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• Microsoft agrees to Passport changes

  Microsoft has reached an agreement with the European Union to implement a package of changes in its .Net Passport online authentication service, to prevent the service from running afoul of EU data protection laws.

• Telecom NZ faces engineer protests

  Telecom New Zealand faced union protests in Auckland today in relation to its re-shuffle of engineering contractors.

• ATO looks to cut 120 IT jobs

  The Community and Public Sector Union said today that it has received a letter from the Australian Taxation Office which said the Office intended to cut its IT staff by 120.

• Union to meet 'good faith' Telstra

  The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) will tomorrow meet with Telstra for the first time under the leadership of the telco's new chief executive David Thodey.

• IT staff go in Bankwest chop

  Commonwealth Bank of Australia subsidiary Bankwest today confirmed it would cut at least "a handful" of IT staff as part of a wider cull that has also seen the bank refrain from hiring an additional 50 IT contractors over the past few months.

Blogs (3)

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  NBN needs workers on board

  Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.

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  Weighing the odds for the new Sol

  Telstra changed so much internally under Sol Trujillo's watch that it seems likely the company's next CEO will be drawn from a small pool of executives who are already well practised in the Way of Sol.

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  Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit

  The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.

Features and Case Studies (48)

• Office 2010 Technical Preview: A first look

  As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

• Telco 2008: A year in review

  2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.

• Where did Microsoft's DRM vision go?

  Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

• Changing security in a changing world

  For decades, the US government has had systems in place for dealing with military secrets. Security expert Bruce Schneier recounts how rules on secrecy were amended to meet a changing threat.

• How wikis are changing our view of the world

  Many now turn to the collaborative, democratic wiki form for fast news and history from different perspectives. But there are issues with accuracy and an author's agenda can be questionable. We look at the benefits and downsides of wikis.

Reviews (13)

• Japan gets to work on 4G comms

  Japan is the home of hi-tech, but unfortunately most if it is incompatible with international standards. But things are changing, starting with 4G mobile phones.

• SharePoint shacks up with Office

  Microsoft says it will fold its SharePoint business portal software into its Office System product line.

• The holy hype around 3G

  Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.

• Microsoft boosts enterprise licenses

  Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will move many of its most popular enterprise packages--including Office--to a new subscription system that could raise the price 33 to 107 percent.

• People are the problem: 3 HR management packages tested

  Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.

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