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In China, Microsoft eyes innovation

Innovation can often come unexpectedly, so researchers should be given the freedom and opportunity to explore new ideas, says the head of Microsoft's research lab in Beijing. Read more »

Google: No such thing as complete privacy

Google's Street View service didn't invade a Pittsburgh couple's privacy, the search giant said in a response to the couple's April lawsuit over the matter. Read more »

What does Nokia's Symbian move mean for Android?

The next great operating systems wars are about to be fought, as traditional computing companies collide with teams representing the mobile phone industry. Read more »

Machines to terminate human intellect

Machine intelligence will catch up with that of humans and begin to overtake it in the next two decades, a visionary scientist has predicted. Read more »

UK degree to include legacy app migration

UK Cobol specialist is aiming to make IT graduates aware of the importance of skills in legacy applications Read more »

Gates, Jobs top leadership list

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are atop a new list of the most admired company leaders, as ranked by business decision makers around the world. Read more »

Real, Microsoft reach truce

Microsoft and RealNetworks announced a sweeping deal on Tuesday that puts aside their legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital-music strategies. Read more »

Mozilla burns to prove Firefox worthy

After eight months of rapid growth, Firefox approaches its 1.0 release with new challenges in converting IE users. Read more »

Apple absent from Macworld

Organisers and attendees remain upbeat about the Macworld conference being held here this week, despite Apple Computer's decision not to participate. Read more »

Rescuing recordings

The aged wax cylinder in Carl Haber's hands was cracked and spotted with greenish mold, too fragile now to be played with a record needle, as it was intended. Read more »

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Nokia's big plans on the Qt

With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry. Read more »

IBM boss spells out a better future

Forget the multinational, says IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano. "Global integration" is now the way to go for large organisations. Read more »

Talking tech with Bill Joy

Famed technologist-turned-venture-capitalist says tech industry innovation is moving beyond Moore's Law. Read more »

IBM lights up mainframe's 40th birthday

Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Read more »

The merging of GPS and the Web

The imminent convergence of GPS technology and the Internet has implications that could change the way you think about IT. Find out what's already being developed in this area and how it might fit into your strategy. Read more »

Programming for the 21st century--o:XML

According to this developer o:XML could provide a way to a new generation of cheaper, high-quality, bloat-free software. Read more »

XML--where do we go from here?

What if every bit of data in every computer included instructions about its content that would allow any other computer to interact with it? There are signs of real progress, if not revolution. Read more »

Dr. David Reed: More to the radio spectrum than meets the ear

David Reed, father of TCP/IP, believes "software-defined radio" will revolutionize radio communications as the Internet revolutionised data networks. Read more »

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