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  • Australian IT pros unhappy at work

    More than 80 percent of respondents in a recent survey are unhappy at work. But IT industry pundits say that has as much to do with the current economic environment as it does with individual workplaces.

  • Tech companies face bias issues

    The stereotype of high-tech companies is that they're filled with young, white male employees. In fact, that's been largely true - and even if no blatant discrimination exists against women or minorities in a company, high-tech businesses often have difficulty avoiding the appearance of discrimination.

  • Seek.com.au targeted by e-mail harvesting tool

    Security researchers have discovered an e-mail harvesting tool that was pre-configured to target Seek.com.au's candidate database but a Seek executive claims its database is immune to such an attack.

  • Will Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo backfire?

    Microsoft's US$44.6bn bid to buy Yahoo could backfire if not executed properly, according to analysts -- but the phenomenal price may be worth paying to fend off the challenge from Google.

  • Google millionaires: From Mountain View to the wine bar

    Sometimes, it's not easy to leave the Googleplex. Even for the many millionaires among the search giant's pre-IPO employees, there's great appeal to a workplace that prizes creativity and rewards its employees -- of course, there's also the cachet of working at one of the hottest tech companies in the world, a virtual Shangri-La for the geek set.

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  • Australian IT pros unhappy at work

    More than 80 percent of respondents in a recent survey are unhappy at work. But IT industry pundits say that has as much to do with the current economic environment as it does with individual workplaces.

  • Windows Live hits the toddler stage

    In an interview, Windows Live exec Chris Jones talks about what the 2-year-old is up to and comments on another youngster -- Apple's iPhone.

  • Search ends for Australia's best IT employer

    Find out which company bagged the grand prize. Meanwhile, Techex and Westnet tied for the first runner-up position while storage vendor EMC Australia bagged the third runner-up spot.

  • Can Yahoo do content?

    The Web portal's plan to become a major Internet content player is treading water, despite its Hollywood credentials.

  • What's new in the contact centre?

    What new (and not-so-new) technologies are finding their way into contact centres, and how are they making things better?

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  • Manufacturers try out tiny tablets

    The shape is shifting for tablet PCs as hardware makers including Intel, HP and Toshiba test computer buyers' tolerance for offbeat designs.

  • Microsoft sees what's in tech's future

    Microsoft has identified a handful of technology trends likely to reshape PCs and is working to define its new role. Plus, it's getting ready for the demise of the PC.

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