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Fake Morris Iemma on Twitter

Someone this afternoon briefly started using the Twitter micro-blogging service to impersonate newly ousted NSW State Premier Morris Iemma; and the results were hilarious. Read more »

Chrome's jittered JavaScript kills Silverlight?

The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight Web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this morning. Read more »

Video: Microsoft's Seinfeld ad

Microsoft has revealed what $10 million of Seinfeld gets — and the laughs are few. Read more »

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Video: History of British PCs

The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs. Read more »

Microsoft refutes hypervisor attack claim

Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this week to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. Read more »

Oracle destroyed Ellison's emails

Software maker Oracle deliberately destroyed or withheld CEO Larry Ellison's emails and failed to preserve audio recordings sought as evidence in a class-action lawsuit filed against the software maker, a US federal judge has ruled. Read more »

23 Sept launch for Adobe CS4

Adobe this week said it would launch an update to its flagship Creative Suite software bundle on 23 September. Read more »

IBM strike called off

After a meeting this morning between an employees' union and Big Blue, the threat of a strike by 45 workers at IBM's Baulkham Hills facility has been lifted. Read more »

Firefox counters Chrome on speed

Mozilla fought back on Wednesday in the US with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing Google's new Web browser, Chrome. Read more »

Google plans Chrome extensions

Google yesterday in the US said it planned to develop an add-ons system for its new Chrome browser, similar to the functionality that can be found in rival Mozilla Firefox. Read more »

IBM and union to hold last parley

The Australian Services Union will meet with IBM tomorrow as a last effort to talk over the issues which have a small section of workers in Big Blue's Baulkham Hills facility on the brink of a strike. Read more »

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Stephen Fry kicks off GNU's 25th birthday party

The Free Software Foundation is beginning celebrations of 25 years of GNU with the release of a video presented by actor and comedian Stephen Fry. Read more »

Google Chrome faster than Firefox, IE, Safari

Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up? Read more »

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IBM splashes out on 'scab' labour

IBM has been recruiting "scab" labour to fill the gap that could be left by striking IBM Flightdeck workers, according to the Australian Services Union. Read more »

Chrome was inevitable: Mozilla CEO

Mozilla CEO John Lilly today waxed philosophical about the release of Google's new Web browser, Chrome, despite it signalling an attempt by the search giant (Mozilla's major financier) to become its biggest competitor. Read more »

NASA hacker pushes for UK jail term

The solicitors of self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon have formally requested that the US give assurances that he serve any prison term in the UK. Read more »

Google plans 'Chrome' browser

Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project. Read more »

Google defends privacy credentials

Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy. Read more »

Apple in touchscreen Mac patent

Rumours of Apple working on a touchscreen Mac have been circulating for years, and will only grow with the revelation that the company is hoping to patent similar technology. Read more »

IBM strike could happen Thursday

IBM Australia could face strike action in a Baulkham Hills, Sydney facility on Thursday or Friday this week, according to the Australian Services Union, after the company failed to negotiate with the union over the weekend. Read more »

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    When Apple announced it would be vetting every application submitted for inclusion in the App Store, this was just the kind of question that entered many a mind: just how arbitrary would the company be in wielding that veto power? Read more »

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    Hands up if you missed the Chrome release -- didn't think anyone did. Google's browser arrived with all the fanfare and hype that only Google can produce. Read more »

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    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »

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