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  • The Don hits top average online

    Following Australian cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman's memorial service on Sunday, Yahoo Australia & NZ auction site SOLD.com.au is hosting a charity auction of the cricketer's memoribilia, with some bids already hitting a six since first innings yesterday.

  • Yahoo auctions crushed by eBay

    Yahoo will close its failed online auction business, SOLD.com.au, on August 20th, in a move that will leave dominant player eBay in a monopolistic position.

  • Sold...sold to Yahoo!

    Yahoo Australia and New Zealand has confirmed the takeover of Fairfax-owned auction portal, Sold.com.au, ending widespread industry speculation.

  • Microsoft Money goes online

    Microsoft, via a newsgroup posting from one of its enthusiasts, has announced it would no longer update its Money product each year and, more importantly, it will stop selling the product at retail stores.

  • PayPal to reimburse Aussie eBayers

    The Australian division of eBay subsidiary PayPal has confirmed it will reimburse customers left out of pocket by the collapse of local eBay seller EBS International.

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  • How Seven blew the internet Olympics

    If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

  • Read the blog post - Jude Willis

    Why eBay tried to screw Aussie users

    Now that the bizarre ruckus over eBay's proposed PayPal monopoly appears totalled, it seems a good time to ponder why eBay chose Australia to risk its reputation on such a massively unpopular scheme.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The more things change...

    With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV for the blind (the ones leading the blind)

    Might I suggest that the government, which so far has handled the issue with kid gloves, take a chance for once and reach over and just pull the digital TV plug?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Seven: The new Telstra?

    A good merger always gets the pulse racing -- and Seven's takeover of Unwired could be shaping up to be one of the most interesting for a while.

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  • What's the future of online security?

    The managing director of VeriSign Australia, Gregg Rowley, and the CEO of SecureNet Asia-Pacific, Paul O'Rourke, go head-to-head to provide the answers.

  • Web services standards facing a split?

    IBM, Microsoft and BEA Systems plan to submit a high-profile Web services proposal to the Oasis standards body, despite an ongoing effort by the W3C to sort through similar proposals.

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

  • The right and wrong predictions of 2007

    In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.

  • Who's afraid of the $200 Linux PC?

    Cheap PCs with a Linux operating system seem to have hit the users' sweet spots, with taking the plunge into the alternate OS not nearly as hard as users had thought.

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  • Google Spreadsheets

    The online Google Spreadsheets is free, easy to use, and handy for collaboration, but stick with Excel for complex spreadsheets.

  • Actinic Business v7

    Actinic Business v7 is a scaleable out-of-the-box e-commerce solution that allows both individuals and companies to start selling online.

  • Tech Guide: Wireless network purchases

    Here's what you need to know about wireless networking, from the standards and technologies to the best products for your home or office.

  • IBM: OS/2 still sold here

    IBM assured customers Thursday that the company will continue to sell and support OS/2, clarifying an online notice that drew speculation that the vintage operating system was being phased out.

  • Microsoft Office Standard 2007

    If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

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