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  • Ballmer tells Oz: get with the broadband

    Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday tip-toed around Australia's broadband debate but said that if the country was to engage in cloud computing business that telcos and the government needed to 'get on with' delivering high speed broadband at a fair price.

  • Tethering coming to iPhone in 2009

    AT&T Mobility chief Ralph de la Vega confirmed overnight that iPhone 3G users would be able to use their phones as wireless modems at some point next year.

  • Ballmer dismisses Google Android

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today dismissed Google's Android operating system, saying he believed it was financially unsound.

  • Ballmer cracks Telstra jokes

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer cracked jokes at a Telstra event today as the telco's live demonstration of 21Mbps speeds on its Next G network came unravelled.

  • Ballmer hits Telstra investor day

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer will guest star at Telstra's marathon annual investor day today, ZDNet.com.au has learned.

  • Developers want Ballmer to show money

    Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers.

  • What past androids can teach IT

    Google's choice of Android as a brand name for its mobile platform is interesting and suggestive. Here, ZDNet picks out seven of fiction's most arresting androids and the lessons their fables have for business technology.

  • Steve Ballmer: Live on ZDNet.com.au

    Don't miss ZDNet.com.au's exclusive live broadcast of a landmark Sydney speech by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 6 November at 3:30pm, AEST.

  • Intel slams 'slow' iPhone ARM CPU

    Any speed shortcomings in Apple's iPhone were the fault of its rival chipset manufacturer ARM, a senior Intel executive said in Taiwan yesterday.

  • New MS Office will debut next week

    Windows 7 and Windows Strata may be the stars of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference next week, but the next version of Office has also landed a role in the production.

  • Ballmer: It's OK to wait for Windows 7

    Some companies are planning to skip Windows Vista, and that's OK, according to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.

  • Apple beefs up MacBooks, trims prices

    Apple has unveiled a revamped line of Macintosh laptop computers made leaner, slicker, faster and a bit more affordable.

  • Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

    Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

  • Dutch researcher claims e-passport hack

    A Dutch researcher has published code that purports to emulate and clone e-passports, and has released a video to prove it works.

  • Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd in London this week that Microsoft this month will show off its new development environment for internet-based applications, dubbed "Windows Cloud".

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