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Microsoft aims Windows 7 for 2009 holiday season

In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's holiday buying season. Read more »

Microsoft: Try Vista, it's not as bad you think

Microsoft still faces an uphill battle to win over consumers, despite the progress it cites on Vista's performance and compatibility. Read more »

Nvidia to blame for many early Vista crashes

Interesting information has surfaced in the documents that have been released as part of the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. Read more »

Living alongside PostgreSQL

It's a funny relationship between EnterpriseDB and PostgreSQL. Read more »

Google wants people to stop googling

Google has said it intends to crack down on the use of its name as a generic verb, in phrases such as "to google someone." Read more »

Microsoft: Set your systems for Vista

Microsoft is still working to finish Windows Vista, but the company wants consumers to "Get Ready" now. Read more »

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

The Mozilla Foundation is planning to use some of its millions of dollars in revenues to fund active members of its developer community, the organisation said on Tuesday. Read more »

Media companies 'must embrace Web 2.0'

Media companies who ignore user contribution will come unstuck as Web 2.0 changes the technology and media landscape, warned experts on Wednesday at an event on the future of the Web. Read more »

Apple quietly shuts door on eMac

Without so much as a whisper, Apple has removed the eMac from its regular consumer product line, relegating it solely to the educational sector that it debuted in. Read more »

IBM to analyse digital scuttlebutt

IBM said it is developing an application to analyse how discussions on blogs and other Web sites are affecting a given corporation's image. Read more »

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Carla Fiorina's mouth, meet Carly Fiorina's brain

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's gift of glib gab backfired on her Tuesday when she became too candid for her own political good. Read more »

Olympics are a boon for Silverlight

Here's the way things work at Microsoft. After correcting shortcomings in the first and second editions of its software, version 3.0 of a Microsoft product usually silences the company's worst critics, allowing management to get on with business of crushing rivals. But I'll be first to acknowledge that Silverlight breaks with that pattern. Read more »

Conduct an impact assessment to acquire security funding

Protecting personally identifiable information is a major responsibility. Before you start looking for a security solution that will ultimately cost your organisation in materials, man hours, and money, do your homework. Read more »

Don't believe the hype(ware)

Are product delays a fact of life or are they being used as a marketing tool? Read more »

The Patent Trap

Is IBM's recent software patent giveaway a generous gift to the public, or is the corporate giant just getting rid of old junk? David McAmis investigates what's on offer. Read more »

The Kiwi behind Firefox

Ben Goodger is the lead engineer for the Firefox browser. He talks about Firefox's history, and how he sees it competing with Longhorn. Read more »

Six "must haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams

An Inc. 500 profile from the SoftwareCEO Web site: Performance Software CEO Tim Bigelow shares his six "must-haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams. Read more »

Welcome to Technology Idol

Knowing which project to put your time and money into has never been easier. Simply audition all the projects in demand and have the Technology Idol team pick the winner! Read more »

Database consultants can't wait FOR XML

Have you heard about FOR XML? It can really give your applications a boost. This article gives you an overview of the power behind using FOR XML in your applications. Read more »

Study: Techies could use some PR

When it comes to self-promotion, information technology managers are much too bashful, according to a recent study. Read more »

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Lack of turn out shows Linux's crossover

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at the lack of excitement surronding this year's LinuxWorld conference, Dan Kaminsky has finally revealed the details of his DNS flaw and we take a look at the new features to come in Firefox. Read more »

10 PR 2.0 tips for startups

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »

It's ego check time for Intel, Negroponte

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I'm especially puzzled over the inane dustup that erupted this week between Negroponte's nonprofit One Laptop Per Child and Intel. Read more »

Blogger declares shenanigans on advertisers -- piracy or plagiarism?

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- MIT academic calls notices some suspicious similiarities between a lecture he wrote and an Australian made printer ad. Could this be piracy, or merely plagiarism. I call in the lawyers to find out. Read more »

The Fud is Flying! (Again)

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- It seems like that the latest marketing technique for software vendors is to sling a little FUD and see if it sticks. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt make for some attention-grabbing headlines and are great for scaring potential customers away from a competitors offering. Read more »

The FUD is flying!

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- For years, the IT community has accused Microsoft of spreading “FUD” (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) about their competitor’s solutions. But it looks like that the FUD has been flying back the other way, with some industry analysts hypothesising that the new IP features in Windows Vista will bring the Internet to it's knees with an overload of traffic. Read more »

Tech.Ed day 1: C# by the sea shore

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Anne Kirah, Microsoft’s Senior Design Anthropologist delivered the opening keynote for this year's Tech.Ed event from the Sydney Convention Centre this morning. While she told the audience "I'm no techno expert" there were plenty of entertaining pointers to take away. Read more »

Get in quick for Microsoft Office Beta

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Want a copy of Microsoft's latest Office 2007 Beta? Get in quickly Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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