Web domains go multilingual

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:39:00 +1000 AEST
New addresses in 11 different languages will be added to the Internet's central directories as soon as next week, allowing Web surfers from many countries to get online in their own native language.

Novell targets Ubuntu, Fedora with OpenSuse 10.3

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:38:00 +1000 AEST
Novell released OpenSuse 10.3 Thursday, its latest free version of the open-source operating system.

RIAA wins court case against file-sharer

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:23:00 +1000 AEST
A US woman must pay US$220,000 to six major music labels after a federal jury found her guilty of illegally sharing copyright music online.

Adobe plots its path on the Web

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:22:00 +1000 AEST
Best known for apps like Photoshop, Adobe is relying on Kevin Lynch to break out of the shrink-wrapped software business.

ARM spearheads mobile Linux group

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:31:00 +1000 AEST
Yet another mobile Linux alliance has been formed, this time with a focus on devices with larger displays.

ACCC to focus on Google HQ in deception case

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:30:00 +1000 AEST
Australia's consumer watchdog has dropped a bid to prosecute two Google subsidiaries but is still seeking a deceptive conduct ruling against the US-based Internet giant.

Salesforce.com's US$25m fund 'good news for developers'

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:29:00 +1000 AEST
Salesforce.com's US$25 million venture capital fund is great for developers, say analysts -- as long as providing support costs to a global market doesn't kill the start-ups.

Developers get .NET source -- look but don't touch

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:10:00 +1000 AEST
Microsoft intends to release parts of the .NET 3.5 source code in the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2008.

Intel to boost single-core performance

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:04:00 +1000 AEST
Intel plans to increase the performance of individual cores in the Itanium processor, and not just increase the number of cores to it, according to an Intel engineer.

'Phishing' catches Australians online

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:55:00 +1000 AEST
Alarming numbers of Australians still don't know what the internet scam called 'phishing' is, nor are they adequately protected against it, a Galaxy survey has found.

Adobe Thermo hits back at Microsoft Expression Studio

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:55:00 +1000 AEST
Adobe Systems is hitting back at Microsoft's Expression Studio with Thermo, a tool that allows designers to create rich Internet applications.

Adobe AIR brings online apps to the desktop

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:15:00 +1000 AEST
AIR, or Adobe Integrated Runtime, is a download that lets Web applications run on a desktop. With AIR applications, people can work offline and drag and drop items like graphics or text between Web and desktop applications.

Adobe opens up tech warchest in fight with Microsoft

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:40:00 +1000 AEST
Adobe Systems detailed a number of technology projects and products at its Max 2007 developer conference on Monday and gave glimpse of how it intends to make more money from online services.

Aussie Federal Government knocks back local games industry

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:46:00 +1000 AEST
Aussie game industry's call for assistance denied by Federal Government; games association starts petition to mobilise local support.

Microsoft voted 'Best campaigner against OOXML'

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:40:00 +1000 AEST
Microsoft has been awarded a tongue-in-cheek prize by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) for the debacle surrounding its Office Open XML specification.

Coming soon to kindergarten class: antipiracy ed

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:18:00 +1000 AEST
Tired of their antipiracy messages being ignored by the teen- and college-age set, the entertainment industry is attempting to indoctrinate far younger disciples.

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