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Software Allows Windows Crossover To Mac Parallels 4.0 Desktop for Mac software enables more than 1.5 million users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X.

New Nero Suite Offers TV Recording Nero has today updated its digital multimedia solution that provides easy burning and backup anytime. It also comes with a TV recording feature that can record shows with a touch of a button.

Apple Updates OS X To Kill Bugs Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.5 to fix nearly 70 bugs and other vulnerabilities, including several in the services that synchronize Macs with other Macs, iPhones and Palm PDAs.

Super Fast Norton Anti-Virus Launched Today According to Symantec, the new Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 will set a new industry standard for speed and performance.

Symantec Set To Acquire PC Tools Symantec has signed an agreement to acquire local software vendor PC Tools, a global provider of anti-virus software products and security for Windows computer users.

Epson Releases Printer Drivers For Mac Epson has released 16-bit printer drivers for its Epson Stylus Pro printer range, allowing users running the Apple Macintosh OS X Leopard to achieve smoother colour gradations and greater image detail in their prints.

US Invasion Wreaks Havoc On PCs Bitdefender is advising users to be careful of e-mails about the US Army attacking Iran as it contains a link that tricks a user into downloading a malicious exe file on their computers.

BlackBerry Connect Software Available For MOTO Q Motorola and Research in Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect software (v4.0) on the MOTO Q phone in Australia.

Free Software Upgrade From TalkSwitch TalkSwitch management software 6.10 is a free upgrade for those who use the company’s telephone systems that have been designed fro small and multi-location businesses.

Mac OS X Increasing Its Global Market Share According to reports, Apples OS X operating system market share has increased by some 32 per cent last year, according to data from an Internet metrics company.

Microsoft Says Goodbye To Windows XP For Good As of close of business this afternoon, Microsoft will stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers, regardless of protests from a swathe of PC users who don't want to be forced into using Vista.

Gpcode File Recovery Method Revealed Kaspersky Lab has provided instructions on how to recover files attacked by the Gpcode.ak virus.

Quarks Self Destructive Ways Are Over Says CEO Its not often a company has the honesty and candour to admit they were wrong – less still do they admit to blowing a massive market dominance in near cosmic-proportions to arch-rivals.

IT Security Needs To Be Virtual Says Check Point IDC has noted that surfing the Web remains a very dangerous endeavor as criminal hackers and bot herders increasingly corrupt websites, planting Web browser-based attacks used to steal personal information or plant malware on an unsuspecting public.

Vista is Officially Dead Here Comes Windows 7 When a Company starts talking about the next model in their line up you know something is wrong particularly if the previous model has been labelled a lemon. Now it appears that the Windows Vista era is done and dusted with Microsoft keen to move onto Windows 7 in an effort to overcome the problems that the ill fated Vista OS will leave behind.

Half A Million Web Pages Attacked Security software specialist Trend Micro has reported that over half a million web pages worldwide have been attacked by malware.

PC Piracy Falls Due To Tough Laws Says IDC According to a study released today, software piracy in Australia fell one percentage point from 29 per cent in 2006 to 28 per cent in 2007, amid a global trend in which piracy rates dropped in most countries. Industry losses due to software piracy in Australia also fell to AU $525.4 million in 2007.

Apple Sprouts And Helps Microsoft Out According to a number of reports, Apple is selling more computers than ever before in its history, which is then having unexpected flow on benefits for a number of Microsoft products.

New Adobe Acrobate 9 & Flash Security Upgrades Adobe who are set to roll out a new version V9 of their Adobe Acrobat software next month have admitted that there are security problems with their Flash player.

Adobe Reputation On The Line As It Gets Big & Fat OPINION: One has to seriously question as to whether Adobe has caught the Microsoft disease with massive updates for their Creative Suite and Adobe Acrobat software. These updates which have been more than a gigabyte since the product was launched are loved by ISP’s as they get to charge business and consumers additional download fees.

Microsoft Beefs Up Security Offering With Aquisition In an effort to beef up their Windows Live One Care offering Microsoft has acquired security firm Komoku who specialise in products that are able to identify root-kits and malicious software.

Is Microsoft Dying? Microsoft is under threat not only in the operating system market but from the the likes of Google, Apple and the very Internet itself according to IT experts.

New Apple Safari Ventures Off To Windows Apple has today released the Safari 3.1, a web browser for Mac and Windows PCs which, the company claims, loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2.

Trend Micro Updates Software For Windows Vista SP1 Trend Micro has announced a version update to its consumer products which will take full advantage of the new Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.

Symantec Launches Improved Norton 360 Computer users will now have a better chance of fending themselves from unknown threats, viruses, and exploit vulnerabilities as Symantec launches its Norton 360 version 2.0.

First Sony Ericsson Windows Smartphone Coming Sony Ericsson and Microsoft are to cooperate in making smartphones, revealing the world's first Sony Ericsson phone to use the Windows Mobile platform, iin what appears to be a joint move to take on Apple's highly successful iPhone.

