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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 »
IE9, Windows Phone in the Mix
This year's Mix trade show won't be the first time that people hear about Internet Explorer 9 or Windows Phone 7 Series, but it is the event where developers will get enough information to start creating products targeting the new browser and mobile operating system. Read more »
New OpenGL 4.0 aims to match DirectX 11
Aiming to keep pace with Microsoft and advance the computing frontier, the group behind OpenGL has announced a new version of its interface designed to make advanced graphics easier for programmers to handle. Read more »
McAfee blog enabled IE exploit
An Israeli security researcher has published exploit code for an unpatched hole in Internet Explorer that Microsoft disclosed two days ago, using clues from a McAfee report on the hole. Read more »
Sun threatened by Microsoft, Apple over patents
Revealing a bit of previously hush-hush history that's relevant today, Sun Microsystems' former chief executive said that both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had threatened Sun for infringing their patents. Read more »
Cisco announces new router
Cisco announced the CRS-3 on Tuesday, its next-generation internet router for the world's largest internet service providers. Read more »
Chrome dev gets rudimentary HTML5 geolocation
In an update to the development build of Chrome, Google on Thursday introduced a rough version of the native HTML5 geolocation API. Read more »
Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
Although it is not open to the press this year, Microsoft is using this week's TechFest internal science fair as an occasion to talk about some of the work it is doing to find new ways of connecting with computers. 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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Use QuickProxy for a simple proxy switch in Firefox
Switching proxy functionality on and off in Firefox can be something of a chore using the default menu interface. The QuickProxy extension eliminates the need to jump through several hoops to get to the goal. Read more »
Anti-social media: Is this social media stuff really the future?
Hype aside, what does social media mean and how should a savvy executive approach it? Read more »
How to create LXC system containers to isolate services
This article shows you how to create Linux Resource Containers to run a full service or set of services, isolated from the host operating system. 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 »
Explore the Semantic Web's standards and real-world applications
Here's an overview of the Semantic Web standards RDF and SPARQL and a look at two real-world applications that have emerged from the Semantic Web concept. 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 »
Configure the Windows Server Backup role on core installations
Learn how to install the Windows Server Backup role on the core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2. Read more »
KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
KDE 4.3.5 is out. Does it finally bring KDE back to its golden days it enjoyed with 3.5? The author gives you his impressions of the latest release and what this means to the Linux desktop. Read more »
A server virtualisation project success story
Data driven decision making isn't just for budgets anymore. With the right information at the Exchange administrator's fingertips, organisations can enjoy a smoother running email operation. 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 »
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Which smartphone platform should developers aim for?
For start-ups without a lot of time or money, is it smarter to develop for the iPhone first or the Android OS? Read more »
Why Chrome is catching on
When Google introduced a Web browser earlier this fall, the debut was accompanied by much expectation as well as by much skepticism. But Chrome is starting to win over more converts -- including CNET News' Stephen Shankland, who explains why on today's CNET News Daily Debrief with Charles Cooper. Read more »
Create your own Wi-Fi hotspot on a Mac
In this Quick Tip, learn how to start your own Wi-Fi hotspot on a Mac if you have a wired Ethernet connection. Read more »
Microsoft ditched as Anglicans go open source
The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church has decided to cut the Microsoft umbilical cord by moving to open source, starting with Office which will be replaced in the next three years. Read more »
Getting started with Android's SDK
Dan Morrill, Google developer advocate, explains how developers can get started with the Android SDK. Read more »
Getting started with Windows Live services
What knowledge is required to use Microsoft's Live services? Angus Logan explains what Microsoft and non-Microsoft developers need to know. Read more »
Homeland Security secretary pushes cybersecurity 'Manhattan Project'
At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff discusses a new directive focusing on an early warning system to identify cyberattacks before they start. Read more »
Torvalds pleased that DRM music is dying
Linus Torvalds, coordinator of the Linux kernel, is pleased that music publishers have started selling more DRM-free music -- last year he said the technology was a lot of "hot air". Read more »
Using mobile phones to track traffic
News.com's Erica Ogg reports on what happens when 100 volunteers with GPS phones start driving up and down a 10-mile stretch of freeway. Read more »
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Windows Phone 7 makes its debut
-- The highlights from the Mobile World Congress and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
Firefox 3.6 released
-- Firefox 3.6 is finally here! More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft in hot water over stolen code
-- Microsoft has been accused of stealing code from a microblogging start-up called Plurk. Read more »
Bing Maps gets a makeover
-- Microsoft has enriched Bing Maps with 3D street-view, but is it a match for Google Maps? More news in this week's Roundup. Read more »
No paper, no promotion
-- It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement. Read more »
Google launches Chrome theme gallery
-- Google on Tuesday launched a gallery of 29 themes for Google Chrome (requires Google Chrome 3.0 beta for Windows). But Mozilla, while refraining from sniggering, boasted it's now up to 20,000. Read more »
Browsers and operating systems
-- Google is planning to enter the operating system market with Chrome OS, meanwhile Microsoft believes that the browser should start acting more like an operating system. Read more »
OSDC 2009 opens call for papers
-- It's a long-standing policy that if you contribute to a conference, you receive free entry. The easiest way to contribute is to do a talk, and until the end of June you can set that up by responding to OSDC 2009's call for papers. Read more »
Android gets new features
-- In this edition of the Weekly Roundup we present some of the features coming up in Android 1.5, bring you more news about the next version of Microsoft Office and look at how Google is making its search faster. Read more »
3D coming to your browser
-- Is 3D web finally becoming a reality? Are we a step closer to Berners-Lee vision of a Semantic Web? We answer these questions and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
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Mini-Confs Day 1
Linux.conf.au kicked off today with a series of mini conferences covering a range of topics Read more »
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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