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Review: Taking Norton 360 for a spin
Norton 360 is essentially a bundle of security tools (anti-malware, anti-phishing, firewall and anti-virus) plus tune-up and maintenance utilities.

The challenges faced by Apple
It may have US$40 billion in the vault, but Apple still faces serious challenges in the marketplace.

Developers embracing Mac hardware
Developers don't have any particular attachments to Macs, or so Mac Planet blogger Mark Webster thought until recently.

Webstock: Cheap as chips - your networked chair
Adam Greenfield, in Wellington to speak at the Webstock conference - has a different take on computing than the rest of us - and sees networks where we see mundane things.

Assault on AppStore: Carriers unite on smartphone software
The world's largest wireless carriers are combining forces to make it easier for software developers to write multi-device smartphone applications

MeeGo: Nokia, Intel join smartphone forces
Nokia and Intel are combining the software they've each been developing for smart phones, tablet computers and other internet devices.

Windows Mobile gets '7 Series' makeover
The latest version of the Windows Mobile operating system will be called 'Windows Phone 7 series' and looks a lot like the Zune media player interface.

Salesman 'crippled' by internet charges
A kiwi salesman was stunned to receive a $1100 bill from Telecom for just 10 minutes of internet access from his laptop.