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The unstoppable rise of mobile applications

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Microsoft has finally released the beta of Office 2010 to the public

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Why developers like SharePoint 2010

Visual Studio integration makes SharePoint much easier to develop collaboration apps, developers say

Focus your outsourcing project on outcomes

Tie planning to business results

Best and worst of Microsoft Exchange 2010

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Beware cloud computing's hidden costs

Find the true costs before moving to the cloud

Chocolate is better than antivirus software in data breach settlement

Antivirus software can't stop someone's identity from being stolen

Essential free software tools for Windows 7

Top downloads for Microsoft's newest OS

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

Could a Google phone knock the Apple off its perch?

Guide to Google Android 2.0

Everything you ever wanted to know about Eclair, but were afraid to ask

Eight reasons ebook readers could fail

Amazon, Sony and Plastic Logic could lose their deposits

The five best and worst features of Google Chrome OS

The best open source OS ever? Hardly

CES 2010 preview downbeat

The circus comes to down, complete with sad clowns

Google Chrome OS rumour roundup

Google's open source operating system is buried under a mountain of misinformation

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Essential follows for technical twittering

Iceland: Data centre hot spot?

Cheap power, easy cooling and good communications

Is email a perfect cloud application?

From command line to local PC to Gmail

Motorola Droid: Four reasons to buy, and one reason to avoid

No iPhone killer, but Google Android is a solid alternative smartphone

Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

John McCool on everything from market shifts to computing paradigms and service integration

Why can't we do anything about spam?

Email has been rendered almost useless; Facebook and Twitter are under attack.

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Six annoying things about Windows 7

Windows 7 changes spots but keeps its religion.


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