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Adobe joins Linux-phone group to spread Flash

In an effort to spread its Flash technology as widely as possible, Adobe Systems has joined the LiMo Foundation, a group devoted to putting Linux on mobile phones. Read more »

Microsoft tags Tech.Ed delegates

Microsoft today announced plans to track Australian delegates attending its annual Tech.Ed conference in Sydney next week using RFID tags embedded in conference badges. Read more »

LiMo releases its mobile Linux platform

The LiMo Foundation released the first full version of its mobile phone platform on Monday. Read more »

NEC helps users downgrade Vista to XP

The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade machines running Windows Vista to XP. Read more »

Labor, Coalition looking at powerline broadband

With the election looming, there does appear to be one issue that both Liberal and Labor can agree on: broadband over powerline could one day be used to get Internet access to Australia's remotest regions. Read more »

Aussie telcos 'looking into powerline broadband'

Australian telcos are seriously looking at broadband over powerline (BPL), according to vendor NEC -- but interference and regulatory issues are still haunting the technology. Read more »

USB 3.0 to offer 5Gbps transfer speed: Intel

Intel and others plan to release a new version of the ubiquitous Universal Serial Bus technology in the first half of 2008, a revamp the chip maker said will make data transfer rates more than 10 times as fast by adding fiber-optic links alongside the traditional copper wires. Read more »

VMware shares secrets in security drive

Virtualisation vendor VMware has quietly begun sharing some of its software secrets with the IT security industry under an unannounced plan to create better ways of securing virtual machines. Read more »

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a magazine report published on Sunday. Read more »

Intel Centrino update hits Aussie shores

Intel will today launch the new Centrino mobile computing platform to Australian customers, promising some modest gains in performance and a few new features for both corporate and consumer users. Read more »

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Reap the green IT benefits of thin client computing

This article notes that applying a selective and rigorous methodology to a thin client migration will position IT teams to reap the enhanced green IT and ROI benefits that the computing model offers. Read more »

Design your Web site using CSS content boxes

In this tutorial we show you how to use CSS content boxes to design your Web site. Read more »

Management Bootcamp

The first appointment to a supervisory position is a big step in anyone's career as it marks the beginning of a shift from "doing things" to "getting things done". Read more »

Microsoft leaves Cisco out in the cold

From an IT management perspective, Microsoft's new relationship with networking vendor Nortel is troubling. Read more »

Review: Macromedia's ColdFusion MX 7.0

The new release of ColdFusion looks solid and brings a massive set of new capabilities to the table. Is it worth the upgrade? Find out in our review. Read more »

Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested

Need a new server but only have AU$2500 to spend? The range of options is suprisingly good as long as you're willing to do without some of the fancy features. Read more »

Linux creator takes commercial position

Linus Torvalds has been lured from Transmeta to work full-time on the open source Linux operating system. Read more »

Linux gets standards for 'embedded' devices

An industry consortium is trying to make it easier for companies to use the Linux operating system in mobile phones, network routers and other devices. Read more »

Platform migration with COBOL applications

Many organisations are faced with the reality of having to port applications written in COBOL to new platforms. Use these planning tips from Builder Australia. Read more »

The commercial salvation of Linux

According to Eric Raymond, every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch. But is it also the developers' interests that get served? Read more »

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Microsoft does a Wacko Jacko

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week was dominated by Microsoft US$44 billion proposal to Yahoo but we still found time to ask Linus Torvalds some questions and wonder if Michael Jackson and Microsoft behaved more similar than you'd think. Read more »

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