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• Google tackles Democratic Convention

  Whoever takes the White House in 2008 can thank Google for helping. The search giant will be at both major US party conventions this year, encouraging delegates to use YouTube and other Google services to share their impressions of the proceedings.

• Microsoft lets users bypass Office Ribbon

  For users still unhappy using the Ribbon interface in the Office productivity suite, Microsoft has a new option: search.

• T-Visionarium: Behind the 360 degree 3D cinema

  What do you get when you put two artists and a team of clever techies together in a dark room with a AU$1 million equipment budget? ZDNet.com.au visited the University of New South Wales iCinema centre to find out.

• Virtualisation: Is it all about the hardware, or the OS?

  The virtualisation specialists are fighting back. Companies like VMware, and more recently XenSource, got their start with standalone virtualisation software -- but Linux sellers and Microsoft, unwilling to cede their influential position selling the foundational software of a computer, are trying to make virtualisation a feature of the operating system.

• Microsoft business security ready for prime time

  Microsoft is readying the final version of Forefront Client Security, its long-awaited product to protect business computers against malicious code attacks.

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  Ubuntu can't cut geek support umbilical

  Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was officially released overnight and marked the eleventh release of the distribution. It's attractive, polished and measured, but fails "the grandma test".

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• Where else but Queensland?

  Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

• Xubuntu 8.10 + Xfce 4.6: Screenshots

  Long overshadowed by its GNOME and KDE-based brethren, Xubuntu is a handy Ubuntu solution for older PCs or for users that want a lighter desktop footprint.

• Gates still has unfinished business

  Boosting adoption of voice-control and multitouch tech are among the items on the agenda of Microsoft's chairman, even as he moves closer to a part-time role.

• Despite open-source ideology, QUT embraces Microsoft integration

  Organisations considering a change of productivity suites may do well to follow the example of Queensland University of Technology, which has taken a cautious approach to Microsoft Office 2007 and instead focused on sprucing up its back-end messaging environment.

• MyDoom: How it became the fastest worm ever

  It's official: MyDoom is the fastest spreading e-mail virus or worm in computer history but what's even more incredible is that it does nothing special; instead, it relies largely upon classic, tried-and-true e-mail infection methods dating back at least four years.

Reviews (23)

• Adobe Media Player 1.0

  Adobe's Media Player is an excellent application that is beautifully designed and easy to use. Shame about the currently available content.

• Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007

  Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 was hard to install and produced several noticeable glitches that distracted us from the benefits of the suite.

• Internet Explorer 7 RC1

  No new changes in this latest build of IE 7 from Microsoft, except for more stability and application compatibility, but this browser still is not ready for prime time.

• First Take: Microsoft Windows Vista

  Microsoft has released the first public beta of its Windows Vista operating system. We examine the new features.

• First Take: Toshiba S8 DLP Projector Bundle

  If you're on a budget but still want to equip your living room with high quality digital TV on a big screen, the Toshiba S8 projector bundle is undoubtedly worth a look.

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