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  • Microsoft makes Windows 7 name final

    For the first time in recent memory, Microsoft has chosen to stick with its code name for a final Windows release.

  • Linux 'teething problems' affect netbook returns

    The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Linux vendor Canonical.

  • Businesses interested in Windows 7, not Vista

    Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor.

  • Vista shunned in business survey

    A new survey shows Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking out the unreleased Windows 7 OS than its predecessor.

  • 101 software tips, tweaks and tricks

    Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications

  • Microsoft cuts apps from Windows 7

    Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.

  • Qld education progresses PC project

    Queensland's Department of Education, Training and the Arts has revealed it is most of the way through one of Australia's largest roll-outs of a standard desktop PC and server operating environments, including a standardised Apple Mac installation.

  • CommBank rolls out Office 2007

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has completed a deployment of Microsoft's new Office 2007 suite to 38,000 desktops a year after giving Google Apps the thumbs down.

  • Dell launches netbook

    Dell has launched an inexpensive laptop with a small keyboard and screen, dubbed a netbook, four months after it was originally anticipated that the Texan firm would enter the netbook market.

  • Firefox counters Chrome on speed

    Mozilla fought back on Wednesday in the US with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing Google's new Web browser, Chrome.

  • Google Chrome faster than Firefox, IE, Safari

    Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome as related in the preview actually stack up?

  • Users report IE8 Beta 2 issues

    One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, users have started to report issues with its installation and sites and services that are incompatible.

  • UMPCs on parade at IDF

    A whole gaggle of Atom powered UMPCs turned up at the Intel Developer Forum this week, including offerings from Lenovo, Fujistu, Sharp and Panasonic.

  • Microsoft hires Seinfeld for ads

    Microsoft is to pay comedian Jerry Seinfeld US$10 million (AU$11.47 million) to star in an advertising campaign for its Windows Vista operating system.

  • NSW RTA in major SAP refresh

    The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority has committed at least $2 million on a major SAP upgrade, with acting chief information officer John Thomas expecting the first phase to be completed by the end of 2008.

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