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• Gates and the code-jockey elite

  Five years ago this week, Bill Gates passed the CEO baton to Steve Ballmer.

• IE flaw may boost rival browsers

  A major security hole discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer last week has become a golden marketing opportunity for alternative browsers such as Mozilla and Opera unaffected by the flaw.

• Agriculture epidemics may hold clues to Net viruses

  In studying the effects of the MSBlast worm, some security experts turned to an unlikely source in search of clues to the prevention of computer epidemics: plants.

• The leadership, management link

  While one noted author says there's a clear difference between leadership and management, there's also a connection. As columnist Bob Weinstein explains, to be a good leader you have to be a crackerjack manager.

• Anti-Linux response: The FUD-slinging continues

  Con Zymaris, CEO of Australian IT services company CyberSource, attempts to set the record straight over recent industry comments that his company is muddying the waters when it comes to determining the true cost of corporate open source deployment.

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  Weighing the odds for the new Sol

  Telstra changed so much internally under Sol Trujillo's watch that it seems likely the company's next CEO will be drawn from a small pool of executives who are already well practised in the Way of Sol.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• Photos: 10 tech flops -- with cool names

  Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.

• Telstra: What lies ahead

  Telstra is determined to create new sources of revenue by investing in new IP infrastructure and building managed offerings around the integration of infrastructure and services. This means turning the company into a new kind of business -- with major implications for the whole economy.

• PC or people -- who's the boss?

  Newly hired Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton sees big changes coming in how you and your computer interact.

• The failure of IT training

  Businesses want a broader range of skills from their IT staff including better communication, but does less often mean more?

• The leadership, management link

  While one noted author says there's a clear difference between leadership and management, there's also a connection. As columnist Bob Weinstein explains, to be a good leader you have to be a crackerjack manager.

Reviews (1)

• Where's the multi-multi-multi format reader?

  Multi-card readers are all well and good, but what happens when you dig up really ancient storage formats?

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