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    A US-based technology firm founded in Australia in 1992 has won a long-running patent infringement case again Microsoft, with US$388 million damages being awarded.

  • Office 2007 to support ODF and PDF

    Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS).

  • Microsoft puts out critical Office updates

    Microsoft has released its March 2008 security bulletin, which includes four bulletins, all deemed critical by Microsoft.

  • 2007: How was it for Microsoft?

    2007 was an eventful year for Microsoft, with the company playing what it considered to be its trump card (only to discover Vista wasn't trumps, XP was). But the lovable giant had its fingers in many other pies -- making for a year of management changes, entry into unclaimed markets and new alliances.

  • Inside SP1 -- is it all users have been waiting for?

    Microsoft has released more details of what SP1 will bring to Vista, but Microsoft has advised Vista systems may experience sluggishness as a result of the upgrade -- or little performance difference at all.

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  • Get up to speed on Microsoft's August security bulletins

    In August, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating nine as critical threats. (The remaining three are important threats.) With that many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first?

  • Looking for the right notebook?

    ZDNet Australia reviews seven of the most outstanding, high-end notebooks.

  • Windows: Walking on broken glass

    Microsoft has unveiled a flurry of critical security alerts for Windows. Get the details on Microsoft Security Bulletins MS04-029 through MS04-038 and learn what you need to do to protect your systems.

  • Stumbling over SP2

    People have Bill Gates all wrong. He doesn't want to rule the world (or at least the computerised portion of it). And although he may secretly hope that all Linux source code spontaneously combusts, that isn't his biggest wish.

  • Making Excel, SQL Server talk

    Learn how to create Microsoft Excel reports using SQL Server data.

Reviews (96)

  • Mobile warriors: Seven high-end notebooks tested

    We test seven of the most outstanding, envy-inducing notebooks.

  • Why you should switch to Firefox now

    Recent flaws in the way Microsoft processes JPEG files and a decision to offer IE updates only to Windows XP users lead to just one logical conclusion: bail on Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  • Processor benchmarks: Intel versus AMD

    Processors are now called upon to handle everything from simple text and graphics, through 3D games, to serious tasks like video rendering. We put Intel and AMD's desktop CPUs through the labs to see how they cope.

  • How to improve your Outlook

    For many of us, Microsoft Outlook is as much as part of the workplace as cubicle walls and funny grey carpet. But perfect it's not. Here are some fixes for its most frustrating flaws.

  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

    The improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint make this upgrade worth the cash, especially for Office 2001 users, but the new Project Center needs beefing up.

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