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Apple takes over CUPS, Unix printing software
Apple has acquired the source code for CUPS, an open-source project for managing printing on Unix and Linux systems. Read more »
Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up
31 new security fixes are available for Mac OS X. Read more »
Apple recalls overheating batteries
Apple Computer is recalling about 28,000 batteries that shipped this year in its PowerBook G4 portable computers. Read more »
Apple's Tiger makes some companies growl
Now that Tiger is out of the bag, some Mac software makers say the new cat doesn't play well with others. Read more »
Adobe program rivals Apple's Aperture
Adobe Systems has launched a test version of Mac software that is seen as a rival to a professional photo program that Apple Computer launched last year. Read more »
Adobe to take wraps off Creative Suite 3
Adobe Systems has launched Creative Suite 3, a showcase for the company's merger with rival Macromedia that is designed to smoothly combine Web design with content creation. Read more »
Fedora 10's snapshot scramble begins
The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November. Read more »
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to the file and print components of the server software, adding clustered file system support, compatibility improvements and other changes. Read more »
Font-purging software kills lawsuit threat
Publishing giant Faber & Faber is wiping away the chance of costly lawsuits by using software to purge unlicensed fonts. Read more »
XP SP3 makes Vista SP1 a laughing stock
New tests have revealed that XP with the beta SP3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with the long awaited SP1. Read more »
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First Take: Apple Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Panther, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.3, offers beefed-up compatibility with Windows networks and support for IPv6 networking. Read more »
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Panther adds new and useful features, but at the expense of some old standbys. Current Jaguar users need not apply. Read more »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »
Perl functions 101
In this article we explore some of the most useful Perl functions for manipulating arrays and hashes, how each one works, and when it should be used. Read more »
Ten tips for PHP scripts
If you've taken a gander at PHP or read through an introductory tutorial, these tips will expand your knowledge a bit further, introducing you to some common uses as well as advanced features of PHP. Read more »
Create a reusable graph background in JSP
Displaying graphs on Java Server Pages is a fairly simple task, but you can make the process cleaner by creating reusable backgrounds. Learn this technique and see how to encode graph data. Read more »
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Live Aussie Vista Launch
-- 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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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending 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 »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
2008/11/21 10:32:55
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
2008/11/20 10:58:20
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
2008/11/19 16:10:33
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ZDNet.com.au chases Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer around Sydney during his recent visit Down Under.

