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OLPC: one virile Windows laptop per child
By: Sam Varghese
The news that Windows XP will be made available on the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop is now official. When the project began, a move such as this would have been dismissed out of hand by any of those involved. What has changed to make the OLPC just another seller of Windows laptops?
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By: Sam Varghese
The news that Windows XP will be made available on the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop is now official. When the project began, a move such as this would have been dismissed out of hand by any of those involved. What has changed to make the OLPC just another seller of Windows laptops?
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Billionaire launches Yahoo! proxy battle
By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft walked away from its offer to acquire Yahoo!, but some investors think they know how to get the parties talking again - and that's bad news for the Yahoo! board.
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By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft walked away from its offer to acquire Yahoo!, but some investors think they know how to get the parties talking again - and that's bad news for the Yahoo! board.
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Xbox 360 beats PS3 to 10 million US sales
By: Stephen Withers
The PlayStation 3 may have pulled ahead in Europe, but the Xbox 360 still has the lead in the US. Microsoft's console has reached a milestone, but why does the company think that's especially important?
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By: Stephen Withers
The PlayStation 3 may have pulled ahead in Europe, but the Xbox 360 still has the lead in the US. Microsoft's console has reached a milestone, but why does the company think that's especially important?
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Microsoft Windows Mobile to face strong LiMo challenge
By: Stuart Corner
Microsoft is expecting that 40 percent of smartphones sold in 2012 will be based on its Windows Mobile operating system. No doubt it won't be resting on its laurels if it gets there, but open source-based platforms, particularly LiMo, are making rapid headway.
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By: Stuart Corner
Microsoft is expecting that 40 percent of smartphones sold in 2012 will be based on its Windows Mobile operating system. No doubt it won't be resting on its laurels if it gets there, but open source-based platforms, particularly LiMo, are making rapid headway.
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Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures preview
By: Mike Bantick
Hands up who is looking forward to the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Now fans of the original three films keep those hands up. Finally keep your hands up if the thought of playing through a Lego version of the original films in an interactive video game sounds like fun. Hmmmmm still a few with me, check out this preview of the next LucasArts Lego game.
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By: Mike Bantick
Hands up who is looking forward to the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Now fans of the original three films keep those hands up. Finally keep your hands up if the thought of playing through a Lego version of the original films in an interactive video game sounds like fun. Hmmmmm still a few with me, check out this preview of the next LucasArts Lego game.
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Service Pack 1 arrives for Office 2008
By: Stephen Withers
We knew Microsoft was about to release a security update for Office 2008, but a full-blown service pack came as a surprise.
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By: Stephen Withers
We knew Microsoft was about to release a security update for Office 2008, but a full-blown service pack came as a surprise.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed hands on impressions
By: Mike Bantick
Recently I got a look at the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, both the Xbox 360/PS3 version and the light sabre wielding Wii version.
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By: Mike Bantick
Recently I got a look at the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, both the Xbox 360/PS3 version and the light sabre wielding Wii version.
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Microsoft and XP SP3 – why oh why are there problems?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The reports that Service Pack 3 for Windows XP is causing problems for users are flooding in. Has Microsoft lost control of the software writing process and compatibility with the widest range of hardware?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The reports that Service Pack 3 for Windows XP is causing problems for users are flooding in. Has Microsoft lost control of the software writing process and compatibility with the widest range of hardware?
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Microsoft announces May 2008 startup of WorldWide Telescope
By: William Atkins
Microsoft chairman William “Bill” Gates announces that the computer software program WorldWide Telescope will be available free to Internet users by the end of May 2008. Gates calls it "an observatory on your desktop."
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By: William Atkins
Microsoft chairman William “Bill” Gates announces that the computer software program WorldWide Telescope will be available free to Internet users by the end of May 2008. Gates calls it "an observatory on your desktop."
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Google ramps up corporate hosted apps with remote access security
By: Stuart Corner
Google has greatly increased the attractiveness of its hosted applications portfolio especially to large corporates with the addition of a web security product that, according to Google, "makes it easy and affordable for companies of all sizes to provide Internet security to users in any location."
