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    Darwin-based IT services group CSG today revealed it had bucked the global financial crisis and rapidly expanded its business in a period that saw some of its rivals suffer headwinds.

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    Beverage specialist Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) today said it was planning to implement key new supply chain technology systems in its Australian business by the end of this year.

  • Western Power flags smart meter roll-out

    Western Power is looking to install 10,500 smart meters as part of a four-year smart grid trial.

  • Woolies splurges on $50m datacentre

    Retail giant Woolworths has contracted Watpac Construction to build a $50 million new datacentre facility in Sydney's Eastern Creek district.

  • HP settles with CSIRO

    Hewlett Packard has settled with Australian peak research body Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) over its US wireless patent.

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  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    IE zero day: Money v tubes? Choose one

    In light of the unpatched IE zero day, AusCERT has cautiously advised organisations to "consider" using an alternative browser; or even kill browsing altogether. For organisations with locked down computers, is it time to support two browsers?

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Reporter's notebook: Vista midnight launch

    Time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the nonsensical that comprised the late-night launches along the eastern seaboard of Australia.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Is the hack more important than the hacked?

    It's not very often that a company gets hacked and then agrees to talk about the incident, so when the finance director of a Sydney-based firm asked if I would be interested in writing a story about a security breach that cost him AU$9,000, I grabbed the opportunity.

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  • Aussie ICT should de-couple from the US

    Australia needs to do more to de-couple itself from an over-reliance on the boom or bust impacts that the US ICT Industry brings to Australia's own ICT industry.

  • Shanzhai fake mobile shopping trip

    Join us on a tour through a Chinese "Shanzhai" market, where you can get an iPhone in any colour or shape and with features Apple doesn't offer. But are these mobiles legitimate?

  • Vodafone's Paul Donovan is the man

    commentary: It is not a foregone conclusion that the successor to outgoing Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo will be internally sourced.

  • Real-life internet scammers dissected

    Listen to audio recordings of conversations with real-life internet scammers in this guide to their history and recent activities.

  • Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong?

    Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.

Reviews (14)

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    You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.

  • i-mate Ultimate 9502

    The i-mate Ultimate 9502 is the larger sibling of the i-mate 8502, and shares the honour of being Australia's first HSUPA phone. While we believe this phone is in the same league as a BlackBerry or the iPhone, be wary of Telstra's promised internet speeds.

  • Nokia E90 Communicator

    Nokia's E90 smartphone is the latest in the Communicator series, featuring HSDPA support, inbuilt GPS and Wi-Fi.

  • HP iPAQ hw6965

    A feature-packed smartphone that's well-suited to business users, but it lacks the style and design-prowess of the BlackBerry.

  • iBurst Wireless Card

    iBurst is a superb wireless broadband solution that's highly useful for the mobile business user, but users who don't require portability will likely find its price to be a deal breaker.

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