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  • Negroponte: Dual-boot OLPC laptop on the way

    OLPC found Nicholas Negroponte has hinted a dual boot XO laptop could soon be on the way.

  • Consumer advocates to fight NZ Banking code

    Internet advocacy group InternetNZ and the NZ Consumers' Institute have both come out swinging over the New Zealand Bankers Association's (NZBA) decision to allow victims of Internet banking fraud to be potentially held liable for losses.

  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two— Palm OS or Pocket PC—but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what’s coming up soon.

  • Next Palm OS due late 2003

    The next version of the Palm operating system for handhelds will be available to licensees at the end of the year, according to a PalmSource executive.

  • How to fix what's wrong with Windows

    Commentary: Windows-based PCs are too hard to use. The cure: Microsoft should let its programmers start over with a clean slate.

Blogs (8)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Banks are confusing consumers on PC security

    Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    CA's Apple Mac lives with 100,000+ viruses

    Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Does Microsoft adore Apple's iPhoto?

    Apple customers must cringe when Microsoft starts talking about Windows Vista -- after all many of the same "new" features have been available on Mac OS X for about five years.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    It won't happen overnight ...

    The only people who won't eventually move to Windows Vista are the Linux and Mac enthusiasts.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft can't defend Windows Vista

    Windows Defender for Vista has failed miserably when it comes to protecting users of Microsoft's latest operating system from a very basic attack.

Features and Case Studies (215)

  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two— Palm OS or Pocket PC—but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what’s coming up soon.

  • Tech strategy for 2003

    Web services, wireless and PC platforms, TechRepublic takes a punt on 2003's most influential technologies.

  • Sun CEO: Linux, Solaris do mix

    Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy has reiterated his company's plans to sell desktop PCs running Linux, and said the company is focusing on supplying "good enough" computing.

  • Apple: Don't flub it again

    Is Apple Computer (a) the top design shop in the computer industry; (b) the manufacturer of the best PC on the market; or (c) destined to forever remain a prisoner of its own success?

  • Apple sneaks past Intel to make own processors?

    If you listen to Intel, the last hold-outs against the x86 instruction set are about to fall with super-powered Nehalem swarms mopping up the high end of massed Power PC supercomputers, and sneaky little Atoms nibbling away at the ARM embedded market.

Reviews (673)

  • PalmSource unveils OS 6 improvements

    The next version of the Palm OS, destined for high-end gadgets, is designed to fend off increasingly tough competition from Symbian and Microsoft.

  • Vertical PDAs: On the road again

    The choice of operating system for a personal digital assisant (PDA) is effectively down to two— Palm OS or Pocket PC—but the variety of choices for the handheld itself is very impressive. We test three of the best, and see what’s coming up soon.

  • Next Palm OS due late 2003

    The next version of the Palm operating system for handhelds will be available to licensees at the end of the year, according to a PalmSource executive.

  • How to fix what's wrong with Windows

    Commentary: Windows-based PCs are too hard to use. The cure: Microsoft should let its programmers start over with a clean slate.

  • Software aims to ease Mac switch

    Apple Computer has a new weapon in its campaign to woo PC users: a US$59 piece of software that makes the switch to Macintosh easier.

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