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Nicholas Carr, author of the highly-debated book "Does IT Matter," yesterday wryly conceded that it was "probably fortunate that not everyone will listen to me" as, if they did, the tech sector would "fall on the curb".
Another ticketing controversy has hit the Sydney Olympics. Numerous Web sites are scalping up to 200 Olympics tickets at a time -- but the ill-gotten tickets may end up worthless. Are you willing to take the risk?
Organisers of the Sydney Olympic Games will not be able to invalidate legitimate games tickets resold on the Internet, according to the office of Olympics Minister Michael Knight.
While Richard Alston and Daryl Williams were often criticised for their inept handling of the IT portfolio, perhaps Helen Coonan, Australia's new communications minister, can be the one to break this cursed trend.
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