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  • Dell: No plans for Firefox in Australia

    Dell's Australian operation has ruled out following the lead of its British counterpart in the near future and shipping the Mozilla Firefox Web browser on computers.

  • Icon Software closes Australian office

    Icon Software Australia has ceased trading.

  • Australia falls behind in software piracy fight

    Australia experienced a small increase last year in the use of pirated software, keeping the overall piracy rate well above comparable nations, according to a survey published by the Business Software Association of Australia.

  • Office Live almost out of the gate

    Office Live is still not an online version of Office, but the set of small business tools has a few new tricks and is heading out of beta.

  • Spam's 'dirty dozen' exposed

    The United States, Canada, China, South Korea and the Netherlands are the top five birthplaces of spam worldwide, according to a new analysis by security software maker Sophos.

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  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

  • Flaws threaten VoIP networks

    A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.

  • India's new outsourcing rival--Romania?

    For European businesses, Romanian IT workers are cheaper and have fewer cultural differences than in India--making the country the first choice for outsourcing, a report says.

  • Microsoft: The Lord of the Spin

    Should Microsoft spend more time improving its products and engaging customers rather than slagging off Linux with illogical statements?

  • Microsoft's role in ID theft

    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

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  • Office Live almost out of the gate

    Office Live is still not an online version of Office, but the set of small business tools has a few new tricks and is heading out of beta.

  • Licensing program angers MS customers

    Microsoft's software licensing program is not proving popular - about two-thirds of its biggest customers are yet to sign up, and some are exploring alternatives.

  • Zoo tracks children with Bluetooth tags

    Denmark's Aalborg Zoo is setting up a system that lets parents use their cell phones to keep tabs on their children's whereabouts.

  • IBM, screensaver to tackle smallpox

    IBM and a host of technology partners are working on software for the U.S. Defense Department that will let the idle time of anyone's computer be devoted to investigate anti-smallpox drugs, the companies are expected to announce Wednesday.

  • Two desktops, twice the health risk?

    An ergonomics expert explains why IT professionals using multiple workstations could be at greater risk of developing Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)-type injuries.

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