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    Sun Microsystems late last week announced plans to shed between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs.

  • Speed comes off Satyam rocket

    The Australian division of Indian IT outsourcer Satyam has slowed the rate at which it is hiring new staff and reported flat growth over the past three months.

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    Britney Spears has become the latest celebrity to open an account on the Twitter micro-blogging service, although it remains unlikely the pop icon is the one updating her profile.

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    It's no surprise that software companies are keen to fob off as much of their tech support as possible to automated systems -- support is a cost, not a profit centre, unless you charge an inordinate amount for it.

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    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

  • Will a US recession demolish global IT budgets in 2008?

    The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous.

  • Adobe CEO Chizen finds the right moment to leave

    With digital information exploding, Adobe's outgoing CEO sees room for innovation on the desktop and the Web.

  • Commonwealth Bank: Michael Harte, CIO

    ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).

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    Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

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    At Apple's official launch of the iPhone software development kit, Chuck Dietrich, Salesforce.com vice president of mobile, demos new business software on the device. The tools let sales representatives manage applications such as analytics and business intelligence tools on the go. The Apple event took place at company headquarters in California.

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    If you're wary of Google knowing everything about your business and your web site, then Google Analytics is not for you. But for most, it's a useful ally in a challenging business climate.

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  • Terapad Pro

    Hosted CMS and blog solutions litter the market, yet none offer Terapad's combination of simplicity and functionality.

  • Crystal Vision Server

    The new Crystal Vision product line combines technology from Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Business Objects' Live Office -- aimed at the mid-market segment in Australia.

  • CRM: Microsoft 3.0 vs. RightNow

    We pit veteran on-demand player RightNow Technologies versus Microsoft's latest CRM offering.

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