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    After months in the doldrums, internet IT job ads took an upward turn in May, growing by 1.6 per cent, a whisker ahead of the overall internet job ads.

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    IT jobs lead the February fall of online job advertisements according to the latest Olivier Job Index, released over the weekend.

  • JobWatch: IT jobs buck Christmas trend

    Demand for IT skills continued to grow throughout November, bucking a general softening in employment growth as interest rates, and uncertainty surrounding the change of government begins to bite.

  • JobWatch: Election, what election?

    Demand for permanent IT staff continues to grow, bucking the expected dip in demand for new staff in the run up to the federal election.

  • Demand for IT staff to rise in 2005

    The industry is demanding skills in project management, IT sales, security, .NET development, business process analysis and CRM/ERP, according to a three-month forecast by recruitment agency Hays IT.

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    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".

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    Employees feel pressured to be available to bosses at all hours of the day, a study suggests.

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    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

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    Information technology and telecommunications jobs advertised on the Internet fared better than other sectors over December, falling only slightly compared to November.

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  • McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008

    McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's protection keeps up with the changing threats on the Internet, but the product doesn't excel, burdened by a user experience that's basically unchanged from last year.

  • Human Transporter sales move slowly

    'Slow' best describes the speed and sales of the much-touted Segway two-wheeler.

  • Duelling databases: Four apps tested

    Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.

  • Going long on Longhorn

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  • Performance problems?

    We examine tools that can drill down through your applications to pinpoint exactly where loading causes trouble.

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