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  • eBay Australia hits tenth birthday

    Since 1999 it has attracted bargain hunters, desperate shopaholics and the just plain lazy. Today eBay Australia marks its 10th anniversary down under, having sold more than 173 million items at a rate of one item every 1.8 seconds.

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    A pricing mix-up on Dell's Web site forced the PC maker to cancel some orders just before Christmas.

  • Make money by the click

    So you have valuable content on your Web site, but you aren't sure how best to turn a profit? You might consider charging your customers a small fee, called a micropayment, each time they visit.

  • Saving your site with analysis

    Do you know how many people visit your site and what they do while they are there? If you don't know, you are sabotaging your success.

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  • Fight back against spyware

    Spyware is a growing annoyance for users and organisations. With these techniques, you can help get spyware under control.

  • What you can do to get rid of 'spyware'

    Lots of downloadable apps now come with unwanted add-ons: "spyware" programs that observe your online moves, then deliver targeted pop-up ads. I hate this stuff. Here's what I do about it.

  • 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?

  • Countering retention and morale issues

    From doling out t-shirts to organising development and career planning programs, companies strive to keep their employees motivated. Here are some tips for keeping staff happy.

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    If you're already running thin clients but your servers are bursting at the seams, take a look at these four server optimisation tools that can improve your user experience.

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  • Tech Guide: Form-filling software

    If you're tired of filling in online forms with the same old information time and time again, here are three apps that'll remember all your details and fill in the forms for you.

  • .Net demystified: What you must know about MS's software scheme

    Suppose, for a moment, that everything could talk to everything else. Your calendar could get information from and supply data to your documents, or your cell phone, or someone else's calendar and cell phone. Your computer's desktop could tell you that your dry cleaning is ready or your bank account is overdrawn.

  • Archos Gmini 120

    This MP3 player is heavy on features, but it's also just plain heavy.

  • Dell's 3Ghz monster

    What do you get when you put every high-performance component you can find into a sleek, charcoal case and top it off with an 18-inch digital monitor? Dell's Dimension 8250.

  • The PC-to-Mobile connection

    The mobile phone may not yet be your all-in-one communications device, but some very innovative Web sites are making the PC-to-mobile connection a very attractive way to stay in touch.

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