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News (50)

• Uni of Melb cloud to water farms

  Far from the world of datacentres and silicon, an agriculture project at the University of Melbourne is an unlikely place to find the forefront of cloud computing and web applications.

• Social networking 'addiction' aids phishing

  Security experts warn of a new wave of crime with the drastic rise in personalised phishing campaigns, with social networking at the heart of the problem.

• Major tech glitches cripple Big Brother site

  Network Ten has closed off sections of the Big Brother Web site that reportedly expose personal information of registered users.

• Aussie War Memorial faces digital content growth

  The Australian War Memorial's (AWM) need to manage and provide access to increasing amounts of digital content has led to a project to implement a new electronic content management (ECM) system.

• Tax executives take to wireless

  The Australian Taxation Office could expand a pilot project involving access to corporate information through wireless means.

Blogs (3)

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  Groundhog Day, CA and Lex Luthor

  Back in mid-February of this year, I almost attended a conference held in Sydney by technology vendor CA.

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  Suncorp's telephone troubles

  The multi-billion dollar merger of local insurers Suncorp and Promina has raised some interest (to put it mildly) within the Australian community, as such things are wont to do.

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  ActiveSync: Still rubbish after all these years

  My rant earlier this year about the uselessness of Microsoft's ActiveSync synchronisation manager appeared to strike a chord with readers, and unfortunately that's a gong that Microsoft appears determined to keep banging.

Features and Case Studies (15)

• Tweaking Twitter for the enterprise

  The key for organisations wanting to learn how to best utilise Twitter lies in understanding the subtle differences between it and other social networking tools.

• British Airways CIO: the interview

  British Airways chief information officer Paul Coby can justifiably claim more than most of his peers to have had a tough time coping with the economic slowdown and cuts in IT budgets.

• Yili Group, China: Wang Xiaogang, GM of IT

  As the official sponsor of dairy products for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Yili Industrial Group in Inner Mongolia is one of the leading enterprises in China. In this Vision Series interview, IT headhoncho Wang Xiaogang talks about technology challenges in a traditional environment and his vision for innovation.

• Tax executives take to wireless

  The Australian Taxation Office could expand a pilot project involving access to corporate information through wireless means.

• Seven mail servers tested

  Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

Reviews (24)

• Microsoft Word 2007

  If you're ready to let go of old habits from previous versions of Word and want to make sleeker-looking documents, Microsoft Word 2007 is worth the upgrade. However, less-expensive alternatives handle its core features without the clutter.

• Samsung i320N

  The BlackBerry popularised the concept of push e-mail, but Samsung's i320N is one of several promising "BlackBerry killers" jostling for a share of the lucrative business arena as well as self-employed mobile professionals and power users.

• Bound to Outlook? Thinc again!

  Australian-based company Thinc Technology has launched a suite of office applications aimed at challenging Microsoft Outlook's dominance of the small- to medium-sized business market.

• Nokia 5140i

  Those looking for a rugged phone that can take the bumps will do well to flock to the Nokia 5140i.

• Chameleon devices

  Converging technology has turned fridges into televisions, and phones into cameras, but just how far will convergence take us?

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