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Photoshop beta goes public

Adobe released today a public beta program for the next version of their photo editing suite, dubbed Photoshop CS3. Read more »

Microsoft blogging software available in beta

Microsoft has released a beta version of Windows Live Writer, a new blogging software designed for users with no HTML skills. Read more »

Adobe releases Lightroom beta for Windows

Adobe Systems released this week the first Windows beta version of Lightroom, software geared for enthusiasts and professionals who need to edit, catalog and view digital photos. Read more »

XP SP3 makes Vista SP1 a laughing stock

New tests have revealed that XP with the beta SP3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with the long awaited SP1. Read more »

Vista struggling to match XP sales

Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Read more »

Microsoft shelves its Virtual PC for Mac

Microsoft is putting a halt to a version of its Virtual PC software for Intel-based Macs. Read more »

Apple invites Windows users on Safari

Apple is hoping for another crossover hit. After bringing iTunes over to Windows, the Mac maker announced on Monday that it is also making its Safari Web browser available for users of Microsoft's operating system. Read more »

Apple QuickTime zero-day flaw 'extremely critical'

Security research firm Secunia has reported what it calls an "extremely critical" vulnerability in media-streaming program Apple QuickTime. Read more »

Windows chief opens up on '7'

Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7. Read more »

Apple unleashes Tiger in Australia

Apple Computer said Wednesday in Australia the updated desktop and server versions of its operating system, dubbed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, would be available Friday, 29 April. Read more »

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Windows XP SP2 -- test your applications

Learn about the plethora of security enhancements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as how these security features could impair the functionality of some applications. Read more »

Mac OS X on x86 tested

Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. Read more »

IE is evolving, but is it enough?

Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is in the process of getting its first significant update in two years this week, as part of the company's overhaul of its operating system. Read more »

Blog (4)

What's a Beta these days?

Matt Overington [blogs:bricksandmortar] -- Betas are now so widespread that the term is becoming meaningless. Read more »

Flash vs. Silverlight

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »

Azure: A matter of trust

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »

Live Aussie Vista Launch

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Live Blogging from the Australian launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 at the MCA in Sydney. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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