Rodney Gedda - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 30/04/2009 Pay as you go for security solutions

Antivirus and Internet security software vendor ESET will now allow end-users to pay as they go with its first foray into software as a service.

Article | 29/04/2009 Linux out, Windows in at Electoral Commission

The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) will leave Linux for Windows Server when it develops its new vote counting and reporting application, which is sl...

Article | 24/04/2009 Ubuntu jumps to Jaunty 9.04, adds cloud computing

Software company Canonical has released version 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” of its Ubuntu Linux operating system with an emphasis on cloud computing servi...

Article | 14/04/2009 Twitter's ecosystem builds with job search app

The social media phenomenon that is Twitter continues to attract third-party developers with the London-based WorkDigital developing TwitterJobSearch,...

Article | 9/04/2009 KOffice preps version 2.0 with first release candidate

The open source KOffice project has announced the availability of the first release candidate of the next generation, version 2.0, which may be the la...

Article | 8/04/2009 Google updates App Engine, adds Java support

Google has announced a new version of its Google App Engine platform including preliminary support for Java applications with the inclusion of an indu...

Article | 8/04/2009 From foal to Facebook: Easter Show meets Web 2.0

Each year thousands of people from country NSW descend on Sydney for the Royal Easter Show, but this year millions of people around the world can expe...

Article | 7/04/2009 Linux shortlisted for DET netbooks, beaten by XP

Today's modern desktop operating systems of Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux still fail to address the basic requirements of the NSW Departmen...

Article | 3/04/2009 First look: Novell SLED 11, with screenshots

Back in 2006, Novell took the plunge with its first significant Linux desktop for business product SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, or SLED, 10. Novell ...

Article | 2/04/2009 Suncorp's three-year UC journey reaps business benefits

By its own admission, insurance and financial services giant Suncorp had no unified communication technology just three years ago, but since then the ...

Article | 1/04/2009 NSW education drops $150M for 267,000 school notebooks

The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has selected Microsoft and Lenovo as the suppliers for a 267,000 unit netbook deployment for teache...

Article | 27/03/2009 Callforfree.net.au offers free calls to 70 countries

A new service has been launched in Sydney which promises free telephone calls to 70 international destinations simply by calling a local mobile number...

Article | 28/10/2008 Lenovo servers debut with Windows, Linux support

A recent decision by Lenovo to cut back sales of pre-installed Linux PCs has not altered the company’s commitment to offer operating system choice for...

Article | 26/03/2009 Dell upgrades enterprise servers, storage

Dell has released fourteen new products in a significant refresh of its enterprise server, workstation and storage systems portfolio.

Article | 26/03/2009 Linux 2.6.29 packs in features, Tuz given icon status

Linux kernel 2.6.29 was released this week and sports hundreds of changes, bug fixes and new functionality, but one change sure to raise a few eyebrow...