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    Calls for opening instant messaging services are fading as the three biggest providers wage a protracted war for market share.

  • Social apps still in solitary

    The CEO of social application developer TheBroth.com says he has yet to see interoperability advantages from OpenSocial, Google's common API for social networking applications.

  • MySpace launches Facebook-like app platform

    In a bid to keep up with Facebook, social network behemoth MySpace launched its beta application platform to Australian developers last night.

  • EDS: Linux is insecure, unscalable

    Large enterprises should not use Linux because it is not secure enough, has scalability problems and could fork into many different flavours, according to the Agility Alliance, which includes IT heavyweights EDS, Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, Sun, Dell and EMC.

  • Open source community needs unity

    This week, I asked Linux Australia (LA) vice-president Pia Waugh to elaborate on her recent remarks to a conference about code and culture in the open source community.

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    They're used in everything from Google searches to Web tax filings. But standards struggle is rattling W3C and confounding developers.

  • Oracle plan exposes Java rift

    Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.

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    As digital media publishers scramble to devise a foolproof method of copy protection, Microsoft is ready to push digital rights management into a whole new arena--your desktop.

  • Is Zip coming undone?

    New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.

  • Tech Guide: Buying a CD/DVD burner

    From discs to drives, our Tech Guide has everything you need to know about burning CDs and DVDs.

  • Should You Set Your Sights on Windows XP

    Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.

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