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    Corporate technology supplier Insight Enterprises has won a multi-million contract to sell Microsoft software to the whole of the Victorian Government.

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  • The contractor conundrum

    I wasn't surprised when I heard about the uproar up in Queensland over a proposed government model for hiring contractors. Sure, it seemed to take the industry by storm and they're peeved, but there's definitely an underlying issue here that something needs to be done about an issue which has made itself into a monster on the sly.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy faces a showdown at the FTTN corral

    Say what you will about Senator Stephen Conroy, but he is clearly not a man afraid of confrontation. Well, he'd better not be, because by killing off the OPEL WiMax project he has just set himself up for a battle with Telstra of Biblical proportions or a big meal of crow washed down with a $4.7 billion gift to SingTel Optus.

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    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

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    Corporate collapses and highly publicised financial mismanagement has been making headlines in 2002. But do issues about corporate governance affect the way Australian CIOs and IT managers make decisions?

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    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • Telstra 2.0 won't solve the problem

    Former Communications Minister Richard Alston writes that it is critically important to reinvigorate the competitive process in Australia's telecommunications industry with the National Broadband Network and not simply replace one behemoth with another.

  • Exiting Microsoft deals risky

    Several factors have combined recently to make a number of Australian organisations reconsider their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements.

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    Our great Communications Minister's limited focus on scary dangers like Facebook leaves many real net nasties unaddressed in Safer Internet Day activities.

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    The campaign behind Centrino, a group of chips designed specifically for wireless computing, is "second only to the introduction of the Pentium" in terms of importance for Intel, said company chairman Andy Grove.

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    Feeling entrenched in your choice of browser? Break free! We compare 11 different browsers so you can find the right one for you and your company.

  • Nvidia accused of fudging tests

    A software maker that specializes in tools for measuring performance of PC components has accused graphics chip giant Nvidia of manipulating test results for its latest graphics chip.

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