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Reseller settles Microsoft antipiracy suit

Microsoft scores yet another settlement cheque -- Sydney stores of the Busiquip chain allegedly sold counterfeit Windows 95 software, a Microsoft lawsuit claimed

Linux gains share of mind

Anybody walking by the Linux pavilion at Comdex last week couldn't fail to notice a lot of smiling faces: the booths of Linux vendors such as Red Hat Software and Caldera Systems were swamped with attendees eager to get information about the open-sou...

Logitech announces two new digital video cameras

Two new QuickCam models have been released in Australia, one catering for the professional market and the other primarily for video conferencing. Pricing starts at $199

AOL buys Netscape, Sun joins in Java deal

A new Internet triumvirate has been formed, AOL annoucing it will acquire Netscape, and that it has formed a strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems to develop Internet devices. All are now downplaying suggestions that their union represents a new b...

MS/DoJ: Sides grapple with AOL-Netscape issue

Calling America Online's $US4.2 billion agreement to purchase Netscape Communications a "seismic change" in the competitive landscape, Microsoft has urged the US Government to drop its antitrust case

Retravision announces budget PCs

Retravision NSW has just launched a range of Intel-based PCs aimed at the budget-concious family market, prices starting at $1999 for a complete system

MS/DoJ: Sides spar on Netscape, AOL talks

A Microsoft attorney sparred with the US Government's economics expert yesterday over the significance of a reported deal under which the world's largest online service, America Online, would purchase Microsoft's rival Internet browser maker, Netscap...

AOL in talks to buy Netscape

AOL has confirmed it is in talks to buy Netscape, and according to press reports, Sun Microsystems may too be involved in the deal that could shift the balance of power in the online world. A Microsoft legal advisor meanwhile, says the pending deal t...

Thin is in for Xmas

Toshiba has launched what it hopes will be on the wish list of every corporate road warrior, its Portege 3010 notebook.

XML, Java: Are They Siblings or Rivals?

Extensible Markup Language (XML) in many ways augments Java; however, XML is also evolving into an object transport protocol that could undermine Java's claim as a does-all platform.