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    After years of discussions and months of government wrangling, it's finally time for Telstra to close down CDMA for good. So how will the telco go about switching off an entire network?

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    Three Australian universities have announced substantial, multi-million dollar network upgrades in as many days, as the higher education sector moves to come up to speed with campus users.

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    In the Australian market, banks are the archetypal large IT customer: they've got lots of technology of differing vintages, have to spend a fortune on services to stitch it all together, and are also obliged to meet a super-strict regulatory regime which would make most lesser enterprises quake in their virtualised boots.

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    There are days when you're not sure whether to burst out laughing, or start tearing your hair out. How do CIOs and IT managers deal with users who just don't seem to get it?

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    Heavy users of technology now employ nearly two dozen passwords to gain access to various IT systems and Web sites--but are compromising security by writing them down.

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    Users yelling and complaining about a tech problem is a bugbear for most IT professionals. But with internal customer service more important, how do staff really see the IT department?

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    Lack of knowledge, inflated prices and smelly tech support are among the complaints of SMEs in a new survey.

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    IBM is expected to announce technology that shortens the time it takes to find information is being extended to its desktop hard drives.

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    Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

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