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Fear has hit Australian IT professionals, with a growing number concerned about hanging onto their jobs.
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Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.
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Security and trustworthy computing are as much about skills and training as technology, says a senior Microsoft executive.
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Fear has hit Australian IT professionals, with a growing number concerned about hanging onto their jobs.
NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.
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Michelle Thatcher takes a look at the Apple MacBook Air, which Steve Jobs claimed was "the world's thinnest notebook" at Macworld 2008.
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