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by Stephen Withers
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An academic has predicted that Windows 7 - which ships later this week - may be Microsoft's desktop OS swan song.
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by Jake Widman
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As expected, bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced a dual-screen e-book reader dubbed the Nook. The company has also entered into a partnership with Adobe to work on e-book standards.
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by Stephen Withers
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The latest IIA Family Friendly Internet Filter list has been published. Is your chosen product included?
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by Jake Widman
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Apple has introduced new iMacs with larger screens and faster processors and a slightly rejuggled pricing structure. The company also introduced a wireless mouse with multitouch capabilities, tweaked the specs of the low-end MacBook, bumped up the Mac mini, and packaged a new lightweight server option.
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by Davey Winder
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It looks like computer users in the UK are the first to get their hands on Windows 7 after Microsoft confirms it has brought forward shipments to avoid the planned national postal strike.
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by Angus Kidman
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Smart phones such as the iPhone represent a major security risk but there's little point in organisations trying to ban or regulate them, according to security solutions developer RSA.
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by Beverley Head
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Senator Steve Fielding had better move fast with his Bill aimed at preventing the transfer of personal information overseas, because demand for cloud computing in Australia seems unstoppable with two out of five organisations planning a move to the cloud.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australian CIOs and IT managers remain uncertain about deployment strategies, application support, and the impact on end users from deploying Windows 7, although a recent survey found that they do now have a clear understanding of the features and benefits of it.
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by Beverley Head
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Around 400 developers and entrepreneurs focussed on the next wave of geospatial enabled applications are converging on Sydney this week for FOSS4G – the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference.
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by Stephen Withers
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Low-price IT and CE retailer Kogan Technologies is entering the motor sport world by sponsoring the 2009 and 2010 Super X series. Super X is the Australasian supercross championship.
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by Stephen Withers
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Microsoft has announced that public betas of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 will be released in November. The final versions are expected in the first half of next year.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australian smartphone sales have seemingly proved recession-resistant, with the industry witnessing the ‘stellar rise of new vendors”, the fall of established ones, and carriers’ role in content delivery being undermined by the mushrooming of mobile app stores.
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by Stephen Withers
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Microsoft has released Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 to MSDN subscribers. The company also announced a simplification of the Visual Studio 2010 line.
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by Peter Dinham
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Rolling out smart-grid technology is a “business imperative” for Australia’s energy distributors and network owners, with a new study finding that the key challenges facing the industry as it considers the deployment of smart grids, are the regulatory framework, funding, ICT, people, strategy and the consumer.
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by Peter Dinham
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Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software.
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by Jake Widman
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In television ads and on the Web, Verizon is positioning its new Droid smartphone to take on the iPhone directly. The ads start with an "iDon't" list of what the iPhone can't do, followed by a list of what the Droid can.
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