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News stories from around the world in the field of Information Technology.

Internet Explorer 7

Microsoft has disclosed some details of the planned release of Internet Explorer 7, the new version of the world's most widely used browser. This new browser will be available before its new flagship operating system, code name Longhorn, will be released into global markets.

Apart from substantially better protection against spyware and phishing, IE 7 has one significant disadvantage: it will not be available for Windows 2000, only for various versions of XP.

Netscape 8

Netscape has just released the newest version of its once popular browser. Netscape 8 is available in a beta version and can be downloaded here.

Please note that this is not yet a stable release, but a beta version. It might crash occasionally, but you might want to give it a try. Our recommendation for a reliable and safe browser is Firefox, probably the best browser in the market right now, apart from Opera.

Munich goes Linux

The city of Munich decided to go ahead with Linux as platform for their entire administration in spite of licencing worries. Read more on ZDNet.

Image Manipulation

otherwise known as "Photoshop": an excellent, but rather expensive piece of software. There is a free alternative available, which is not quite as powerful as Photoshop, but can do most jobs that are commonly required: Gimp.

Looking for a way to reduce licencing cost for word processing, spreadsheets? Try OpenOffice, the shareware version of StarOffice.