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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 »

Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel

Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office components that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer. Read more »

Pirate Party storms Australia

The Pirate Party, which champions issues such as intellectual property rights, free speech and data privacy, is on its way to becoming an official party in Australia. Read more »

Bing, Wolfram Alpha agree licensing deal

Microsoft's Bing search engine and Wolfram Alpha have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialised scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha generates, according to a source familiar with the deal. Read more »

UK CIOs avoid Windows 7 plans

Windows 7 may be generating its fair share of hype but UK chief information officers are planning to take a cautious approach towards rolling out the operating system. Read more »

Wolfram Alpha launches amid glitches

Wolfram Alpha struggled to get up and rolling on Friday evening under difficult conditions, as the company scaled back expectations for its performance this weekend. Read more »

Adobe issues fix for zero-day Reader vulnerability

Adobe Systems on Tuesday issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer and for which exploits had been reportedly found in the wild for nearly two months. Read more »

Microsoft patches four critical IE, Exchange holes

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates that fix four critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to take control of an affected computer remotely. Read more »

Grim outlook for new IT projects

The grim economic outlook has caused CIOs to withhold budgets, ditch new projects and cut back on contractors, according to technology analyst firm Longhaus' Australian Technology Index for the first quarter of 2009. Read more »

Amid recession, developer finds hope in App Store

A veteran of companies like Sega USA and Apple, and institutions like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dennis Hescox is facing a tough time selling his iPhone game. This is the third major recession he's had to navigate as a professional. Read more »

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Is reapplying to a former company a good or a bad thing?

A reader is thinking about reapplying for a position at his old company now that the reason he left (a bad boss) is no longer there. Is there anything he should know going in? Read more »

Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?

Regardless of the few reports that are out there indicating that the recession might be coming to an end, more people than not are feeling the squeeze these days. Read more »

Celebrating freedom with open source

Happy Independence day to our US readers. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about, at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level. Read more »

10 ways to keep your job despite the tough economy

As the economy worsens, more companies are making deep cuts in personnel -- and many IT workers are bracing for the axe to fall. But it may not come to that, especially if you take steps now to increase your value to the organisation. Read more »

10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009

The new year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software -- from an explosion in the mobile arena to large-enterprise scalability to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3. Read more »

How to recession-proof IT

In the current economic environment, IT is well positioned to make a compelling case for strategic spending that can help weather the storm. Read more »

RIM releases BlackBerry development tools

Research in Motion has announced new developer tools for those who want to write or adapt applications for the latest BlackBerry handsets. Read more »

HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more

In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »

An outage: Lessons learned

This article talks about two outages that occurred at a college and lessons learned from them. Read more »

Communication is the key to controlling project chaos

This article suggests steps to take during a chaotic project to calm the waters. He also offers advice on how to prevent a future project from spinning out of control. Read more »

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Steve Ballmer still positive on tech economy

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about the current financial crisis. Ballmer says the tech industry is weathering the economic storm, but is not immune to it. Read more »

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Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff
IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

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
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 »

-- posted by Staff