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Google simplifies leaving Exchange

Google's assault on Microsoft's enterprise software business has continued to advance as the search giant released a new tool that helps companies move away from Exchange. Read more »

Will Google Buzz be Wave's demise?

If Google Wave eventually fails to live up to the promise and hype that accompanied its launch, consider its demise an inside job. Read more »

Microsoft IE9 preview released

Microsoft released what it's calling the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview at its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, a prototype that's designed to show off the company's effort to improve how the browser deals with the web as it exists today and support for new web technologies that are coming right now. Read more »

Going beyond Flash, Adobe shows off web tech

Sure, Adobe Systems spends a lot of effort developing and promoting its Flash technology. And sure, a lot of the new "Open Web" technologies are a competitive threat to Flash. Read more »

Mozilla refreshes its open-source backbone

Ten years on, Mozilla has concluded that its open-source underpinnings are due for a refresh. 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 »

Office 2010 business launch in May

Microsoft has said that it plans to finalise the code for Office 2010 next month and, as expected, it kicked off a program enabling those who buy Office 2007 in the coming months to get a free upgrade to the new version. Read more »

IBM unleashes new server family

IBM has introduced a new class of industry-standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like Hewlett-Packard and Dell on defence. Read more »

Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing

Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox. Read more »

Facebook patents social feeds

Facebook has been awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology, more specifically "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network". Read more »

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Using a hybrid XSLT solution to send an email

Edmond Woychowsky recounts how a hybrid XSLT solution that he used recently reminds him of his college days. Read more »

IBM hopes to upend industry standard server ROI equation

IBM introduced a new class of industry standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like HP and Dell on defence. Read more »

A look at ColdFusion 9's new features

This article looks at some of the best features in ColdFusion 9 and discusses why the application server is still compelling. Read more »

Do more with Windows Server 2008's Share And Storage Management console

This article explains how a new interface eases the task of managing disk and share resources for Windows Server 2008. Read more »

Introducing Linux virtual containers with LXC

This article makes the case for using Linux Resource Containers (LXC), which provide the ability to create containers to virtualise processes or systems isolated from the host operating system. Read more »

10 ways to avoid mistakes during project development

The best strategy for dealing with mistakes is to avoid making them in the first place. Here are some tips to help you navigate around common project pitfalls. 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 »

Why PostgreSQL is a better enterprise database than MySQL

This article demonstrates some of the features that make PostgreSQL a standout database. While it's a bit more challenging to set up and use, he thinks it offers much more security, reliability and data integrity than MySQL. 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 »

Think hard before talking about clients on the web

IT consultants often find that social media provides a great way to build their reputation and their contacts in the industry. However, you have to be careful about what you share out on the wide open web to avoid damaging your clients or your relationship with them. Read more »

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2009 in review

What were the top five stories that shaped 2009? From the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 OS, to the departure and return of Steve Jobs to Apple, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz share their views on the tech news that mattered most. Read more »

Apple's app flap: Don't blame AT&T

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the recent iPhone related controversy--Apple's rejection of Google Voice. Read more »

Ellison applies the 'Art of War' in Sun deal

ZDNet.com editor in chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz discuss the Oracle CEO's gamesmanship in buying Sun Microsystems and how he outplayed IBM. They also share their views on the future of Java and what Oracle plans to do with Sun's troubled hardware business. Read more »

Quickly map drive letters in Windows XP

Mapping drive letters is a common task for most Windows XP users and administrators. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates three old DOS commands that make mapping local folders and network shares a snap. Read more »

Sharing knowledge in the IT world

Enrico Teotti discusses what he has learnt about information sharing in the past year Read more »

Is Windows 7 Vista all over again?

Although Windows 7 is still months away from a public release, word on the street is that Microsoft's new OS is only marginally different from Vista. CNET senior writer Ina Fried got her hands on a prebeta laptop with Windows 7 and shares her first impressions with Kara Tsuboi on this edition of the Daily Debrief. Read more »

Ballmer: Moving closer to the cloud

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives his definition of cloud computing, which is moving information outside of the firewall and putting it on storage systems that are shared with other companies. Read more »

Microsoft's battle with VMware

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about Microsoft's move into virtualisation and shares his thoughts on increasing the overall market and how his company differs from VMWare. Read more »

How HP layoffs will impact IT

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share. Read more »

Wozniak on Apple, Jobs, and the iPhone line

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, NPR's Moira Gunn interviews Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about a range of tech industry topics. He shares his views on the current state of Apple and Steve Jobs' role in the company's turnaround. And Wozniak also tells whether he really... Read more »

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Microsoft Surface comes to Australia

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft Surface finally to hit Australia, Google adds Buzz to the social networking array and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Facebook gets its groove on with HipHop for PHP

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook has released a source code transformer aimed to increase the performance of PHP, while Office 2010 entered the release candidate stage this week. Read more »

Firefox 3.6 released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Firefox 3.6 is finally here! More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

TechCrunch50 Rundown

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- TechCrunch50 hit San Francisco this week with a number of big players announcing new products and features. Read more »

Share your #songincode

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- We noticed this amusing trend on Twitter last week, where people are converting song lyrics (or anything else really) into code. Read more »

Google goes Native

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google's Native Client exits the research stage and goto statements make their way to PHP 5.3. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

Highlights from Google I/O 2009

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup features highlights from the annual Google I/O conference, a new online presentation tool from Adobe, and more. Read more »

Windows 7 RC gets released

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The long-awaited Windows 7 release candidate makes an entrance, Google reveals more details about the upcoming Android 1.5, Google Latitude gets new capabilities and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

Yahoo's Outlook alternative: Zimbra Desktop

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you could collect your Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, and corporate messages into a single in-box, would you switch? Read more »

Facebook changes coming in response to user complaints

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook users haven't exactly been reticent about their dislike for Facebook's recent redesign. And Facebook staff want you to know they're listening. Read more »

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Gallery: Jamming it with Web 2.0

"So what is WebJam?" the girl at the bar serving my mate and I a beer asked. She's thinking that maybe there's something to do with music happening tonight, but it's nothing like that. Read more »

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  • Staff Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

    This 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 »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

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    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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