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  • Oracle explains Sun to Aussies in April

    After laying out its plans for its newly completed Sun acquisition to a worldwide audience via webcast, Oracle now intends to hold international tours explaining the integration of the companies to customers and partners.

  • Qld govt keeps vendors busy over Christmas

    The Queensland Government has ruined Christmas for local IT vendors, issuing two tenders yesterday for IT support services due to begin early in 2010.

  • CentOS developers threaten mutiny

    Offering a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux turned out not to be such a simple matter after all.

  • Defence rethinks $200m Kaz contract

    The Department of Defence has put out a request for information to test a new model for providing the services in its $200 million central ICT infrastructure contract, currently serviced by Kaz Group.

  • TransGrid set for Cisco, Exchange overhaul

    State-owned NSW Energy wholesaler TransGrid expects to complete its Cisco network upgrade by the end of 2009.

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    GNOME 3.0 needs a big, visible change

    Plans for the next major iteration of the GNOME desktop have been released with the major change being a new user experience.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Symantec quits beating the 'OS X malware' drum

    The latest Internet Threat Survey from Symantec is a whopping 120 pages and unlike in its previous reports, the company has avoided any mention of malware for Apple's OS X.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    CTO of antivirus firm prefers Mac, Unix

    The CTO of the third biggest antivirus firm revealed to me this week that an Apple Powerbook loaded with Unix is his "platform of choice".

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Other shoe still hasn't dropped for Boot Camp

    There were some interesting responses to my analysis piece last week about Apple's new Boot Camp Windows-on-Mac software, but all the evidence still points in one direction...

  • Read the blog post - Iain Ferguson

    The penguin awakes

    With Melbourne resuming its rightful place as Sydney's slightly embarrassing provincial neighbour after the Commonwealth Games, the scene is now set for an event of real significance.

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  • OpenBSD 4.6: Photo gallery

    If you want security coupled with flexibility and some good old-fashioned command line action in your UNIX of choice, look no further than OpenBSD.

  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • No thanks Google, we've got Ubuntu

    Google's decision to create its own Linux distribution and splinter the Linux community decisively once again can only be seen as foolhardy and self-obsessive.

  • What's the best hosted virtualisation suite?

    A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.

  • Installing NetBSD 5.0: Screenshots

    The NetBSD Project recently released NetBSD 5.0, the 13th major release of its Unix operating system. If you are not familiar with the BSD mentality, it's a back-to-basics approach. Those familiar with Unix environments will find themselves right at home.

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  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • Reviews Roundup: The best SMB rack NAS

    Network attached storage appliances come in all shapes and sizes: in this review roundup we look at what five of the leading vendors have to offer the small to medium-sized business.

  • Linksys One NSS4100

    The Linksys One NSS4100 is a well-built storage appliance with good cross-platform file sharing facilities, and works best when deployed in Linksys One environments.

  • Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 450r

    The StorCenter Pro NAS 450r is a generously-specified appliance running Windows Storage Server 2003. While it scores on performance, it's pricey and lacks capacity.

  • Symantec Backup Exec 12

    Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.

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