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• Symantec weighs in to open source security debate

  A senior executive of one of the world's largest IT security companies, Symantec, waved a red rag at the open source software community yesterday.

• Why choose open source?

  Part three: Eric Raymond spells out five reasons why people should choose open-source software - but do they all hold up under scrutiny?

• Open source advocate: Release Java code

  A day after Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy said open-source software is his company's friend, a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy has called upon the server maker to open the code of Java.

• Sun makes Niagara an open-source chip

  In a bid to increase the relevance of its processor line, Sun Microsystems pledged Tuesday to make the underlying designs of its new UltraSparc T1 an open-source project.

• IE most influential tech product in last 25 years?

  Despite the ubiquity of the iPod, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the 'most influential' tech product of the past 25 years, according to a survey of IT professionals.

Features and Case Studies (18)

• 2003 industry predictions: Straight to the source

  What do you think will happen in the IT industry this year? ZDNet Australia asks Australian opinion leaders what they think will happen.

• Feature: Ad-supported software

  How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

• Is there life in Google's Android?

  Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

• Is mobile Linux ready for the enterprise?

  Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

• SMS gives new voice to NRMA members

  With so many companies focused on major IT-driven transformation, it's easy to forget that even small changes can have a big benefit. For road motoring group NRMA Motoring & Services, however, a highly focused middleware implementation project has provided a new communications channel for hearing-impaired customers.

Reviews (5)

• Can IT directors love Microsoft?

  Commentary: A shift in corporate IT's priorities might play to Microsoft's advantage, but it will take a quasi-religious conversion to get IT directors to accept the Microsoft way.

• New IE may burst pop-up bubble

  Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.

• Sharp's Mini Disk marathon

  Packing a CD's worth of practically CD-quality audio onto a recordable disc that's less than three inches in diameter should be enough to pique any music fan's interest. New player/recorders such as this Sharp MD-MT877 can double or quadruple the recording time of most MiniDiscs using a new technology called MDLP, making these devices a whole lot more enticing.

• What Microsoft should do with all that cash

  Commentary: Bill, Steve, et al are sitting on a US$49 billion pile of cash. They recently promised to spend about $7 billion of it on increased hiring and R&D. Not a bad idea--but I've got a better one.

• Getting in tune

  Microsoft cozies up to the music industry to protect rights--or is it setting up a new beachhead for Windows? Can Microsoft be trusted?

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