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ThinkFree thinks mobile

by Stuart Corner
ThinkFree, the open source alternative to Microsoft's Office suite of applications has announced a ThinkFree Mobile a new version that will allow users to read, write, edit and organise documents, spreadsheets and presentations on Windows Mobile and Linux based mobile devices.

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."

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."

Lies, Damned Lies and Percentages

by David Heath
Dear MPA, if you’re going to value the “losses” caused by video piracy, perhaps you would have more people on your side if you offered numbers that make some kind of sense.

RBA joins chorus against eBay PayPal exclusivity claim

by Stan Beer
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined a growing throng of PayPal and eBay competitors and detractors opposing eBay's push to have the Australian Competitition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) look the other way while it seeks to enforce PayPal exclusivity on the Australian arm of the world's largest auction site.

Revamped virtualisation for Linux, Mac, Solaris and Windows

by Stephen Withers
A new release of Sun's xVM VirtualBox provides Macintosh users with a fresh virtual machine option, and delivers improvements for other host operating systems.

Disk degausser aids security

by Stephen Withers
The disposal of old and faulty disk drives carries a risk that an outsider may be able to recover sensitive data from them. If the potential reward is high enough, there are ways of reading disks that have supposedly been scrubbed clean by repeatedly overwriting the data.

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.

Put your MySpace profile in your other online spaces

by Stuart Corner
In a move that appears to be aimed at making it the heart of the growing world of social networking, MySpace has made it possible for users to share their MySpace public profile data to websites of their choice automatically: initially Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter.

Here’s my new Business Model: Assume my Customer is a Thief

by David Heath
How many companies survive using a long-term strategy that assumes their customers will steal their product? Only one group I know of seems to have turned this into their primary business model. But can they actually make money from it?

Net Applications restates browser share figures

by Stephen Withers
Net Applications' Market Share report for April has been reworked after the company discovered some of the sites it monitors had run a major marketing campaign solely targeting Internet Explorer users.

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.

Internet ossifying, warns architect

by Stephen Withers
The potential for the Internet to continue to fuel collaboration, innovation and creativity is waning rather than increasing, according to a highly regarded network architect.

Sprint goes for Google

by Stephen Withers
Mobile carrier Sprint has opted to provide its customers with easier access to various Google services.

Telstra drops Next G appeal

by Stephen Withers
Telstra has withdrawn its appeal against the Federal Court's December 2007 ruling that it engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the coverage available on its Next G mobile network, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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.

XP SP3 rollout begins in earnest

by Stephen Withers
Windows XP Service Pack 3 is now available via Windows Update.

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