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    The NBN Company's funds, according to its first financial report filed several weeks ago with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, are being held with Westpac Banking Corporation.

  • Stolen phone wasn't Trujillo's

    Telstra Sol Trujillo was not given the phone with Microsoft prototype software that recently went missing, according to Telstra.

  • AMD job cuts to hit Australia

    Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) Australian arm has confirmed that the chipmaker's plans to cut its workforce by 9 per cent globally will include Australian workers.

  • AMD splits off manufacturing arm

    AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.

  • AMD's Ruiz steps down as CEO

    AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz late last week said he would step down from the helm of the troubled chip company, with internal staffer Dirk Meyer to take over.

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  • Can CEO-in-waiting give AMD a jumpstart?

    Company president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer is being groomed to succeed Hector Ruiz, but first he must prove that last year's engineering mistakes were an aberration.

  • Is mobile Linux ready for the enterprise?

    Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

  • Linux faster, more reliable than Microsoft IIS

    In a test of over a thousand Web sites in Europe, Linux-based servers were found to be faster and more reliable than sites based on Microsoft's IIS Web server software.

  • Mobile next battleground for Linux

    The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.

  • End of the line for HP's Alpha

    Hewlett-Packard has released its final Alpha processor, the beginning of the end for a chip dynasty that never was.

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