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OSIA calls for WINE
Industry body Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has called on PC manufacturers to contribute to the completion of WINE, an open source re-implementation of the Windows API that would allow Linux to run most Windows applications and deliver higher margins to PC vendors.
Sep 14 2004, 12:00AM
Software
Distributor targets demand for low-cost thin client conversion
A new distributor plans to take advantage of an explosion of interest in customisable thin client offerings, signing up to sell New Zealand vendor Asterisk’s hybrid thin client Linux workstations and fat-to-thin conversion devices.
Sep 7 2004, 12:00AM
Software
Dell builds ANZ forces for services attack
Dell has escalated its attack on the Australasian services market, applying its successful direct business model to one of the last profit bastions of the channel and doubtless treading on service provider toes across both countries.
Sep 2 2004, 12:00AM
Hardware
IPO set for India's software-outsourcing firm, Tata
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's pioneering software-exporting firm that serves several major US customers, is floating its initial public offering this week, hoping to attract more than US$1 billion in the process.
Jul 29 2004, 12:00AM
Services
June hack tops so far for 2004
While mass mailers continue to plague corporations and spyware is the big evil for consumers, the most serious threat in the first half of the year was the Download.Ject/Scob attack, which exploited still-unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, McAfee said.
Jul 27 2004, 12:00AM
Security
