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IBM's 'Microsoft-free' desktop saves '50%' on costs

IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware — or Microsoft software, according to a report on Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal's website. Read more »

Apple removes Mac antivirus warning

Apple has removed an old item from its support site late Tuesday in the US that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities and this week said the Mac is safe "out of the box". Read more »

Spam report: volumes rising again

Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company, McColo, was shut down are finally coming back online, security researchers said this week. Read more »

Facebook in $500m Twitter bid: report

Facebook recently made a US$500 million offer to buy micro-blogging site Twitter, according to a Wall St Journal website. Read more »

Google adds OAuth to gadget mashups

Google has adopted the OAuth web-authentication standard, an open standard for controlling privacy, for its gadget platform. Read more »

Microsoft: IE 8 won't be done until 2009

Microsoft plans to offer one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before releasing the final version of the updated browser, the company said late Wednesday. Read more »

Google Mobile for iPhone breaks App Store rules

Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report. Read more »

Ballmer on Yahoo: "We're done"

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has thrown a bucket of cold water on the notion that the software giant could return with a new bid for all of Yahoo. Read more »

Apple's Snow Leopard due early 2009

Apple's OS X Snow Leopard may be on tap for the start of the new year, slightly earlier than expected. Read more »

Yahoo to make BrowserPlus open-source

It was probably inevitable given what Google did with Gears, but Yahoo said Tuesday it's releasing BrowserPlus software as open source software. Read more »

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How do I assign permissions to users to see SQL Agent Jobs?

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server. Read more »

Conflict between Rich Internet Apps and SOA? Say it isn't so

This article says the issues between Rich Internet Applications (and mashups) and the ServiceOriented Architecture-based infrastructure need to be resolved because these issues represent the path of least resistance to service orientation. Read more »

Kicking the tyres with Perfmon in Windows Server 2008

Over the years, there have been very few changes in how we measure Windows performance. Windows Server 2008's implementation of the Windows Reliability And Performance Monitor introduces new features to the venerable Perfmon tool. Read more »

Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

10 Linux desktops you shouldn't overlook

Even if you're happy with the Linux desktop you currently use, you might want to check out some alternatives to see what you could be missing. This article highlights 10 of the best desktops and explains what makes them stand out. Read more »

Did Ballmer hint at a Windows AppStore?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday appeared to hint at the possibility of a Windows application marketplace that would be similar to the Apple iPhone AppStore. But the idea is not without its share of problems. Read more »

Java on Google App Engine? Not yet

Reports out of a Google developer conference in India indicated that Google was primed to add support for Java programs running on its presently Python-only Google App Engine. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

Should web developers keep up with browser statistics?

This article explains why developers may want to keep up with web browser statistics and describes where to find this information. It also discusses how browser market share impacts your development work. Read more »

Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows

We interview Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono to find out what is and is not included in the latest release. Read more »

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CNET News.com reporters Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the rumors circulating about the iPhone and OS X 10.6. Read more »

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Windows 7: The anti-Vista

Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major release of Windows. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley, editor of All about Microsoft, and Ed Bott, editor of Microsoft Report, about the road map for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines,... Read more »

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Buzz Report: The humiliation of Vista

Vista's descent is complete with one internal Microsoft video. Also, Blockbuster + Circuit City and special correspondent Brian Cooley. Read more »

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Using mobile phones to track traffic

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Blog (49)

Social news start-up Streem shuts down

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Sydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »

Microsoft's new identity tools

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- One of the topics at this year's PDC in Los Angeles was identity management. Microsoft has taken steps to ensure easier user authentication by announcing new tools for managing identities and the support for OpenID. Read more »

Yahoo to expose its wiring to developers

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Phase one came last week, when Yahoo launched its new profiles site. Phase two begins next week, when web developers can start sinking their teeth into Yahoo's attempt to replace its present static design with one that's customisable, application-rich, socially connected, and woven into other parts of the Internet. Read more »

The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computers

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »

Microsoft prescribes more REST

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

Hack attack week

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It wasn't a good week to be an Alaskan vice-presidential candidate, an online publication or even a multinational science project -- as all were compromised by hackers this week. Read more »

Is Apple alienating App Store developers?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Apple's App Store is quite a success - but for that to continue, says Seb Janacek, the company needs to watch out it doesn't anger developers. Read more »

Cinergix waves Australian flag

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Just one Australian start-up appears to have made the final cut for the US-based DEMO and TechCrunch50 conferences this week: Melbourne-based firm Cinergix, which has produced an online collaborative process design tool dubbed Creately. Read more »

The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »

Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I should have known it was only a matter of time. I've been covering security conferences on and off for about 14 years and considered myself lucky not to have been hacked, that I knew of. Until Thursday. 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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