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    Western Australian internet service provider iiNet took an extra 47,500 broadband customers over the past year, and also added over 67,000 naked DSL subscribers.

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    Over $200 million in technology spending was laid out for Queensland Health in the state's budget released today.

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    Telecom New Zealand said today that it will be moving 250 call centre positions to Manila over the next 18 months.

  • Satyam implodes in accounting disaster

    Satyam Computer Services announced overnight its founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, had resigned, following an admission that he inflated its financial performance.

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    CNBC reported this week that Google has instigated an unofficial hiring freeze, but the search giant denied the claim.

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    Telco revenues: my facts, your opinions

    I don't think I'm stepping out of line when I say that every good analysis combines facts and opinion.

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    Labor or Liberal, it's Telstra's election

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    Your users probably understand the importance of safeguarding the data on their computers. But they don't always realise that some of that data is contained in Outlook. Here are a few suggestions you can share with them to help them protect that Outlook data.

  • Sun's chiefs on the hot seat

    Scott McNealy sees glory days ahead for new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Are they cut from the same cloth?

  • Six office suites reviewed

    Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

  • Microsoft: The Lord of the Spin

    Should Microsoft spend more time improving its products and engaging customers rather than slagging off Linux with illogical statements?

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    Lotus founder Mitch Kapor's success with two open-source software foundations could make Microsoft miserable.

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  • Apple iMac 24-inch (2009)

    Apple made a number of changes to the 24-inch iMac, but making it available at this price is the most impressive. The rest of the updates are welcome, and Apple's multitasking capability remains unmatched.

  • IBM Lotus Symphony 1.2

    While the interface of IBM's free office suite is sexy, its hunger for system resources and lack of features mean that OpenOffice.org 3 is still the best free office suite. Also, watch out for Symphony's lack of OOXML support.

  • WordPerfect Office X4

    Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.

  • AVG Internet Security 8.0

    AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives.

  • Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4GHz)

    Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro gets a solid under-the-hood upgrade for better performance and longer battery life, allowing the MacBook Pro to put enough distance between itself and the lower-end MacBook to justify its higher price.

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