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Study: businesses start to embrace Windows 7
A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. 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 »
2011 ends Firefox's Mac OS X 10.4 support
Mozilla has officially decided that the next major version of Firefox will require at least Mac OS X 10.5 when running on Apple computers. Read more »
Ninemsn injected with malicious code: Websense
Security technology company Websense this week claimed that one of Australia's most highly trafficked websites, ninemsn, had been compromised by an outside party and injected with "malicious code", although the problem area has now been removed from the site. Read more »
Firefox add-on accused of malware comes up clean
Last week, Firefox users were warned by Mozilla of two add-ons that had been discovered to contain malware and removed from their add-on website. Read more »
80% of Aussies support filter
A survey commissioned by the ABC's Hungry Beast, has found that 80 per cent of respondents supported Labor's proposed filter. Read more »
Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program
It is not uncommon for Microsoft to launch a "technology guarantee" program ahead of a new version of Office or Windows, offering buyers of a product late in one cycle an upgrade to the new version once it comes out. So it's not a shocker that Microsoft has one planned for Office 2010. Read more »
Gates calls China censorship 'limited'
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has weighed in on a row between China and web giant Google over cyber attacks, saying that Beijing's efforts to censor the internet were "fortunately ...very limited." Read more »
Microsoft seeks another hearing in i4i case
Microsoft filed another appeal on Friday in its patent dispute with i4i, but also said that it will comply with the injunction against Office that is set to go into effect on Monday. Read more »
Chrome passes Safari in browser usage
In its 15th month of public existence, Google's Chrome browser surpassed Safari for share of worldwide usage in December. Read more »
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10 things you shouldn't do when working with an upset customer
Nobody likes dealing with an angry user, but it comes with the tech territory. Here are a few ways to keep things from going from bad to worse. Read more »
10 open source Windows apps worth checking out
The open source community has a lot to offer, and not just to Linux users. These 10 outstanding Windows tools can make your life easier (for free). Read more »
GoogleSharing: A way to prevent tracking by Google
A security expert has developed an innovative Firefox add-on that prevents Google from tracking your whereabouts on the internet. Read more »
Windows Server 2008 R2 changes for core installation
This article outlines the new features in the core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 and discusses which components were removed. Read more »
Hands-on programming: Create a function library from an external configuration
This article incorporates information from his T4 templates and lambda expressions columns into this tutorial on creating a function library. Read more »
Three storage features eliminated from Exchange 2010
Exchange 2010 eliminates several staples from the Exchange diet and for good reason. Learn which three major storage-related features didn't make the Exchange 2010 cut. Read more »
The big Linux Achilles: Documentation
Linux does have one glaring Achilles heel -- documentation. This article has a proposed solution for this problem. Read more »
10 Firefox extensions that enhance security
Compromising websites has become the cybercriminals' favourite method of getting malware installed on computers. Here are 10 ways to beef-up Firefox that will make it more difficult for the bad guys. Read more »
Workflow Patterns
In this serialisation of Chapter 15 from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer's Guide, we look at some of the more complex, yet common use cases and how these can be addressed in a relatively straightforward fashion by the Workflow Service. Read more »
10 open source projects worth checking out
The open source field is pretty crowded, but certain projects stand above the rest. This article introduces 10 open source tools and solutions you don’t want to overlook. Read more »
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Remove Windows Vista SP1 installation files
When you install Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the process leaves behind about 800 MBs of original Windows Vista files--in case you want to remove SP1. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to remove all those old files using the SP1 Files Removal Tool. Read more »
Apple drops iPhone NDA
A little more than six months after Apple initially offered its software development kit for the iPhone, the company has decided to remove the non-disclosure agreement. CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss why this move is actually a three-way win for Apple, software developers, and most importantly, you, the consumer. Read more »
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Microsoft in hot water over stolen code
-- Microsoft has been accused of stealing code from a microblogging start-up called Plurk. Read more »
If PHP then goto is the future
-- Few things can spark more religious fervour amongst programmers than the mention of a goto statement. Read more »
Oracle buys Sun
-- In this week's edition of Roundup: Oracle to buy Sun Microsystems, Ubuntu 9.04 gets released and Microsoft shows off new Windows 7 security features. Read more »
Facebook apps get flashier
-- Facebook apps got Flash support this week and Microsoft hinted that Office might be coming to the iPhone. Find out more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Wired keyboards lead to tin foil hat wearing
-- Just because you don't wear a tin foil hat, doesn't mean they aren't after you keystrokes. Read more »
Microsoft prescribes more REST
-- Details have begun to emerge about the next versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server this week -- and the message from Redmond is to REST up Read more »
Windows 7 is Vista--
-- The prevailing consensus is that Windows 7 will be Vista++, but it may actually be Vista--, as Microsoft confirmed that they would be removing the built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing and movie making Read more »
Chrome DNS shortcut revealed
-- The Chromium Blog has detailed one of the shortcuts that Google Chrome uses to enhance the browsing experience: DNS prefetching. Read more »
Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5
-- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »
Facebook gives developers more detailed analytics
-- Facebook is announcing later on a complete revamp of the analytics system it offers to developers for measuring the performance of their applications on its platform. Read more »
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Gnome 2.16 Preview
With the next major release of the GNOME desktop scheduled for release next month, each passing day sees more of the code frozen. This is the first iteration since version 2.14 was released in April, which saw extensive improvements in performance. Here is our first look at some of the features in Gnome 2.16. Read more »
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Microsoft shows off IE9 previewThis week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »
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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 »
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Google launches Apps Marketplace
Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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