff Smith, says he would like the banking and insurance giant to use open source software for its 20,000 desktops, which currently run Windows XP.

• OOXML ratification may be delayed after objection

  The official standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format could be delayed after a formal objection letter was lodged. The letter claimed that OOXML's approval process " harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC.

• ODF finally defeats OOXML in document format war?

  Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues but Microsoft refuses to admit that ODF has won the document format war.

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