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• IBM offers wireless IM

  IBM plans to offer for the first time instant messaging for wireless devices.

• PCs keep tabs on IM chatter

  Priya Giri knew that privacy was never a guarantee when emailing people from work--but she never knew that some instant messaging services also have ways to record seemingly casual conversations.

• IM archives raise security concerns

  With the addition of archiving features, instant messaging becomes another example of the Net's potential for taking private conversations public. Do you think someone's listening?

• Drinking at the virtual water cooler

  IM offers co-workers more efficient ways to work--and gossip.

• When do we declare Google a monopoly?

  I did a double take recently after listening to Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell acknowledge that his company was ready to lose even more money in online services in the near term, if that's what it takes to catch Google.

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• Where else but Queensland?

  Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

• Qld's ICT industry needs a great campaign

  Rather than attempt to focus on the industry issues we should turn our attention to reminding everyday voters why they need our industry. Let's make the message of the ICT industry's first great campaign simple: no ICT industry, no business.

• Queenslanders debate cloud computing

  Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.

• Need help with lost passwords?

  The bane of an IT professional's life is when administrator passwords are lost, stolen, or simply forgotten. But help is here -- we show you the tools required to recover them.

• The essence of a Geek

  A general rise in technical literacy driven by gadgets such as the iPod could be evidence that 'geekery' as a personality trait is becoming more pervasive.

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  2009 in review

  What were the top five stories that shaped 2009? From the launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 OS, to the departure and return of Steve Jobs to Apple, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz share their views on the tech news that mattered most.

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