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  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • Microsoft in 'trouble' as Bill Gates leaves

    A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June.

  • Powerhouse adds photos to Flickr Commons

    A Flickr project to house publicly held images is getting hundreds of photos from Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.

  • Wanted: Someone to save Australia's IT heritage

    The archives of the Australian Computer Museum Society, which has been collecting the IT industry's dinosaurs since the 1960s, is at risk of going to the dump, as the Society is being pushed out of its home for the second time.

  • Australia beats Germany in tech efficiency test

    Australia has been ranked seventh in the world in a new report rating countries on how effectively they use technology, ahead of EU powerhouses such as Germany and France.

  • Solving Yahoo's identity crisis

    The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past.

  • Movers and shakers 2007: Who left and why

    2007 saw more key executives leaving their posts than those joining companies. We take a look at who left their hot seats last year and why.

  • Top 10 reviews of 2007

    Music players and laptops took pride of place this year, and the smaller the better -- check out our top 10 most read reviews for this year.

  • HD Photo to become JPEG XR

    A new attempt to provide a higher-end sequel to the ubiquitous JPEG image standard is officially under way.

  • BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

    Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low.

  • Facebook valued at $10bn as Microsoft opens wallet

    Microsoft is in talks to acquire five percent of social-networking site Facebook, according to the Wall Street Journal.

  • Microsoft's JPEG rival to become a standard?

    Microsoft's HD Photo format could soon become a standard, boosting sales of its Windows Vista operating system which includes built-in support for the JPEG alternative.

  • Semel out, Yang in at Yahoo

    Struggling search company Yahoo has a new chief executive, with Terry Semel stepping down after six years on the job, while Jerry Yang is stepping up to lead the company he co-founded in 1994.

  • Palm's Foleo gets cool reception

    Palm's bid to reinvent mobile computing looks an awful lot like the current state of mobile computing, but with less horsepower.

  • iiNet back on track?

    iiNet is showing some promising signs of recovery, but its imminent future is fraught with challenges.

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