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Microsoft format spurs complaints

Under a judge's orders to disclose sensitive details about some of its software, Microsoft Corp. wants to publish the information in a protected electronic format that is awkward to use and only can be viewed using Microsoft's own Web browser software, the government complained in court papers Friday. The Justice Department and 17 states that negotiated a landmark antitrust deal with Microsoft said the company's current plan "significantly limits the practical usability" of the information Microsoft was compelled to reveal to its competitors.

Experts forecast that by 2005 revenues from the commercialization of mobile robots will reach $5.4 billion.

Mr Leavy is creative director of a project called Digital Songlines being run from the Co-operative Research Centre for Interaction Design at Queensland University of Technology. He and his team have used the technology of video games to create software that will enable them to build virtual heritage sites of cultural significance to indigenous Australians.