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Google simplifies leaving Exchange
Google's assault on Microsoft's enterprise software business has continued to advance as the search giant released a new tool that helps companies move away from Exchange. Read more »
Microsoft IE7's zero-day hole
Microsoft warned of a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 that has been targeted in attacks, and released fixes for eight holes in Windows and Office as part of Patch Tuesday. Read more »
Google signs up for Cloud Security Alliance
Google has joined the Cloud Security Alliance, plugging a major gap in the organisation's membership. Read more »
Facebook patents social feeds
Facebook has been awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology, more specifically "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network". Read more »
800 IBM jobs at risk: Union
The Australian Services Union (ASU) claimed yesterday that IT giant IBM was looking to offshore around 800 jobs, many more than the 150 positions the union had originally believed affected. Read more »
Intel claims no IP stolen in attack
Intel was targeted by a "sophisticated" attack in January, but no intellectual property was stolen and executives did not think it was linked with the attacks on Google and others that occurred around the same time. Read more »
Chinese schools deny Google attacks
Two days after a New York Times report linked two Chinese schools to hack attacks on Google and other Silicon Valley companies, both schools have denied those claims. Read more »
IBM to offshore 150 jobs, says union
The Australian Services Union claimed today that IT giant IBM is planning to offshore jobs from a number of its operations centres to China and India. Read more »
Aussies wait till Xmas for Win 7 mobile?
Australians might not get their hands on a mobile phone running Windows 7 until Christmas, despite the platform having its first outing last night at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read more »
Microsoft Surface sold in Oz next week
Microsoft will start selling its Surface tabletop multi-touch system in Australia next week after a formal launch. Read more »
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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 »
Why Windows 7 should be free in China
Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services? Read more »
10 low-cost, high-value Web 2.0 strategies
Innovation around Web 2.0 technologies continues to pick up steam as companies look for ways to cut spending and get more from the solutions they choose. This article outlines some of the top cost-effective web-orientated tools and strategies. Read more »
Celebrating freedom with open source
Happy Independence day to our US readers. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about, at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level. Read more »
Why 2008 was another great year in web technology
This article offers a look back at web development software updates and new products in 2008, with an eye toward 2009. It discusses SOA, mobile development, Silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, Python, and more. Read more »
Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Things just got a lot more complicated for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and "chief lizard wrangler." Read more »
Five ways to make meetings bearable
More annoying than even junk mail is the dreaded Outlook meeting invite. Find out how to make meetings more bearable. Read more »
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »
Why Chrome will win and why it will lose
Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome. We spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype. Read more »
Aussie IT unions rise from the dead
Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around. Read more »
Video (18)
Yang's out. Is Microsoft in?
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Jerry Yang's resignation from the search giant and why it wasn't entirely shocking. Diaz also explains why Microsoft, while currently claiming disinterest in Yahoo, may act differently in the near future. Read more »
The Sun sets for 6,000 employees
Sun Microsystems is the latest tech giant to announce dismal numbers for the fourth quarter and the need to layoff a significant portion of its workforce. On this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Dawn Kawamoto discuss the 6,000 expected layoffs and possible next steps for this Silicon Valley institution. Read more »
Google Chrome
We take a quick look at the new Web browser from search giant Google. CNET Webware's Josh Lowensohn takes you through some of its top features including the deeply integrated search, minimalist interface, and smart use of privacy. Read more »
Microsoft slams Google on privacy
Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, according to the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist Peter Cullen. Read more »
Silicon Valley giants partner to shape the cloud
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Senior Editor Sam Diaz about a partnership between Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Yahoo to create an open-source Read more »
Bill Gates' greatest hits and misses
June 30 marks Gates' last official day of work at Microsoft. While the software giant's founder will continue on as chairman, he will no longer be a full-time employee. ZDNet's editor in chief, Larry Dignan, rates Gates' many conference keynotes and product launches, separating the successful from those that missed... Read more »
Google looks to the cloud
CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Stephen Shankland discuss the search giant's cloud strategy and how it affects enterprise computing. Are the next 10 years going to witness a revolutionary technology transition? Read more »
CERN demos giant 3D digital camera
At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Derek Mathieson, project leader for the world's largest particle physics laboratory, CERN, shows off the Atlas detector, a six story high, 100-megapixel camera with 100 million data channels. Mathieson explains how the detector uses open-source Java applications to collect data and how grid... Read more »
Is Google sharing your information with US govt?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt yesterday admitted that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users – and he said Google would comply if the requests were legal. Read more »
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IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg
-- In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
Bing Maps gets a makeover
-- Microsoft has enriched Bing Maps with 3D street-view, but is it a match for Google Maps? More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Chrome OS source code unveiled
-- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Aussie creates iPhone virus
-- An Aussie hacker has created a worm that places a background picture of Rick Astley on jailbroken iPhones that have SSH enabled, and released its source code. More news in this week's Roundup. 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 »
Ubuntu Karmic Koala released
-- Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, was released overnight. More of this week's news in this edition of 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 »
Flash comes to iPhone
-- Adobe staged its Max 2009 conference in LA this week. A number of announcements were made during the keynote, including that Flash is finally coming to the iPhone. Read more »
Pirate Party Hits Australia
-- The Pirate Party has caused quite a stir this week as it battles to become an official party in Australia. The controversial group, which already has success in Sweden and Germany, plans to tackle issues relating to intellectual property. More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Chrome in IE
-- Google has come up with a plug-in that runs Chrome inside IE. But what's the point of having a browser inside a browser? Read more »
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