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• Yahoo to upgrade email

  Yahoo Inc is giving its popular email service a long-promised facelift in an attempt to make it more appealing to people who are increasingly using Facebook, Twitter, Google and other online alternatives to communicate.

• VHA kicks off Vodafone, 3 Mobile network upgrade

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has kicked off its $1 billion plan to replace and upgrade 8000 of its network sites over the next 18 months, with residents along the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Hunter region in NSW first to witness improvements in reception.

• Windows Mobile apps won't work on new phones

  While Microsoft still isn't commenting on whether current Windows Mobile phones will be upgradeable to its new Windows Phone 7 software, it has finally officially revealed that existing applications won't work on the new platform.

• Microsoft makes case for upgrade to Exchange 2010

  Microsoft is emphasizing the potentially money-saving features of Exchange 2010, the latest revamp of its e-mail application officially released Monday at its TechEd European customer conference in Berlin.

• Microsoft rallies businesses to start Win 7 migrations now

  In a last promotional run-up to the Windows 7 release next month, Microsoft is urging business customers to start their upgrades now with examples of customers already using the software, and another acknowledgement that the company learned lessons from how it handled Vista's release three years ago.

• Linux kernel 2.6.31 released, driver code climbs

  The Linux kernel project has release version 2.6.31, bringing a multitude of changes to memory management, performance, file systems and device drivers, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.

• Skype bungles software upgrade for the iPhone

  Take a deep breath: Skype isn't working so great on the iPhone right now. But a fix should be available by Wednesday evening in Apple's App Store.

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  Reports: $US29 Snow Leopard upgrade works on Tiger, too

  Although Mac owners running the older Tiger operating system can use the cheapest upgrade to install the brand-new Snow Leopard, doing so is a violation of Apple Inc.'s license agreement, according to reports today on the Web.

• Microsoft starts serving IE8 upgrade to enterprises

  As promised more than a month ago, Microsoft began pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to enterprises yesterday via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

• Windows 7 RC downloads end Thursday

  Those wanting to try out Microsoft's next OS before its official release need to act fast: The download period for the Windows 7 Release Candidate ends Thursday.

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  KDE 4.3 released for a 'greatly' improved experience

  After six months of development the KDE project has released the most anticipated upgrade of the KDE 4 series, KDE 4.3, which promises to greatly improve the overall user experience of the open source desktop environment.

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  Microsoft details how to upgrade between Windows 7 SKUs

  Microsoft on Friday let users who want to upgrade from one version of Windows 7 to another know how they can do so.

• Some cheap PCs aren't eligible for free Win 7 upgrade

  Many potential buyers of laptops priced under US$300 in the U.S. had an unpleasant surprise over the weekend: The machines would not be eligible for a free upgrade to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system.

• Windows 7: not done yet, but close

  Microsoft gave an update on Windows 7 this week, outlining a timeline for the release of the upcoming operating system to manufacturers. The company noted that you shouldn't "believe everything you read on the Internet" and proceeded to set the record straight.

• Free Windows 7 upgrade limit 'silly,' says analyst

  Microsoft's limit on the number of computers eligible for free Windows 7 upgrades is "artificial" and "silly," an analyst said today, and may create just the situation the company hoped to avoid: stalled PC sales.