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EBay stops bird flu drug auction

EBay stops bird flu drug auction

Internet auction site eBay pulled the sale of Roche Holding AG's flu drug Tamiflu from its website on Tuesday.
Staff Writers Oct 19 2005, 11:30AM Software
Graeme Huon scoops Pearcey Award

Graeme Huon scoops Pearcey Award

Graeme Huon has been announced as this year's winner of the Victorian State Pearcey Award.
Vivienne Fisher Oct 18 2005, 4:02PM Software
Groups sue California over minors video game ban

Groups sue California over minors video game ban

Two industry trade groups sued the state of California on Monday after the state passed a law barring the sale of violent video games to minors.
Staff Writers Oct 18 2005, 11:00AM Software
Palm, BlackBerry-maker sign licensing agreement

Palm, BlackBerry-maker sign licensing agreement

Palm, which makes the Treo smart phone, and Research In Motion, the maker of the wireless BlackBerry messaging device, have announced a licensing agreement.
Staff Writers Oct 18 2005, 10:30AM Software
Judge stays Google suit in Microsoft hiring case

Judge stays Google suit in Microsoft hiring case

A US judge ordered a tentative stay in web search company Google's lawsuit against Microsoft, dealing a blow to Google's fight over the hiring of a former Microsoft official.
Eric Auchard Oct 17 2005, 3:00PM Software
EA, Spielberg to develop three new video games

EA, Spielberg to develop three new video games

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts, the world's biggest video game publisher, are teaming up to develop three original video game titles.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2005, 2:03PM Software
Tech One snares PNG contract

Tech One snares PNG contract

Australian developer Technology One has won a US$4.42 million contract with the Papua New Guinea government to implement its integrated financial management and budgeting software.
Byron Connolly Oct 14 2005, 3:30PM Software
Google, Comcast in talks to invest in AOL

Google, Comcast in talks to invest in AOL

Google and Comcast are in "serious discussions" to buy a minority stake in Time Warner's America Online, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Staff Writers Oct 13 2005, 12:30PM Software
Microsoft, Yahoo hook up instant message networks

Microsoft, Yahoo hook up instant message networks

Microsoft and Yahoo plan to link up their free instant messaging services to create a combined community of 275 million users.
Reed Stevenson Oct 13 2005, 9:30AM Software
Onyx tempts resellers with juicy rebate

Onyx tempts resellers with juicy rebate

CRM vendor Onyx Software has offered a juicy rebate to resellers for poaching customers from rival Oracle and its numerous recent acquisitions, including PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and Siebel.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2005, 2:30PM Software
Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era

Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era

Microsoft has announced plans to give virtualisation a lift, partly by easing its licensing demands around virtual servers and workloads running on Windows platforms.
Fleur Doidge , Paula Rooney Oct 11 2005, 2:51PM Software
Media, entertainment to see faster growth: report

Media, entertainment to see faster growth: report

The world's entertainment and media industries will grow faster in the second half of the decade than the first, reaching US$1.8 trillion in annual sales by 2009, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report released on Wednesday.
Staff Writers Oct 6 2005, 2:30PM Software
The Last Word: Call me anytime

The Last Word: Call me anytime

Here at Rabid Reseller we’re always looking at ways to improve our customer service, so it should be no surprise to discover that we’ve now got our very own call centre to handle our punters’ problems.
Rabid Reseller Oct 6 2005, 2:01PM Software
EU names trustee for Microsoft ruling compliance

EU names trustee for Microsoft ruling compliance

The European Commission has appointed a computer scientist to help ensure that Microsoft complies with a 2004 ruling on how its software is sold, a latest step in the landmark anti-trust case.
Staff Writers Oct 6 2005, 10:30AM Software
Microsoft reveals game lineup for Xbox 360 launch

Microsoft reveals game lineup for Xbox 360 launch

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a partial roster of video games for the launch of its new Xbox 360 game console next month.
Staff Writers Oct 5 2005, 4:05PM Software
Microsoft funds African PCs amid open source debate

Microsoft funds African PCs amid open source debate

Microsoft Corp. is funding computer centres it hopes will reach half a million poor South Africans and argued on Monday that free open source software is not always the best option for developing countries.
Rebecca Harrison Oct 4 2005, 2:00PM Software
Microsoft's Office upgrade to support PDF files

Microsoft's Office upgrade to support PDF files

Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that the next version of its Office program will be able to save documents in the PDF format, a popular method of sharing documents between different computers and software programs.
Reed Stevenson Oct 4 2005, 1:00PM Software
Microsoft plans cheaper Windows version for India

Microsoft plans cheaper Windows version for India

Microsoft Corp. plans to release a low-cost version of its Windows software for India in an attempt to check high piracy levels, the legal affairs head of the world's largest independent software maker said.
Staff Writers Oct 4 2005, 12:25PM Software
Electronic Arts unveils games for Xbox 360 launch

Electronic Arts unveils games for Xbox 360 launch

Electronic Arts Inc. on Monday announced five video game titles that will be available for Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 console when it launches next month.
Staff Writers Oct 4 2005, 10:38AM Software
Electronics groups pursue anti-piracy software link

Electronics groups pursue anti-piracy software link

The world's four biggest consumer electronics companies predicted on Monday they will introduce products in 2006 with anti-piracy software that is based on an open standard which is fully interoperable.
Staff Writers Oct 4 2005, 10:36AM Software

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