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  • Jobs: Jaguar, new iPods, new iMac and. . . Windows?

    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • Apple's WWDC: New iPhone, new OS X, new .Mac?

    Expect to hear new details about the future of Apple's Mac OS X and Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference and we think there might be a new iPhone, too.

  • Virtualisation, Microsoft apps to get Macworld debut?

    The usual rousing Steve Jobs keynote, and announcements around virtualisation and -- surprisingly -- Microsoft applications look like being the highlights of the annual Macworld event in San Francisco.

  • Apple fixes iPhone flaws, updates OS X

    Apple has plugged several serious security issues in its Mac platform and also fixed some problems in the iPhone. Dozens of vulnerabilities and bugs were covered by a total of six downloads for Mac OS 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac OS 10.4.10 (Tiger) on PowerPC, and the Universal version of Mac OS 10.4.10, as well as the server versions of each of those operating systems.

  • Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet

    Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 percent of companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey released this week. Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging.

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    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

  • Tiger, Longhorn search for desktop answers

    Microsoft and Apple Computer are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive.

  • Middleware: Computing's unsung hero

    Experts claim the MQ Series is one of the 'top technologies of the computer age'.

  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Google's desktop bet

    Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

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  • Jobs: Jaguar, new iPods, new iMac and. . . Windows?

    As the Mac faithful gather in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs rallies to the defense of the Mac OS X operating system and trots out new hardware, including a bigger iMac and iPods for Windows.

  • A Month With The Mac: Week Four: Is the Mac for me?

    ZDNet Australia's reviews editor wraps up his month-long Mac odyssey, but which platform will he end up on?

  • Welcome to the browser jungle, Safari

    Apple's Safari offers little challenge to Microsoft's browser dominance, but the Mac maker could benefit enormously if it can wean itself from IE.

  • Jobs unveils new Power Macs

    Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs has rolled out a new crop of Power Macs that he says can outperform any Windows-based PC on the market.

  • Palm finalises software for Mac OS X

    Palm has released the final version of its version 4.0 desktop software for the Macintosh, the first full release of Palm Desktop to support Mac OS X. The software also improves synchronisation between Palm handhelds and desktop software, adds support for the vCard and vCal formats and is able to use multiple languages.

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