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Microsoft reposts Windows 7 download tool

Microsoft said on Wednesday it has reposted a tool to the internet that aids installing Windows 7 on netbooks and computers without an optical drive. Read more »

Windows 7 RC1 made available for download

Microsoft made the first release candidate of Windows 7 available for free download on Thursday. In an unprecedented move for the company, the software will run on a user's PC for more than a year. Read more »

Massive quantum network unveiled

The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future. Read more »

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Net neutrality is an 'American problem'

The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a US problem — and further, that the nation that pioneered the internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma. Read more »

Sydney Uni "hero" chip breaks light speed record

A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all. Read more »

Holograms beamed to handsets by 2010

Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company. Read more »

IBM breaks petaflop barrier with PS3 and AMD chips

Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop — 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second — twice as fast as the world's previous fastest computer, IBM's Blue Gene. Read more »

1Gbps 'superbroadband' helps unis research

The University of Melbourne has combined high resolution screens with a "superbroadband" connection to help it share research across the globe. Read more »

Apple unveils MacBook Air: "world's thinnest notebook"

Apple unveiled its ultraportable MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook according to CEO Steve Jobs, during his keynote speech at Macworld 2008 on Tuesday in San Francisco. Read more »

Google to improve image text recognition?

Google has filed a patent for the recognition and use of text contained in images and videos. Read more »

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Options for passing a driver into the Windows Server 2008 install program

The Windows Server 2008 installation offers a little flexibility on how drivers are installed. This article shows ways to access the mass storage drivers when you need some out-of-the-box thinking. Read more »

The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher

Enough information to fill multiple CDs every second is flowing across the world on a network one thousand times faster than home broadband. Read more »

Will search keep Google on the throne?

Unlike rivals Yahoo and Microsoft, Google is focused on core search and thus will be the main infrastructure provider for Web services and information going forward. Read more »

Protect your site against Web scrapes

Web developers have to provide users with easy-to-use solutions, as well as protect the company's intellectual property. You can do this by using images and sound bytes to create a passcode for entry. Read more »

Protect your site against Web scrapes

Good Web developers need to provide users with easy-to-use solutions as well as protect a companies intellectual property. Learn how to protect against Web scrapes in this article. 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 »

What was that again? 3 backup packages tested

It's official: backup software packages have the longest product names in the business. We evaluate three leading packages to find out which suits the medium-sized business. Read more »

Telling senior management 'No'

How do you say 'NO' to management when they propose a task that is destined to fail? Use this guide from Builder.com to help. Read more »

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