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    Australian researchers have demonstrated a way to prove core software for mission-critical systems is safe.

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  • Salesforce.com CEO: Microsoft is still a dinosaur

    For years, CEO of Salesforce.com Marc Benioff appeared in public wearing an "End of Software" button on his lapel -- just to rankle Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any other software mugwump making a killing on selling packaged applications.

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    From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

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    With digital information exploding, Adobe's outgoing CEO sees room for innovation on the desktop and the Web.

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    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

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    Kaspersky is a strong security suite, but that the extra features available in Internet Security make it worthwhile to pay for, whereas the standard Kaspersky Anti-Virus doesn't offer enough on its own to compare favourably against high-performing, free antivirus programs.

  • Will iPod suffer fate of the Mac?

    Apple Computer's apparent cold shoulder to RealNetworks this week has once again put the company's "go it alone" strategy in the spotlight.

  • Your friendly local monopolist

    Does that annoying Intel noise we keep hearing on TV signify something more sinister than just an irritating jingle?

  • Handhelds will morph into 'communicators'

    Handspring co-founder Jeff Hawkins is rethinking the future of portable technology. He envisions the next trend will be "communicators" which are a mobile phone-organiser combo.

  • Copy, right?

    Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.

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