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  • IBM predicts five biggest tech trends

    IBM has released a series of predictions that they see as the five big new trends in tech for the next five years. These include programmable electricity meters, smart car sensors, smart shopping displays, phones as wallets and better nanotechnology techniques.

  • Nokia: overheating battery issue not a 'recall'

    Nokia has offered to replace 46 million mobile phone batteries because they are at risk from overheating -- but the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer denies its actions constitute a product recall.

  • Data disclosure laws a sure thing: Gartner analyst

    Organisations that expose private information about customers will be legally bound to disclose the breach to the public under new amendments to the Privacy Act being considered by the Australian Law Reform Commission.

  • Virgin Atlantic bans use of Apple, Dell batteries

    The airline has become the third to impose restrictions on laptops, following the recall of millions of 'exploding' batteries.

  • HP recalls 135,000 battery packs

    Hewlett-Packard on Friday recalled 135,000 battery packs sold with its notebook computers shipped globally from March 2004 to May 2005.

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  • For Batlow, bad apples never fall far from the supply chain

    Any manufacturer knows that a product recall can be an absolute nightmare of paperwork and logistics. At NSW agricultural cooperative Batlow Apples, however, an increasingly capable implementation of Microsoft's Navision ERP has provided the confidence that such a recall could be managed relatively easily.

  • RFID: Can it help your business?

    In 10 years almost everything will be tagged, say the experts. So what are these little chips that are soon to be so pervasive, and how will they take over your business?

  • CIOs: Can you resolve disputes?

    Quality control, operational controls and dispute resolution--what are the legal issues CIOs and IT Managers need to know about to minimise risk?

  • When a dream career takes a personal toll

    Achieving a dream career often exacts a personal toll. As one CIO relates, the trade-off for attaining a longtime goal of becoming a CIO meant dealing with unrealistic challenges and unrelenting travel--a price he was unwilling to pay.

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