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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 »

Microsoft joins Kerberos single ID consortium

The MIT Kerberos Consortium, a security authentication and authorisation group, announced on Monday that Microsoft has joined its shindig. Read more »

Safari 3.1 update fixes 13 security flaws

Apple has released Safari 3.1 for users on Mac OS X and Windows. Along with new features are 13 security updates, most of the fixes address cross-site scripting flaws. Read more »

Google details 'reboot' bug, Android security fixes

Google has begun releasing some details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone. Read more »

Google wants people to stop googling

Google has said it intends to crack down on the use of its name as a generic verb, in phrases such as "to google someone." Read more »

Adobe's PDF becomes ISO standard

Adobe Systems' popular portable document format (PDF) has become the latest International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard. Read more »

Microsoft in 'trouble' as Bill Gates leaves

A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June. Read more »

MIT to launch Kerberos Consortium

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is to launch the Kerberos Consortium to provide funding and input for development of the protocol. Read more »

Exposing software flaws -- no easy job

Security researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability. Read more »

'DVD Jon' targets Media Player file encryption

A Norwegian programmer has developed a tool for removing some encoding surrounding the Windows Media Player, in a move to give open-source media players a chance to access the streams. Read more »

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Did Ballmer hint at a Windows AppStore?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday appeared to hint at the possibility of a Windows application marketplace that would be similar to the Apple iPhone AppStore. But the idea is not without its share of problems. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

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

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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

Azure: A matter of trust

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »

Builder AU widgets for all

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Want the latest Builder AU tips, tutorials, news and blogs in widget form? Here's Builder AU's cross platform widget to insert on your Web site or blog, Netvibes account, Windows Vista, Apple's Dashboard, or your favourite social networking Web sites. 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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