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Windows 7 S'pore sales Microsoft's fastest-ever
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IBM scores $62.9m Medicare deal
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China slams US bias in cyberspying row
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EC drops Qualcomm antitrust probe
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Joost: It could have been a contender, or not
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Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
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Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way?
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Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business
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New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
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Monash dumping Thunderbird for Lotus Notes
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ACCC greenlights Microsoft/Yahoo deal
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