Microsoft is changing the way its Web browser handles certain controls in an effort to shield itself from liability in an ongoing patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California.
Google's ever active search bots, which scour the Web constantly for new pages, have begun a new, more active phase of their indexing jobs.
Adobe is launching an online community with a word processor and file sharing, while adding Flash and interactive maps to Acrobat 9.
The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format.
Apple has updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro lineups with Intel's Penryn processors, while bringing multitouch trackpads to MacBook Pros
Last week's blog on why consumers might be confused by contradictory messages on computer security from banks drew a few objections from interested parties ones that I thought would be worth responding to this week.
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.
Indexing a large chunk of data is a bit like joining Weight Watchers: it's a useful first step, but it doesn't immediately solve the problem of how you're going to deal with all that blubber.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.
Two leading network performance specialists go head to head. Les Howarth, managing director, F5 Networks and Shaun Page, vice president, Juniper Networks ANZ talk strategy and numbers.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?
An emerging Web development technique promises to shake up the status quo in PC software and blur the line between desktop and Web applications.
Norton AntiVirus 2006 improves its detection and removal of spyware and adware but lags behind the more proactive McAfee VirusScan 2006.
Microsoft is aiming higher with the new version of FrontPage, which will be launched later this year and sold as a standalone product.
Microsoft plans to make the next version of Office more accessible to people with disabilities, a move that could help sales to companies doing government work.
Zoho Invoice is a useful but limited online tool that allows small teams to manage and track invoices. It's easy to use and customise, and the management interface is intuitive and clearly laid out.
Accounting software is never going to be sexy. We didn't find Quickbooks QBi 2008/2009 sexy, but we did find the latest incarnation of the well known brand to be a great program and a worthy upgrade.
Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 offers a variety of features designed for the home and small office.
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