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    Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.

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    Lenovo's new ThinkCentre A61e is primarily a business PC, but it also has crossover appeal as a home office system, given its small size -- which echoes that of the Mac Mini and other recent, small-scale desktops.

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    It happens a lot with PCs: You install a new game or software app only to discover that you need an updated video-or sound-card driver. RubyMicro's DriverMagic ostensibly makes the update process simple by hosting updated drivers from a variety of vendors.

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

  • Apple Time Capsule (1TB) Network Storage

    Apple's new Time Capsule incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. In its niche, the Time Capsule is the most advanced product on the market -- its price is also fair compared with a separate router and network-attached hard drive.

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