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Notes 8.0: clunky, but clever

Organisations considering migrating to Lotus Notes 8.0 are likely to be wowed by its functionality and usability, but might also find that it runs a little slower as a result. Read more »

Web services: Beyond the hype

He still has a tough sell ahead but IBM's Bob Sutor has already collaborated with Microsoft and others to fashion the underlying plumbing necessary to turn his vision of Web services into reality. Read more »

Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft

If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office

After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »

Microsoft to buy Groove Networks

Microsoft on Thursday said it will acquire Groove Networks and make Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie, a chief technical officer at the software giant. Read more »

Oracle's eye on the future

As part of its semiannual analysts' day, Oracle on Wednesday outlined a range of plans for the New Year and beyond, from integration of PeopleSoft technology to its planned entry into the market for collaboration software. Read more »

Adobe aquire Macromedia

With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »

Adobe sees its future on the Web

Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards. Read more »

J D Edwards' Ian Hodge: Straight to the source

What sets J D Edwards apart from the likes of Siebel and PeopleSoft? We speak with Ian Hodge, managing director Australia/New Zealand, about the future of business software and services. Read more »

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Google vs. Microsoft

At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

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While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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