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VMware Australia plays down bug

VMware's Australia and New Zealand division today said the local impact was small from a botched software patch that had left some customers unable to start their virtualised environments. Read more »

Q&A: Debian leader on not being in it for the money

The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. Read more »

Microsoft and News Corp to bid for Yahoo

A month after Rupert Murdoch said News Corp is too small to compete for Yahoo, the media giant is teaming up with Microsoft in a joint take over bid for Yahoo, which would see MySpace brought into the mix. Read more »

News Corp too small for Yahoo war with Microsoft

Rupert Murdoch has told investors at a US conference that News Corp is too small to fight Microsoft for Yahoo. Read more »

Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals

Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals using a paperclip, a needle and some wire. Read more »

Apple's Jobs more powerful than Gates

Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs has topped a list of the 25 most powerful business people in the world. Read more »

MySpace to acquire Photobucket image-sharing site

Social-networking site MySpace, owned by Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to acquire Photobucket, the Web's No. 1 photo-sharing service, according to a source close to the deal. Read more »

Chuck D lays down the law on DRM

'Just a lot of fucked-up shit' says rapper on consumer experience of DRM. Read more »

MySpace feels the heat

All talk of global warming aside, the record-breaking heat wave that knocked out power infrastructures throughout California will probably be best remembered for making MySpace.com look really bad. Read more »

Gates, Jobs top leadership list

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are atop a new list of the most admired company leaders, as ranked by business decision makers around the world. Read more »

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O'Reilly: The web is at war, and it's making me sad

Web pioneer and conference honcho Tim O'Reilly warned the audience at the Web 2.0 Expo here on Tuesday afternoon that he thinks "we're headed into another ugly time". Read more »

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MySpace in a hot place

Graham Lauren [blogs:intheether] -- It seems the now-mainstream MySpace is proving itself just as susceptible to predatory sexual interests as have chat rooms and all manner of other online spaces before it. Read more »

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