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• Fostering a better Kaz future with Fujitsu

  For the first time, Kaz chief Mike Foster tells the full story about how the Peter Kazacos' baby was treated within Telstra, and how the deal with Fujitsu went down.

• Napster AU$400m legal bill hits media giant

  Napster, one of original and best-known music sharing brands, has become a thorn in the side of its parent Bertelsmann because of its AU$400 million legal bill.

• iSoft u-turn on IBA bid

  Medical software company iSoft has u-turned on a takeover bid from the Australian group IBA, and is now recommending a 160 million pound offer from Germany's CompuGroup.

• New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

  The latest draft of revisions to the dominant open-source license offers an accommodating approach to some significant objections, but it could throw a wrench into the works of a major open-source company, Novell.

• OpenOffice hit by 'highly critical' vulnerability

  OpenOffice.org has patched a critical vulnerability in the open-source application suite.

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  IE8 roll-out will finally kill IE6

  Microsoft has announced that from next week, it will begin deploying its Internet Explorer 8 browser to the majority of users via Automatic Update and there was much rejoicing and a feeling of relief.

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  Vista take-up hits bumpy patch

  So, it seems the WOW -- for Microsoft's Windows Vista -- is not now, but sometime in the future, maybe.

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• Fostering a better Kaz future with Fujitsu

  For the first time, Kaz chief Mike Foster tells the full story about how the Peter Kazacos' baby was treated within Telstra, and how the deal with Fujitsu went down.

• Qld: Time for an innovation agenda

  Queensland has been launched into a snap state election, and the local IT Industry is feeling a little left out.

• Palm leads way in smartphones' mass market attack

  Smartphones, or phones that enable Web access and e-mail, are heading for the mass market.

• Is that a desktop in your pocket?

  Virtual servers have changed the way businesses are run. Now, virtualisation vendors have set their sights on your PC.

• CRM: prepare to meet thy marketer

Reviews (5)

• AMD CPUs--onward and upward

  AMD will market its latest and greatest CPUs, the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+, to the consumer market. But is this a wise move considering Intel's clear dominance in the IT space?

• Sun sets US$76 price tag on Office rival

  Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of US$75.95 in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office.

• Che Mozilla: The revolutionary

  The browser war is over. What Mozilla, (the basis for future versions of Netscape) offers is more akin to a browser insurrection.

• Digital Audio Formats Demystified

  Without a doubt, one of the biggest stories of 2000 was the rise of Napster and the continuing saga of MP3. But, MP3 is just one of several digital audio formats widely used today.

• Windows XP Home Edition vs. Windows 98 and Me

  Are Windows XP's new features worth the cost of upgrading? Find out how Windows XP measures up against Windows 98 and Me.

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