Mincom has confirmed that it let 100 employees go in February as it underwent a restructure to shunt it into a new strategy and manage its costs.
Australia won't escape the Lenovo job cuts announced today, according to a spokesperson for the computer manufacturer.
Hewlett-Packard will cut the pay of its employees globally, according to an email sent to staff by chief executive Mark Hurd this morning.
British telco BT this week revealed plans to let go of 10,000 workers by the end of March 2009.
Yahoo yesterday in the US reported a 64 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter, issued cautions about a weakening advertising market, and confirmed that layoffs were indeed on the way.
The new and improved Mac hack competition, which was set up by an Apple systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin in response to a ZDNet Australia story shut down early because the university's CIO was concerned about "security and network access".
What's next for AAPT? Australia's number three telco refused to join Twisted Wire this week, so we decided to cover them anyway, guerrilla-style.
Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?
There's an argument against the usage of USB sticks which has been discussed many times in this column: they're a potentially massive security risk. But there's another case you could make against having your business life stored in 4GB or so of flash memory it's a total support nightmare.
If Australia is going to take information security seriously, we need more people like the ATO's CIO, Bill Gibson.
I am sure you have all heard of workplace horror stories involving the yelling boss who throws things or the team member who refuses to emerge from their office, or disappears for days on end.
The average traveller may think of air travel in terms of security checks and airport lounges, but Melbourne Airport IT manager Mark Funston has a completely different perspective.
The proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia is an absolute travesty for Australia's telecommunications industry and will be overwhelmingly negative for customers, Pipe Networks staff, shareholders and the industry as a whole.
This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.
Twitter is not the great evil for journalists and media. In fact, it is helping to renew the media and bring that great lady called "journalism" back to her rightful throne.
Blade servers were once the saviours of the datacentre. Expandability was king. But do blade servers still make sense today? We find out if they're still worth it.
The W700ds will make a huge dent in both your wallet and your lap, but for power users, it's tough to beat.
Apple's smaller-scale iMac remains our favourite all-in-one. And while its looks, its ease of use, and its performance are all selling points, Windows PCs are starting to catch up (at least with the latter).
The Fujitsu S6510 is a light business laptop with HSDPA built in -- meaning it's perfect for those who are always on the move.
Apple's soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a "closed device" and does not support Microsoft Office, a senior executive with the software giant said this week.
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