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by Stan Beer
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Microsoft users are getting used to it. However, it becomes no less disconcerting to be told that this month that yet another five critical flaws have been found that if exploited could hand over control of their computers to hackers.
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by Stan Beer
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Web video company Guba.com and reformed video file sharer BitTorrent are leading a pack of video download sites proliferating throughout the US, with both sites signing deals with movie studios and film production companies.
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by Stan Beer
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Let us not be under any illusions. Microsoft does not try to keep upcoming products under wraps. It never has and it's so-called iPod killer now turned Wi-Fi Xbox family of handheld devices is no exception.
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by Stan Beer
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Australian Web hoster WebCentral has established Australia's first online sales hub for Software as a Service (SaaS) applications - the WebCentral Application Marketplace www.applicationmarketplace.com.au. The portal can be accessed by SMEs seeking 'on demand' business applications ranging from CRM to accounting and tax services.
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by Stan Beer
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Freescale Semiconductor has produced the first commercial non-volatile RAM product that can compete with normal RAM for speed and endurance but maintain its memory when the power is switched off. Freescale, which was spun-off from Motorola in 2004, says the first commercial Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) device is now in volume production. Potentially, MRAM could make all other forms of memory and storage obsolete, including normal RAM, Flash and magnetic storage.
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by Stan Beer
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Joomla! core team member Andrew Eddie has resigned from the open source content management system project. Andrew, who has been project leader and a long-time contributor, recently announced his intentions to the team.
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by Stan Beer
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It may not be any different in operation than what Apple is running to check Mac OSX downloads are bona fide but as far as many users are concerned the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program is spyware.
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by Stan Beer
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IBM plans to release a version of Lotus Notes client groupware for Linux desktops and it will be a free download for existing Lotus Notes users.
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by Stan Beer
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While the world awaits the final release of Microsoft's long overdue IE7, the Mozilla Foundation is set to release its own beta Firefox 2.0 and, from all reports, it's a very nice piece of work.
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by Stan Beer
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The contrast in marketing styles between Apple and Microsoft is interesting. Apple gives away nothing concerning its future products; Microsoft leaks everything. Where iPod is concerned, we know Microsoft's intentions. The question is how will Apple respond?
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by Stan Beer
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According to a newly released report, the incidence of spam mail has once again careened out of control, jumping 6.9% in June to a massive 64.8% of all emails sent in June.
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by Stan Beer
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It is a case of a David and Goliath face-off, with Melbourne and Hobart competing for the right to stage for one of Australia's leading open source software technical conferences in 2008.
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by Stan Beer
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According to a new poll, users appear to be divided on whether Microsoft is justified in dropping support for Windows 98 which, together with Windows ME, is still used by more than 70 million users around the world.
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by Stan Beer
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On Tuesday July 11, Microsoft intends to release another seven security updates for its Windows and Office products. Four vulnerabilities have been identified for Windows, of which at least one has been given the maximum rating of critical. Three vulnerabilities have been identified for Office, of which again at least one has been classified as critical.
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by Stan Beer
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Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA), an Australian open source industry body, has welcomed Microsoft's acceptance of the new open office file format, ODF (open document format). ODF will now be interoperable with the most widely implemented office suite in the country. However, OSIA cautions 'buyer beware'.
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by Stan Beer
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As news filters through of chip maker AMD's falling sales for the second quarter, a war of words has erupted between senior technologists at AMD and market leader Intel about the effectiveness of Intel's new dual core processor technology.
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