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Opinion: Think of a number

Opinion: Think of a number

A big number. A really big scary number. Hint: think 140 million. That’s how many copies of Windows Vista Microsoft says it has shipped.
Ian Yates Apr 30 2008, 6:19AM Software
Three-dimensional PDFs for Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and above

Three-dimensional PDFs for Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and above

A new software technique has been developed to allow interactive, three-dimensional visualisations to be embedded into Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Liz Tay Apr 30 2008, 6:10AM Software
ReiserFS developer convicted of murder

ReiserFS developer convicted of murder

He was once seen as one of the most innovative programmers out there. Now Hans Reiser may spend the rest of his life behind bars, and his software’s future seems bleak.
Ashley Clark Apr 30 2008, 6:08AM Software
BitDefender teams with SOS for online backup service

BitDefender teams with SOS for online backup service

Security vendor BitDefender has partnered with SOS Online Backup to to offer an integrated security and online backup solution to Australian businesses.
Staff Writers Apr 29 2008, 12:49PM Software
Quest expands unified comms portfolio

Quest expands unified comms portfolio

Quest Software has broadened its range of unified communications support products for Microsoft's business applications. The company’s MessageStats and Active Roles Server programs have been updated to fully support Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.
Staff Writers Apr 23 2008, 4:28PM Software
TED talks come to Australia, innovatively

TED talks come to Australia, innovatively

Given the cutting-edge nature of the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) convention that annually brings together the world’s sharpest minds in one U.S. location, it is unsurprising that TED presentations are to set foot on Australian shores in a rather unconventional fashion.
Liz Tay Apr 23 2008, 12:52PM Software
BitDefender targets lucrative SMB market

BitDefender targets lucrative SMB market

Security vendor BitDefender has launched a new SMB version of its software as the firm seeks to expand its share of the crowded security market.
Mitchell Smith Apr 23 2008, 10:26AM Software
Google announces Sydney Developer Day event

Google announces Sydney Developer Day event

Google Australia today extended an open invite to developers in Sydney to attend a day-long discussion about building Web applications and advancing the Web as a platform.
Liz Tay Apr 23 2008, 6:59AM Software
Revealed: Ballmer’s original keynote [Opinion]

Revealed: Ballmer’s original keynote [Opinion]

It was good to see Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer apologising for the whole Vista thing in that recent keynote speech he made to the company’s most valuable partners. What readers probably don’t know is that yours truly got given the job of making that speech more palatable to the general public. Just so you know what we’re up against here’s the original speech, before we “fixed” it for him.
Ian Yates Apr 22 2008, 2:19PM Software
EA extends Take Two deadline

EA extends Take Two deadline

Electronic Arts has extended the deadline in its attempt to buy out rival game firm Take-Two Interactive.
Shaun Nichols Apr 22 2008, 2:16PM Software
Former Lib John Hewson heads up Aussie IT service provider

Former Lib John Hewson heads up Aussie IT service provider

Former Liberal party leader, Dr John Hewson, has taken the position of chairman for Australian-based The Pisces Group - a provider of mortgage platforms and supplier of IT services.
Lilia Guan Apr 22 2008, 11:48AM Software
On a mission to save Windows XP

On a mission to save Windows XP

The ‘Save Windows XP’ petition has attracted over 100,000 signatures as Microsoft prepares to phase out the popular operating system.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 21 2008, 9:15AM Software
Companies warned not to skip Vista

Companies warned not to skip Vista

In a sure sign that many companies are far from eager to upgrade to Windows Vista, analyst firm Forrester Research has published a report urging enterprises not to wait for Windows 7.
Guy Dixon Apr 21 2008, 7:02AM Software
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 opinion: Service pack me

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 opinion: Service pack me

So we’re going to get another service pack for SQL Server 2005 after all. Despite SQL Server 2008 being already a release candidate and expected to ship some time after June this year, Microsoft knows there will be droves of users waiting to jump from SQL Server 2000 to 2005.
Ian Yates Apr 18 2008, 4:48PM Software
Adelaide’s City of West Torrens goes virtual

Adelaide’s City of West Torrens goes virtual

Australian IT architecture design and integration company – Technical Architecture Solutions (TAS) – is in talks with Adelaide’s City of West Torrens to work on virtual desktops for the council. TAS completed a virtualised server environment for the council in January this year.
Lilia Guan Apr 17 2008, 1:39PM Software
CeBIT Australia: Transaction 2.0 makes debut

CeBIT Australia: Transaction 2.0 makes debut

Hannover Fairs Australia – the local organiser of CeBIT Australia – has announced that Transaction 2.0, a conference exploring collaborative and Software as a Service (SaaS) technologies - known generically as Enterprise 2.0 – will feature in this year’s CeBIT Australia show.
Lilia Guan Apr 17 2008, 12:14PM Software
Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovation

Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovation

Software behemoth Microsoft has plans to grow the Australian software industry by extending a giant hand of support to local start-up companies.
Liz Tay Apr 16 2008, 7:30AM Software
Head to head: How strong is the Business Intelligence space in A/NZ?

Head to head: How strong is the Business Intelligence space in A/NZ?

Microsoft and IBM go head-to-head to discuss local demand for Business Intelligence software
Staff Writers Apr 15 2008, 5:24PM Software
Virtual business

Virtual business

Want to have your own island? Now it can be virtually yours in a virtual world.
Liz Tay Apr 15 2008, 5:10PM Software
Starck-raving mad: au revoir Philippe

Starck-raving mad: au revoir Philippe

Matthew JC. Powell won’t miss certain principles of design
Matthew JC Powell Apr 15 2008, 4:48PM Software

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