Grisoft Security Name Disappears Globally Internet security company, Grisoft, has changed its business name to AVG Technologies, after its AVG Technologies range of internet security products, in an effort to raise brand awareness globally.

Official Release: Vista Service Pack From March, Vista users will be able to purchase a Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack that aims to secure the over 100 million Vista licenses sold since launch, the owners of which have experienced problems with compatibility and reliability.

Simms International Now Dealing FileMaker Local IT supplier, Simms International, has added a new vendor to its small, specialist portfolio which will now include FileMaker database products, including the new Bento database system released this week.

Norton Antivirus For Leopard Now Available Norton AntiVirus is now available for Mac OS X Leopard with Symantec’s new Norton Antivirus 11, with vulnerability protection, enhanced performance and a more user-friendly design, according to Symantec.

Google Puts You On Its Mobile Map If you don’t have a clue where you are and there is no help around, why not find your exact location using your mobile phone? Google has announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, a mobile mapping and local search application which, the company claims, comes with Google’s “My Location” technology.

Avoid Scams When Xmas Shopping Online More Australians then ever are purchasing Christmas presents online, to avoid the pre-season shopping rush. However, with increased traffic comes increased danger, so following are five sure-fire ways to cover your backside this festive season.

OneCare PC Care Update Available An updated version of Windows Live OneCare has been made available from Microsoft – the all-in-one, automated PC care solution is designed to provide consumers and small businesses with an easy way to maintain the security and performance of their PCs.

Convert Speech To Text With Nuance Bundle Nuance Communications will be bundling a Plantronics wireless headset with its Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Wireless 9 software, giving users the options to create documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail by speaking.

New Database Software For Mac Leopard FileMaker’s personal organiser and database for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, called Bento, is now available for public preview at FileMaker’s website.

Eset Unveils Total Computer Protection Suite Eset has launched its Eset Smart Security, a software suite that, the company claims, integrates anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall with a brand new version of NOD32 Antivirus.

IronPort Helps Solo Bins Keep Safe An IronPort Systems email security appliance called IronPort C100 is responsible for keeping 100 Solo personnel at the company’s Chinderah head office safe from spam traffic and virus attacks, according to IronPort owner, Cisco.

Watch Out: Top 10 Malware Threats The top 10 computer security threats last month made up 65 per cent of all malware in Australia and New Zealand, according to research commissioned by BitDefender, a provider of antivirus software and data security solutions.

Mac OS X Server Leopard Avail Next Week Apple today announced that its long-awaited Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard software will go on sale in Australia next Friday 26 October for $598, at the same time as Mac OS X Leopard operating system – both of which Apple says are the best Mac upgrades ever.

VoIP Battle Looms As Microsoft Gets Greedy In an attempt to grab more of the office comms and IT dollars Microsoft has rolled out a new communication offering that works from within the Office Outlook software. Well that is the idea.

Thousands of Windows OS Users Set To Switch To Mac Thousands of consumers and businesses who currently use Windows OS are set to make a switch to an Apple PC, after the release on October 26th of Apple's new Mac OS X Leopard. The move will be driven by the fact that users can run either the Mac OS or Windows Vista under the new software.

How To Download & Install The New Vista Service Pack We all know that Windows Vista is painfully slow and full of glitches and shortly, Microsoft says it intends to fix the problem by rolling out the first of several major service packs. Currently with Beta testers, the service pack is being downloaded by hackers. We show you how to access this service pack.

Secure Your Internet The Easy Way Trend Micro has applied its background in internet security solutions and threat management systems for large corporations to a range of antivirus software for the average consumer and small business user who wants an easy solution to keeping their computer hardware and files safe.

Slow & Vulnerable Vista Set To Be Patched Again In an attempt to fix a very slow Vista operating system Microsoft is set to roll out a series of new patches that are designed to fix speed problems.

GPS Navigation Software For Smartphones Travroute has launched its CoPilot Live 7, a GPS navigation software that converts any PDA or smartphone into a navigation device that can be brought anywhere.

FileMaker Offers Productivity Kit For Download FileMaker’s Business Productivity Kit Services Edition, a software that provides easy-to-use databases to manage clients, process sales orders, track projects, send targeted direct mailing, produce invoices, and even reports and mailing labels, is now available for download.

PC Security Solutions From BitDefender Antivirus software and data security solutions company BitDefender has launched a new line of security solutions that claims to provide protection against today’s most damaging viruses, spyware, hackers, spam, phishing attacks and other common Internet security threats.

What Else Can You Do With BlackBerry Many corporate types will already be glued to their BlackBerry smartphones for work emails and updates – but what other stuff can you use your BlackBerry for?

Microsoft Secretly Changing PC Settings Only hours after Microsoft was nobbled in the European marketplace for being involved in antitrust behaviour, it has been revealed that the company is secretly changing the configurations to PCs running the Windows operating system.

Apple Tunes Wannabe Rockstars Apple is tuning cadet bands and loner musicians who want to produce their own studio-grade music recordings with a new software suite called Logic Studio.