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OLPC giveaway program hits Oz
The Australian subsidiary of the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation is about to commence a "Give 1, Get 1" program on November 30 that deliver the machines to both geeks and disadvantaged children. Read more »
Ballmer tells Oz: get with the broadband
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday tip-toed around Australia's broadband debate but said that if the country was to engage in cloud computing business that telcos and the government needed to 'get on with' delivering high speed broadband — at a fair price. Read more »
Canonical readies its latest Ubuntu Linux for launch
Canonical will release the newest version of its Ubuntu version of Linux on Thursday, chief executive Mark Shuttleworth said Monday, but the company's profitability isn't on such a fast track. Read more »
App stores shift power balance in mobile market
New mobile app stores launched by Apple, Google, and Research In Motion could shift the balance of power in the mobile market away from wireless operators and toward device and platform developers. Read more »
Coders win from Android Market
Google officially opened its Android Market Wednesday in the US and promised that beginning next year, programmers would get the lion's share of revenue from applications sold on the download site for the company's mobile phone operating system. Read more »
Google's Gears gives laptops location smarts
Google has updated its open source Gears project so Web sites can take advantage of location services in Gears-enabled Web browsers. Read more »
Fedora 10's snapshot scramble begins
The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November. Read more »
Linux 'teething problems' affect netbook returns
The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Linux vendor Canonical. Read more »
CSIRO victorious in Wi-Fi appeal
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has come one step closer to defending its patent relating to several Wi-Fi standards, with defendant Buffalo Technology losing a US appeal on the matter. Read more »
Qld education progresses PC project
Queensland's Department of Education, Training and the Arts has revealed it is most of the way through one of Australia's largest roll-outs of a standard desktop PC and server operating environments, including a standardised Apple Mac installation. Read more »
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10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux
If you're thinking about making the switch to Linux, Jack Wallen is all for it -- but only if you approach the migration with your eyes open. He recommends that you evaluate a number of key issues before taking this big step. Read more »
Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit
Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »
10 ways to make Linux boot faster
On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you'd like. This article gives you a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times. Read more »
An outage: Lessons learned
This article talks about two outages that occurred at a college and lessons learned from them. Read more »
How to spoof a MAC address
MAC address filtering for wireless networking isn't real security. Anyone who pays any attention to current trends in wireless security at all should know that MAC filtering is less effective than WEP -- and that WEP can be cracked almost instantly these days with commonly available tools. Read more »
Developing Bluetooth wireless applications in J2ME
This article reviews the principles of Java development for Bluetooth on mobile devices and describes how to write a Java application for Bluetooth communications. Read more »
Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC
Is the iPhone just a clunky 1981 IBM PC in a sexy black case? Rupert Goodwins asks some serious questions about its enduring appeal. Read more »
Build Web applications once, run everywhere with OpenLaszlo
OpenLaszlo provides a platform for building rich Internet applications that may mimic desktop application functionality. This article looks at OpenLaszlo's features, architecture, language, and development environment. Read more »
Nokia's big plans on the Qt
With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry. Read more »
You say you want a revolution?
Failure to innovate on your part will lead me to innovate with you (by force), without you, in spite of you, in lieu of you Read more »
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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 »
How to spoof a MAC address
MAC address filtering is often used to secure older wireless equipment. Is this technique effective? In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address and why MAC address filtering might not even keep out the \"slacker hackers.\" Read more »
Interfering with powerline networks
Connecting your office or home via the mains wiring is quick and easy, but what are the drawbacks? We use a vacuum cleaner, a desk lamp and a fluorescent tube to demonstrate some of them. Read more »
NICTA shows off 5Gbps wireless chip at CeBIT
NICTA gave ZDNet.com.au a close look at its 5Gbps wireless chip at CeBIT Australia 2008. Read more »
'Internet van' turns 30
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, celebrates a nondescript converted bread truck for its instrumental role in developing the first mobile and wireless Internet connection. News.com's Kara Tsuboi introduces the engineers behind a feat that happened three decades ago this month. Read more »
Microsoft CEO talks Google, SaaS
At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to Gartner research analysts, Yvonne Genovese and David Mitchell Smith about the company's strategy regarding software as a service, or SaaS, as well as its competition with Google in the office productivity and advertising markets. Read more »
Ballmer talks about Microsoft's post-Gates plan
At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke to Gartner research analysts about filling the gap and sharing the leadership role with top executives after chairman Bill Gates transitions away from his day-to-day duties at the software maker next year. Read more »
Blog (13)
NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
-- 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 »
Confessions of an accessibility sadist
-- If your mouse dies because of a software update, most people would rollback the update -- a small minority will continue to move forward regardless. All in the name of science and testing the world of accessibility. Read more »
Quick Tip: Forwarding X11 to OS X
-- Just because you are on a Mac doesn't mean you can't run your Linux applications. Here's how you can bring penguin power to your Mac. Read more »
Still many questions about software for mobile computers
-- The great thing about the development of future mobile computers is that no one school of thought has come to dominate the territory. Of course, that's also a problem. Read more »
Wireless theft -- what's the harm?
-- Hand up if you have logged in to use some poor schmuck's unprotected wireless connection to overcome a bandwidth drought? Read more »
Microsoft's Supermarket Sweep
-- Attention entrepreneurial developers: Steve Ballmer wants to pay you somewhere between $50 million and $1 billion for your company. Read more »
Live Blog: MIX 07 Keynote
-- Live blog from the MIX 07 Keynote. Will we see an announcement regarding Silverlight? It certainly appears so. Read more »
Think Wiimote to engage users?
-- Nintendo's Wii remote control proves that bigger, faster, and louder aren't necessary to build the best experience for end-users. Read more »
Technology that will still suck in '07
-- As another year begins I thought I'd compile a short list of technology I think will still suck in 2007. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision
A 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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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.