The makers of Wine, a compatibility tool that allows Windows applications to run on Linux machines without Windows installed, have released a stable version of Wine 1.0.
Microsoft may find it has some leeway in increasing its Yahoo bid by 10 percent without spooking its investors, one Wall Street analyst notes in a research report released yesterday.
People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended.
After reports alleged yesterday that "hundreds" of South Australian police had been sprung using their work computers to illegally download films, the state's Commissioner has refuted the accusations in a letter published today.
A prolonged legal fight with the movie industry has forced TorrentSpy, BitTorrent's popular search engine, to shut down.
Australia's software piracy rate is dropping, but not as aggressively as some in the industry would like.
Microsoft has said that the Internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office 2007, is infringing on the software giant's licence regulations -- but Fasthosts has denied this claim.
The behaviour of corporations has been compared to that of psychopaths in documentaries like The Corporation, but the now-retired Bill Gates is hoping to wake up the philanthropic traits that lay dormant in today's mega-enterprise.
Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?
Microsoft announced this week it has filed 52 cases against pirate software resellers in countries ranging from China and the Netherlands to the UK and US.
The big, booming nation is much on the mind of Adobe's CEO. Then there are the little matters of Apple and Microsoft.
Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.
A serious push to curb piracy could hurt Redmond, says ZDNet Australia's Iain Ferguson.
Researchers think computers that "gossip" with each other are key to filtering out ads -- and piracy-fighting decoys -- on P2P networks.
The European Commission has rejected Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence. We dissect its contents.
Microsoft's chairman talks about taking on the big guns in the business software market. "We are patient people," he says.
CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other. Is he worried? Nope.
Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in business, with a new vision of label-approved file trading.
Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.
Microsoft's chief executive may well think that a $100 PC will solve the problem of software piracy - but it's a question of who is willing to bear the cost.
Steve Turvey of RMIT IT Test Labs provides an indepth view of the latest technologies to hit Australia.
Commentary: The average fairy tale has more truth in it that some of the rubbish that's endlessly reiterated about software piracy.
While Microsoft Office System is the most complete suite on the block, there's no compelling reason for everyone to upgrade.
Commentary: Amidst a rush of DVD burners, each one more surprising than the last, ZDNet Australia's reviews editor wonders why they're so popular all of a sudden.
We get our hands on the new Sony PSX. Come along for a ride and see for yourself what the new OS looks like.
Commentary: ZDNet AU's readers don't like product activation, and that's not entirely surprising.
Commentary: What benefit, exactly, are consumers meant to get from product activation?
In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Last night I visited Ten's Supernatural site in order to test the service. As a result, I can comfortably list 10 things wrong with it.
The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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