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Dell bullish about Vista adoption
Businesses will upgrade to Microsoft's Vista in droves as consumers bring their love of the next-generation operating system from home to work, a Dell executive said. Read more »
Dell and HP still the life of the XP party
Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are getting creative, with Dell and HP's Australian offices staying cagey about their intentions. Read more »
XP a quietly official alternative to Vista
Despite its big push for Vista, Microsoft is quietly allowing PC makers to offer an option that lets users "downgrade" to Windows XP, allowing customers to purchase new PCs but stick with the older operating system. Read more »
Microsoft suspends XP's death sentence
Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to keep Windows XP around a little longer. Read more »
Ballmer to testify in Vista suit
A judge last week ruled that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would have to testify in a class action suit over the "Vista Capable" logo program that Microsoft ran ahead of the launch of Windows Vista. Read more »
Dell users demand more Linux options
Thousands of Dell users have contacted a user forum to call for PCs to be shipped with a Linux operating system and the OpenOffice application suite. Read more »
Dell takes small steps toward Linux
Dell has acknowledged that 83,000 users have urged it to sell PCs with Linux pre-installed, but it has fallen short of accepting their suggestion. Read more »
Exploding batteries under investigation: Michael Dell
Dell is still investigating several incidents where batteries in its laptops have reportedly exploded, chairman and founder Michael Dell told a press conference in Sydney today. Read more »
Microsoft Hyper-V 'virtually there' but not
The long wait is almost over for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation software for Windows Server 2008 -- it has reached the feature-complete release-candidate stage placing it in limbo between beta-stage development and a final release. Read more »
XP receives kiss of death, long live Vista
Monday was the last day on which Windows XP will be sold as a boxed product or licensed to PC manufacturers. Read more »
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What's new in Windows Vista?
Don't want to take Windows Vista for a test drive until you know what it has to offer? Join Windows expert Deb Shinder for a visual tour of Beta 2 as she points out some of the more dramatic changes and shares her impressions of the new OS. Read more »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »
Sun on Linux: What, me worry?
Sun Microsystems' Unix has kept on keeping on since 1982, while once-mighty minicomputer makers such as Wang and Data General have been consigned to irrelevance. Read more »
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One Vista to rule them all?
-- Does the world need five versions of the one operating system? Read more »
All this matter and make up and déjá vu
-- There are some weeks when you could be mistaken for thinking that the record had skipped and the players involved were simply going through the motions -- this week was one of them. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.