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  • Microsoft backs down to kids charity

    Microsoft Australia has given some ground in its spat with a non-profit organisation which uses its operating system on recycled computers donated to kids.

  • Can your PC crack the secrets of the universe?

    Not many insurance company employees can say they help unravel the secrets of the universe in their spare time.

  • A billion PC users on the way

    By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work.

  • PCs: Keeping IT green

    While recycling is all fine and good, before we go to the trouble of ripping an item to bits and making it into something else â€" there is an intermediate stage: Reuse!

  • Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser

    Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports.

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  • PC power to the people?

    The first problem to solve in bringing computing to the world's poor involves delivering electricity.

  • A billion PC users on the way

    By the end of the decade, a billion people will be clicking away at computers, but generating a profit out of newly wired portions of the world is going to take a lot of work.

  • Wipe PC hard drives with a bootable 'Danger' floppy

    When you need to wipe dozens of hard drives, a correctly configured, bootable floppy can save you time and effort.

  • PCs: Keeping IT green

    While recycling is all fine and good, before we go to the trouble of ripping an item to bits and making it into something else â€" there is an intermediate stage: Reuse!

  • How open source is losing the charity battle

    Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.

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  • PCs: Keeping IT green

    While recycling is all fine and good, before we go to the trouble of ripping an item to bits and making it into something else â€" there is an intermediate stage: Reuse!

  • As the Mac turns 20, has the PC caught up?

    Commentary--The Apple Mac turns 20 this week, but the real question is not has it grown up, but are PCs now as impervious to gecko lizards?

  • To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

    Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

  • Heinous headsets and hammered hard drives

    Technology's been driving me nuts, but not quite insane enough to attempt 'cleaning' my hard drive in a radical new fashion.

  • Linux gets Bluetooth

    The Linux development kernel now supports wireless 'personal area networks', but ordinary users won't see the software for a while yet.

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