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  • Amazon's Kindle comes to Oz

    Amazon's hyped e-reader Kindle is coming to Australia, with plans for the device to begin shipping on 19 October.

  • Harris Farm replaces 25-year-old system

    Harris Farm's 25-year-old in-store integrated retailing system was "creaking at the joints", it said this week, prompting the grocery chain to modernise, moving to a newer Microsoft platform to manage its whole supply chain.

  • $4m warehouse upgrade for Costa

    Fresh produce logistics outfit, Costa Logistics, has committed to a $4 million upgrade of its warehouse management systems.

  • Rees opens govt data to developers

    NSW Premier Nathan Rees has announced a data feed for RailCorp information, putting an end to the saga that had led to a developer being threatened with legal action for his use of train times in an iPhone application.

  • 64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel

    Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications.

  • IAG picks RightNow for The Buzz

    Insurance giant IAG has contracted software vendor RightNow Technologies to provide a hosted customer relationship management solution for its new online-only insurance division The Buzz.

  • IBM to pay US$1.2 billion for SPSS

    IBM will pay US$1.2 billion in cash for SPSS, a company with technology that will bolster Big Blue's business analytics line-up.

  • Netspace's green box: Caption contest

    Netspace regulatory and carrier affairs manager Matthew Phillips has a lovely big green box. But what's inside? Tell us to win a double DVD box set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.

  • NSW Ageing Dept tinkers with Siebel

    NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) has given itself the mission to make its core Siebel system more user-friendly for its staff.

  • 7-Eleven rolls out ANZ bank EFT system

    The Australian 7-Eleven convenience chain is looking to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for a new electronic funds transfer (EFT) system for its 386 stores, replacing its previous in-house system.

  • UXC, Bilfinger score smart meter deal

    Powercor and CitiPower have announced UXC and Bilfinger Berger Services as field installation partners for their $400 million smart meter roll-out to over a million homes.

  • DIAC to unleash release this weekend

    The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is going ahead with release nine of its mammoth Systems for People project this weekend, an effort which had its content rejigged because of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's detention policy.

  • NSW Govt to review IT spending

    NSW has committed to a review of its ICT funding and expenditure across all government agencies, as part of a series to keep expenditure growth at 4 per cent per annum.

  • Conroy's big red button: Caption contest

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.

  • Win MSDN subscription and REMIX tickets

    We've got a full MSDN subscription and four tickets to Microsoft's REMIX conference in Sydney next week to giveaway. Enter here!

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