B211 Self-Test Week 9

Current Affairs Self-Test - Week 9

The following are excerpts from newpaper articles. Read the excerpts and answer the question below each excerpt.

Excerpts from various articles:
DEVELOPERS have claimed victory in a battle to convert ... to run on Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
The announcement... overnight means Xbox owners can use their console as a cheap PC capable of running office software, browsing the internet and playing...games.

...is counting IBM, Sun Microsystems and Commsecure among its backers. The conference offers three types of registration: professional, hobbyist and concession. Mr Bromberger said the number of professional registrations - for those being paid by their employers to attend - had been high for the last couple of years, but growing interest in the corporate and government sectors would probably see more than ever.

GOVERNMENT agency CIOs will soon be participating in a... briefing, organised amidst growing public sector interest in the open source platform.

WHILE interest... grows amongst organisations, Telstra and Optus are still refusing to support the open source operating system for users of their broadband services.

What operating system are all the above articles refering to?

Excerpt:

A SINGLE number for email addresses, phone number and websites is being considered in Australia...
Under the ENUM system being analysed by the Australian Communications Authority, one number could track down a person via a home or mobile phone number, or an email or website address.
"People would only need to remember one number to contact other people in a variety of devices," he said.

What is the major concern with this system?

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