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    Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, has welcomed the announcement that the government's independent review panel is now calling on industry and the public to put forward their submissions on how to foster a more effective national innovation system.

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    2Clix's decision to take legal action against Whirlpool means the company has already lost the battle to hide negative comments about its accounting software.

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    High-profile IT project failures may have given government departments a certain degree of notoriety, but a recent review of around 150 major projects has shown that they're actually being managed quite effectively overall, a government advisor told a project management conference in Canberra this week.

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    Many developers think performance reviews are a painful process to be avoided. But a review can be a good tool for career development.

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    Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?

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    BIG is butt ugly

    There's something to be said for the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen an idea of continually improving business via small changes something that unfortunately doesn't seem to glean many votes or impress punters.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Intel's 34nm SSDs: Probably just fast enough

    We take one of Intel's new 34nm SSD drives for a spin and find it a worthy hard disk replacement, delivering massive speed jumps when loading software. But watch out for a penalty when writing data.

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    Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Tips for managing the technical documentation tech review

    Providing accurate and up-to-date product documentation is important to both internal and external customers. Here's what you need to know to improve the technical accuracy of the documentation produced by your development team.

  • Getting attached to your network

    We review four network attached storage (NAS) appliances designed to ease the storage load on your servers and the workload on your admins.

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    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

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    The Dell Studio XPS 16 is an attractive laptop that handles HD content particularly well, although it suffers from an unimpressive battery life.

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    Like its older brother, the E71, the E63 will make an excellent messaging phone, but is for people who need to be connected without the tech trimmings.

  • HTC Touch HD

    The Touch HD is a fantastic phone, if you can afford one. It out-performs every HTC phone previously and looks fantastic doing it.

  • Apple iWork '09

    Intuitive interface design and easy access to useful features make iWork the best office suite choice on the Mac. Though it lacks some of Microsoft Office's advanced options, iWork '09 is an emerging powerhouse in its own right.

  • Apple MacBook Air (1.86GHz, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)

    If you weren't a fan of the previous MacBook Air, nothing will change your mind here. We can only hope the next revision is a little more feature-laden.

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