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Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux
Academic says the operating systems of the future will be called Windows and Linux, no matter what they look like. Read more »
Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll
Preliminary results of a survey conducted by Waugh Partners consultancy at the 2008 Linux conference -- linux.conf.au -- have revealed Linux trends and Australia's open source hubs. Read more »
T-Visionarium: Behind the 360 degree 3D cinema
What do you get when you put two artists and a team of clever techies together in a dark room with a AU$1 million equipment budget? ZDNet.com.au visited the University of New South Wales iCinema centre to find out. Read more »
Aussies advance on silicon-based quantum computer
Australian researchers have taken another step towards quantum computers -- computers which use sub-atomic particles to minimise transistors' size and maximise computing power. Read more »
Has the IT security model been broken by Web 2.0?
A legal case against Facebook which accuses the social network site of not keeping young users safe is the result of a dysfunctional IT security model dogging Web 2.0, according to privacy advocates and security analysts. Read more »
Google: We will never sell election information
New information at Google's disposal from its Google Election platform has raised alarm bells amongst privacy rights groups. Read more »
DRM, GPLv3 just 'hot air': Linus Torvalds
Digital rights management (DRM) and the General Public License (GPL) cause a lot of 'hot air' to be exchanged but they are not a 'big deal', according to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Read more »
Developers claim 'revolutionary' Web search tool
A search-engine tool being developed in Sydney and picked up by Google will revolutionise the way people retrieve information from the Internet, its developers say. Read more »
Oxer, Waugh retain Linux Australia spots
Incumbents Jon Oxer and Pia Waugh will keep their respective positions as president and vice president of Australia's peak Linux body for another year. Read more »
AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal
Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »
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Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT
Is it time to accept that females lack IT or is lack of support and enduring stereotypes keeping women away? Ella Morton investigates. Read more »
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NICTA's clarinet playing robot
NICTA and UNSW have collaborated to create a clarinet playing robot designed to demonstrate the versatility of embedded systems. The robot won the ARTEMIS orchestra competition in Athens. Video courtesy of NICTA. Read more »
Keys to kernel reliability
UNSW professor of operating systems, Gernot Heiser, explains how keeping drivers outside the kernel can increase reliability Read more »
Convergence of kernel philosophies
Gernot Heiser, professor of operating systems at UNSW, explains how monolithic kernels are taking some ideas from microkernels, but never shall the two meet. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue
-- Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
LCA Opening Day
-- Distro chairs, gentoo, solar cars plus Jonathon Oxer. And that's before things really get going! Read more »
GPLv3 would prevent MS/Novell
-- According to the Free Software Foundation's general counsel, Eben Moglen, GPL version 3 would prevent the type of deal made by Microsoft and Novell from happening. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney 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 »
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What's the point in following Apple's rules on the iPhone SDK if other developers will just flaunt them? We check the answer out and cover the other issues from the week: OLPC, IE, Ballmer and the Internet in space. Read more »
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Five things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
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Cyber-terrorism 'a big threat'
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Behind the Apple-Google API dustup
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.