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By: Stuart Corner
Google has greatly increased the attractiveness of its hosted applications portfolio especially to large corporates with the addition of a web security product that, according to Google, "makes it easy and affordable for companies of all sizes to provide Internet security to users in any location."
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Nokia CEO flags shift into services
By: Stuart Corner
Less than 20 years ago the world's dominant cellphone manufacturer was making, amongst a host of other things, car tyres. Now it's shifting focus again, into services, and gearing up to take on Microsoft and Google.
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By: Stuart Corner
Less than 20 years ago the world's dominant cellphone manufacturer was making, amongst a host of other things, car tyres. Now it's shifting focus again, into services, and gearing up to take on Microsoft and Google.
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What's coming on May's Patch Tuesday
By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft has a mixed crop of updates for us this month, affecting old and new versions of Windows, Office - including the Mac version - and the company's range of security products.
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By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft has a mixed crop of updates for us this month, affecting old and new versions of Windows, Office - including the Mac version - and the company's range of security products.
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Srizbi sending half the world's spam
By: Stephen Withers
The Srizbi botnet is responsible for half of all spam, according a content security company.
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By: Stephen Withers
The Srizbi botnet is responsible for half of all spam, according a content security company.
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GTA IV tops US$500 million, Aussie gamers choose Xbox 360
By: Mike Bantick
Finally, confirmation of what we suspected, Grand Theft Auto IV is earning publisher Take Two and [hopefully] developer RockStar huge barrels of cash. Meanwhile in Australia sales of GTA IV for the Xbox 360 topped those of rival Sony PS3.
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By: Mike Bantick
Finally, confirmation of what we suspected, Grand Theft Auto IV is earning publisher Take Two and [hopefully] developer RockStar huge barrels of cash. Meanwhile in Australia sales of GTA IV for the Xbox 360 topped those of rival Sony PS3.
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Windows XP SP3: Beware the service pack!
By: Stan Beer
The news that Microsoft has finally made Windows XP SP3 available for public download after many delays may not be the cause for joy that many XP SP2 users are hoping for. In fact, there are some ominous smoke signals on the horizon which may well sound a warning for intending users not to download it just yet.
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By: Stan Beer
The news that Microsoft has finally made Windows XP SP3 available for public download after many delays may not be the cause for joy that many XP SP2 users are hoping for. In fact, there are some ominous smoke signals on the horizon which may well sound a warning for intending users not to download it just yet.
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Moonlighting Linux: the future of rich web apps
By: David M Williams
As we know, static HTML web sites are passé. Yet, Java applets never turned out to be the killer online application platform they possibly could have been. The modern introduction of Ajax has undoubtedly improved the web experience but it’s not a panacea. Here’s how to get started using the Moonlight development technology from the Mono Project.
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By: David M Williams
As we know, static HTML web sites are passé. Yet, Java applets never turned out to be the killer online application platform they possibly could have been. The modern introduction of Ajax has undoubtedly improved the web experience but it’s not a panacea. Here’s how to get started using the Moonlight development technology from the Mono Project.
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PS3 edges ahead of Xbox 360
By: Mike Bantick
Speaking at the PlayStation Day conference in the UK, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe chief David Reeves was chuffed to announce that despite a sixteen month head-start, the PlayStation 3 had overhauled rival Xbox 360 in European sales.
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By: Mike Bantick
Speaking at the PlayStation Day conference in the UK, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe chief David Reeves was chuffed to announce that despite a sixteen month head-start, the PlayStation 3 had overhauled rival Xbox 360 in European sales.
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JavaFX to take on AIR, Silverlight
By: Stephen Withers
As if Adobe and Microsoft weren't providing enough choices for the development of rich Internet applications with AIR and Silverlight, Sun is aiming JavaFX at the same market.
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By: Stephen Withers
As if Adobe and Microsoft weren't providing enough choices for the development of rich Internet applications with AIR and Silverlight, Sun is aiming JavaFX at the same market.
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