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  • What Aussie IT employees want

    Workers in the IT sector seek career direction and a challenging work environment above all other concerns, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by ZDNet Australia.

  • Steve Wozniak: $100 laptop deserves a Nobel Prize

    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed he's a big fan of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project but confessed that his own plans to switch entirely to the device have gone awry.

  • Satyam's Geelong plan to boost Aussie IT gene pool

    Outsourcer Satyam has announced a major investment in Geelong, Victoria's second city, where a full-scale campus will eventually provide training and global career opportunities for up to 2000 recent university graduates.

  • European skills snatch plan alarms US tech firms

    The European Union's new proposal to fast-track the immigration process for "highly skilled" workers is making some U.S. technology heavyweights nervous.

  • Tech firms lure workers with prizes

    As technology companies experiment with new strategies to recruit and retain workers, many are rewarding top workers with points, prizes and gadgets instead of the traditional tech carrots: cash bonuses and stock options.

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  • Create a cover letter that gets results

    You've got a terrific resume, but all that work could for nothing if the cover letter bombs. Find out what you should never do in a cover letter to ensure that you get that prized interview.

  • 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.

  • Sun floats open-source database idea

    Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.

  • Beware of the new breed of hackers

    Hackers are shifting their focus from committing acts of cybervandalism toward carrying out more targeted attacks. Can they be stopped?

  • How much do you know about managing people?

    You were promoted because of your technical brilliance and superior project management skills. But how much do you know about managing people? Take our short quiz and find out.

Reviews (3)

  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

  • Asus F8Va

    It may not be the sexiest notebook in town, but Asus' 14.1-inch laptop is Centrino 2 certified, and sports some excellent multimedia capabilities.

  • Apple eMac (PowerPC G4 1.25GHz; SuperDrive)

    The eMac delivers an attractive, adequately speedy, easy-to-use PC without the flat-panel iMac's relatively high price

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