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iTWire - Is Open Source software safe and secure?

Gadgets & Tech – How trustworthy is the software I use on my computer? When it comes to open source, can you trust the quality of programmers who work for free? You can, according to a new report out this week ââ;¬" which also proves major open source offerings to be well written and shows up the projects slow to respond to vulnera

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:41am

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iTWire - Phishers target iTunes users

Gadgets & Tech – Most of us are used to ignoring emails that seem to come from banks and similar organisations asking the recipient to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account". Now it's time to add another business to that mental list: Apple's iTunes Store.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:25am

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iTWire - Microsoft says you search, we pay

Gadgets & Tech – Desperate to somehow claw back some of its dwindling marketshare from search juggernaut Google, Microsoft has embarked on a bold new strategy - pay consumers to use its Live Search service. Somewhat bemused market watchers are wondering whether the cash back for search purchases is a master stroke or merely another Microsoft mis-step.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:17am

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iTWire - Conroy backs down on NBN RFP deadline

Gadgets & Tech – Australia's Communications minister Stephen Conroy has caved in to pressure from would be bidders for the National Broadband Network saying the July 25 deadline will be extended to a date 12 weeks beyond that on which all required network information becomes available.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:10am

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iTWire - Conroy backs down on NBN RFP deadline

Gadgets & Tech – Australia's Communications minister Stephen Conroy has caved in to pressure from would be bidders for the National Broadband Network saying the July 25 deadline will be extended to a date 12 weeks beyond that on which all required network information becomes available.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:08am

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iTWire - ODF support coming in Office 2007 SP2

Gadgets & Tech – Organisations and individuals that use Microsoft Office 2007 but favour the Open Document Format will be able to specify ODF 1.1 as the default once Service Pack 2 arrives. The bad news is that it isn't scheduled to arrive until the first half of 2009.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 08:01am

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iTWire - I can't believe it... Vista SP1 works! But how?

Gadgets & Tech – Lumbered with a laptop computer that has three of the drivers Microsoft specially detected to prevent Vista SP1's download, jumping aboard the SP1 train via Windows Update was something Microsoft was specifically preventing me from doing. But I've loaded it anyway. What are my experiences so far, and how did I do it?

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 07:48am

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iTWire - Review: Grand Theft Auto IV, this game should be banned!

Gadgets & Tech – Sex, violence, misogynistic attitudes, criminal activities, sure GTA IV has all of these, but this is not the reason it needs to be expunged from our retail shelves.

Submitted and Voted for on May 22, 2008 07:41am

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iTWire - Will Apple get its 3G iPhone inventory right?

Gadgets & Tech – My theory that the 3G iPhone will be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) but not delivered until later in the year is looking shaky.

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 09:09am

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iTWire - Will Apple get its 3G iPhone inventory right?

Gadgets & Tech – My theory that the 3G iPhone will be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) but not delivered until later in the year is looking shaky.

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 09:06am

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iTWire - The promise of two screens for less than half price

Gadgets & Tech – One would think that One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization would have pulled back from making outlandish claims after failing to deliver the fabled $100 laptop to the underprivileged children of the third world. Obviously, the rule at OLPC is when at first you don't succeed set an even more outlandish target - $75 for a dual screen laptop.

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 08:54am

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iTWire - Mac 'cloner' Psystar pushes peck of pickled patches

Gadgets & Tech – Psystar, the company that caused a stir by offering a low-cost computer running Mac OS X, is now providing a range of software patches via its web site. Will Apple finally respond?

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 08:45am

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iTWire - Xbox 360 beats PS3 to 10 million US sales

Gadgets & Tech – The PlayStation 3 may have pulled ahead in Europe, but the Xbox 360 still has the lead in the US. Microsoft's console has reached a milestone, but why does the company think that's especially important?

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 08:33am

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iTWire - Terrorism: I am NOT Afraid

Gadgets & Tech – This is an open letter to the leaders of Australia, and by implication most other world leaders, the ones who think they are doing the right thing by limiting my freedoms; by accusing me of being a terrorist; by PROTECTING me.

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 01:14am

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iTWire - IBM continues green machine theme

Gadgets & Tech – IBM's been pushing better energy efficiency for data centres for a year, and has now introduced a new set of offerings to help its customers meet that goal.

Submitted and Voted for on May 21, 2008 01:02am