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Microsoft nixes barrier to Windows 7's 'XP mode'
Although Windows 7's "XP Mode" has been a welcome feature of the new operating system, there's been a fair bit of confusion brought on by the virtualisation layer's hardware requirements. Read more »
Microsoft IE9 preview released
Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »
Mozilla refreshes its open-source backbone
Ten years on, Mozilla has concluded that its open-source underpinnings are due for a refresh. Read more »
Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
Want better games on your Android phone? They may be coming sooner now, at least for Android 2.0 models. Read more »
Cisco announces new router
Cisco announced the CRS-3 on Tuesday, its next-generation internet router for the world's largest internet service providers. Read more »
Office 2010 business launch in May
Microsoft has said that it plans to finalise the code for Office 2010 next month and, as expected, it kicked off a program enabling those who buy Office 2007 in the coming months to get a free upgrade to the new version. Read more »
Chrome dev gets rudimentary HTML5 geolocation
In an update to the development build of Chrome, Google on Thursday introduced a rough version of the native HTML5 geolocation API. Read more »
Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix
Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death. Read more »
Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
Although it is not open to the press this year, Microsoft is using this week's TechFest internal science fair as an occasion to talk about some of the work it is doing to find new ways of connecting with computers. Read more »
Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing
Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. Read more »
Features (1401)
Using a hybrid XSLT solution to send an email
Edmond Woychowsky recounts how a hybrid XSLT solution that he used recently reminds him of his college days. Read more »
How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
This article shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system. Read more »
KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
KDE 4.3.5 is out. Does it finally bring KDE back to its golden days it enjoyed with 3.5? The author gives you his impressions of the latest release and what this means to the Linux desktop. Read more »
10 open source Windows apps worth checking out
The open source community has a lot to offer, and not just to Linux users. These 10 outstanding Windows tools can make your life easier (for free). Read more »
Why PostgreSQL is a better enterprise database than MySQL
This article demonstrates some of the features that make PostgreSQL a standout database. While it's a bit more challenging to set up and use, he thinks it offers much more security, reliability and data integrity than MySQL. Read more »
GoogleSharing: A way to prevent tracking by Google
A security expert has developed an innovative Firefox add-on that prevents Google from tracking your whereabouts on the internet. Read more »
Change default applications easily in GNOME
This article walks you through the easy steps for changing the application defaults associated with certain file types in the GNOME desktop. Read more »
Code concepts: LINQ's expression trees
In this overview about LINQ's expression trees, we show how you might use expression objects in your projects. Read more »
Windows Server 2008 R2 changes for core installation
This article outlines the new features in the core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 and discusses which components were removed. Read more »
Review of dotTrace 3.1 performance profiling tool
If you're looking for an alternative to the Visual Studio profiler, give the dotTrace 3.1 performance tool a look. Read more »
Video (20)
Video games and the real world - Vinh Nguyen
Vinh Nguyen details how video games are influencing and changing the real world. Read more »
Change the world - Matt Jones
Matt Jones talks about how social entrepreneurs are using the internet to change the world. Read more »
How to be a zombie journalist - Renai LeMay
ZDNet.com.au news editor, Renai LeMay, talks about how the internet changed journalism at Sydney Ignite 3. Read more »
How online self-publishing is transforming - Tim Parsons
Tim Parson discusses how publishing one's own books has changed due to the internet at Sydney Ignite 3. Read more »
Microsoft Office 2010 beta
The beta for Microsoft Office 2010 is here and we've had a chance to check out the latest version. Though the changes are more incremental than they are major, there are some useful new enhancements worth noting in this revision. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on
CNET's Rafe Needleman gets a look at the eagerly anticipated new computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Is it a Google killer? No, but it has the potential to change the way we view data on the web. Read more »
Facebook's fine-print flub
ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about a change to Facebook's terms of service that has caused big waves. Diaz discusses the company's response and his thoughts on how the company should have handled the matter. Read more »
Change the Windows XP product key
Even in the best IT shops, it's not impossible for a pirated copy of Windows XP to find its way onto the desktop. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic's Head Technology Editor, shows you how to change a Windows XP product key with a quick registry hack. Read more »
The invention of Use Cases
Ivar Jacobson describes how his invention of use cases came about, how it changed the industry and how they are used today. Read more »
Dexterous robot arm demo: IDF
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner and Joshua Smith talk about advancements in robotics. The research involves dexterous robots with new sensory abilities. In the demo, Rattner grabs an apple from the grasp of a robot hand that can sense objects purely by changes... Read more »
Blog (143)
Google launches Apps Marketplace
-- Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft Surface comes to Australia
-- Microsoft Surface finally to hit Australia, Google adds Buzz to the social networking array and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft in hot water over stolen code
-- Microsoft has been accused of stealing code from a microblogging start-up called Plurk. Read more »
Google releases new JavaScript tools
-- Google has open-sourced a new JavaScript toolkit and also released the Google Dashboard. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
News from Oracle OpenWorld 2009
-- News from the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 conference and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
No paper, no promotion
-- It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement. Read more »
Wolfram Alpha and Bing shake hands
-- Wolfram Alpha and Microsoft's Bing have reached an agreement that will allow Bing to feature some of Wolfram Alpha's specialised content. Read more »
Share your #songincode
-- We noticed this amusing trend on Twitter last week, where people are converting song lyrics (or anything else really) into code. Read more »
Chrome gets bookmark sync with version 4.x
-- Google has issued the first developer preview version of its Chrome browser to reach the version 4.x milestone, a phase that should bring some advanced features in the forthcoming HTML 5 specification for web pages but that for now just sports a cloud-based bookmark synchronisation tool. Read more »
Google launches Chrome theme gallery
-- Google on Tuesday launched a gallery of 29 themes for Google Chrome (requires Google Chrome 3.0 beta for Windows). But Mozilla, while refraining from sniggering, boasted it's now up to 20,000. Read more »
Others (3)
JavaOne: Day One Gallery
JavaOne, Sun's developer conference, began today with a series of announcements -- before that could happen though, the lines needed to be traversed. Read more »
Gnome 2.16 Preview
With the next major release of the GNOME desktop scheduled for release next month, each passing day sees more of the code frozen. This is the first iteration since version 2.14 was released in April, which saw extensive improvements in performance. Here is our first look at some of the features in Gnome 2.16. Read more »
Day One at Tech.Ed
Day One from Tech.Ed 2006 Read more »
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