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    What does the recent election result mean to those of us in the IT industry, and Australian employees in general?

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    Microsoft has had its share of bad courtroom experiences, but lately the software giant has been taking some of its hardest knocks in city council and legislative chambers.

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    What does the recent election result mean to those of us in the IT industry, and Australian employees in general?

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Green light for e-passports

    The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.

  • Photos: The digital heroes of WW2

    As England's historic Bletchley Park raises funds to restore buildings used by code-breaking legends such as Alan Turing during World War II, ZDNet.com.au 's sister site CNET News.com is taking a look back at the cryptographic machines that kept vital specialists of the German, American, British, Polish, and Japanese military forces awake at night.

  • One city's move to open source

    In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.

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