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Jef Raskin, Mac interface expert, dies at 61

Jef Raskin, the human-computer interface expert largely credited with beginning the Macintosh project for Apple Computer, died Saturday at age 61. Read more »

Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet

Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 percent of companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey released this week. Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging. Read more »

Trojan spells new era for Apple Mac security

A new piece of malware, specifically designed to exploit Apple's OS X, has been found by Mac security software firm Intego, but Symantec says the firm is prone to "hype". Read more »

Mac OSX Leopard gets Sun's DTrace

Apple Computer have announced they will support DTrace, an open source analysing tool for developers in the release of OSX 10.5, code-named Leopard. Read more »

Update released for Gnome Linux desktop

The Gnome project has released the first test version of the Gnome 2.22 desktop this week, with changes including a new Web-browser engine, updates for virtual network computer and accessibility, and a new file system. Read more »

Nokia to acquire Linux firm Trolltech

Nokia is to buy Trolltech, the company whose Linux-based Qt application-development framework is at the core of many PC and mobile applications including Google Earth and Skype. Read more »

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Mandrake Linux's libDrakx

Mandrake's libDrakx allows you to create GUI or text interfaces with relative ease, especially if you have some Perl under your belt. We'll work through creating a simple window, as well as a more complex list interface. Read more »

Does innovation matter?

Do we really care who invented what feature first? Read more »

Mac OS X on x86 tested

Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. Read more »

Case Study: AppleBox takes rentals into Web 2.0

Simon Gilligan's attempt to breathe new life into the neighbourhood video rental store has become an unlikely showcase for Web 2.0 technologies. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

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

RIFE with possibilities

Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »

10 things you should know about every Linux installation

Before installing Linux you must realise that there may be a few "new ways of doing things" to learn. Here are 10 tips to get you started. Read more »

What users want

Developing usable software for customers is all about understanding your end-users. We asked some of Australia's leading usability experts on their approach to this integral part of software development. Read more »

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OS X + NFSv4 == SSHFS + open bitterness

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Has anyone, who isn't a die-hard Darwin fanatic, ever tried to recompile their kernel in OS X? If you answered yes then you are among a rare breed of user indeed. Read more »

Live Aussie Vista Launch

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Live Blogging from the Australian launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 at the MCA in Sydney. 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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