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Do browsers need a 'best-before' date?
Security researchers have suggested that like food, browsers should have a best-before or expiry date. This comes after revealing that 637 million internet users are surfing with outdated and unpatched browsers, which puts them at risk from Web-based attacks.
Yahoo Go! hits 3.0
Yahoo Go! 3.0 was announced at CommunicAsia and forms the foundation of the Sunnyvale company's renewed focus on its mobile strategy.
Powerhouse adds photos to Flickr Commons
A Flickr project to house publicly held images is getting hundreds of photos from Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.
New geotagging method draws on Flickr photos
Adding location information to photos is hard. Carnegie Mellon has found an easier way: compare your photo with similar ones on Flickr that already are geotagged.
Firefox 3: New front in the browser war
Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars.
IE7Pro
IE7Pro powers up Internet Explorer with many of the features and functions that were once limited to other browsers, including a session manager, prefetching and mouse gestures.
Adobe Acrobat takes big online leap
Adobe is launching an online community with a word processor and file sharing, while adding Flash and interactive maps to Acrobat 9.
One-stop photo captions with SuperLame
Caption your photos for humour, or general entertainment with Superlame.
Google Street View cars collect 3D data
Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, but says data currently remains "experimental".
CBS to buy CNET Networks for US$1.8 billion
US media giant CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks, the company that publishes ZDNet.com.au and CNET.com.au, in a deal valued at US$1.8 billion.
Yahoo wants users to pinpoint photos
Yahoo will start telling people where it thinks Flickr photos were taken, but people can correct the photo-sharing site's misconceptions.
Opera Mini 4.1 steps out of beta
Opera has sewed up a short beta run of Opera Mini 4.1 declaring the mobile phone browser build stable enough to institute as the latest product standard.
Google offers YouTube video software for Macs
The search giant releases Mac software to record Webcam video and upload it to YouTube.
Adobe moves to broaden Flash reach
Adobe announces the Open Screen Project, an industry partnership intended to broaden the appeal of Flash for mobile devices and other non-PC platforms.
Whaddyareckon?: Leet speak 
Strap in, n00bs: we're hopping a ROFLcopter and flying to the land of Leet in this week's Whaddyareckon?
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level — Google Ocean.
Using tags to improve the Flickr experience
The photo-sharing service's director of product management talks about the many ways tagging adds context to the understanding of what users are doing and seeing.
Videophlow tries to enliven YouTube
Photophlow was for sharing and chatting about Flickr photos. Now there's Videophlow, which presents a similarly elaborate interface for YouTube videos.
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If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.
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Long considered a cult favourite, Opera 9.5 for Windows and Mac has introduced some compelling improvements to security, speed and synchronisation — yes, syncing in a browser!— is there enough here to make you a convert?
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If you can access the Nokia Music Store then we think it's worth a look; but Nokia isn't making it easy.
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Adobe's Media Player is an excellent application that is beautifully designed and easy to use. Shame about the currently available content.
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Though there's a lot to like about Adobe's first stab at online photo editing and sharing, you probably want to wait until the company fixes a few problems with the beta — and defangs its terms of service — before uploading scads of photos to Adobe Photoshop Express.
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Windows Mobile 6.1 may not be available in Australia until August, but that doesn't mean we can't take a peek.
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