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Shanghai Synchrotron jostles Australian storage ring out of youngest spot

HTML clipboardThe world's newest synchrotron has opened in Shanghai, but even though it is now only the second-youngest the Australian Synchrotron powers on with fantastic research.

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WAT’s happening to Windows 7

Microsoft has announced that Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) will be replacing the rather unpopular Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) for activation and validation in Windows 7.

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IBM demonstrates ultra-high resolution MRI microscope

Scientists at IBM Research in collaboration with Stanford University have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging with volume resolution 100 million times finer than conventional MRI.

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Skype to support Android, Java-enabled mobile phones, Intel mobile Internet devices

HTML clipboard Skype has released a 'lite' or 'thin client' for Skype for Android-powered devices as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones, plus a beta version of Skype...

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SanDisk unveils superfast solid-state drive family

HTML clipboardSanDisk Corporation has announced its latest G3 family of solid-state drives, using multi-level cell flash memory technology to establish new benchmarks in performance in the SSD industry.

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SanDisk and Sony set to vastly expand memory stick formats

SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation have just announced the joint development of two expanded formats that will shape the flash memory landscape for years to come.

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My Christmas present to Skype — yet another geography lesson!

HTML clipboardNo wonder Skype has trouble providing accurate call rates for Australia. They seem to think it's in Europe!

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PDF-XChange Viewer — the best free PDF viewer yet?

HTML clipboardPDF-XChange viewer should get an Oscar for having the best PDF viewer usability features yet.

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Fashion Your Firefox released, streamlining browser customization

HTML clipboardMozilla has released Fashion Your Firefox, giving Firefox users an easy way to discover and install add-ons and customize the browser based on their interests and online activities.

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Secunia Personal Software Inspector version 1.0 released

HTML clipboardThe first official version of the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) , a software vulnerability scanner has just been released. This is a top-rating Windows security tool that's free...

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Foxit Reader 3.0 released, now it’s even easier to read PDF documents

HTML clipboardAs an alternative to Adobe Reader 9, which is extremely feature-rich but very bloated, the latest version 3.0 of Foxit Reader maintains is zippiness but adds some excellent new...

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Corporate governance of IT - for all organizations, large or small (iTWire podcast)

HTML clipboardIn this iTWire podcast interview, Mark Toomey of Infonomics explains why IT governance is so critical to organizations of any size, and how it is non-IT executives and directors...

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You and your job — is IT killing you?

HTML clipboardIs your sedentary job in the IT industry, or spending too much time in front of your PC at home, making you ill or even leading you to an...

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AMD goes to Shanghai, searching for Dragons!

AMD has announced widespread availability of its 45 nanometre Quad-Core AMD Opteron server processor codenamed Shanghai . The chipmaker has also given details on its second generation enthusiast-class desktop...

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AMD sets ATI Radeon owners on the fast track

AMD has announced that it plans to release a free ATI Catalyst driver update that instantly unlocks new ATI Stream acceleration capabilities already built into millions of Radeon graphics cards,...

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A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)

The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on...

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HP outdoes MythBusters with a spectacular disaster recovery test explosion

Is it possible to have fun while you're working? It sure is, as HP proved by destroying a datacenter full of their enterprise server and storage products in an explosion...

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Sun releases a major Java runtime and SDK update - Java SE Update 10

After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications...

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Sun releases a major Java runtime and SDK update - Java SE 6 Update 10

After extensive beta testing, Sun Microsystems has released update 10 of its Java Platform Standard Edition 6, with many significant enhancements. Will this lead to a resurgence of Java applications...

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Journalists becoming comfortable in 2008 with Internet media tools: survey

A survey a study by Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup International, Inc. shows how journalists are increasing their usage of Web 2.0 technologies to research, follow and report news and features.

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