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    The Commonwealth Bank has taken out the award for best Financial Industry Application at the Australian Information Industry Association iAwards held in Melbourne last night.

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    Adobe this week took the Linux version of its Adobe Integrated Runtime product out of beta, bringing it up to speed with the versions available for Windows and Mac users.

  • SAS dismisses Teradata merger talk

    SAS chief executive Jim Goodnight has poured cold water on speculation that the business-intelligence company might merge with its former rival, data warehousing software company Teradata.

  • Reckon's Espreon buy hits bump

    ASX-listed accounting software seller Reckon's attempt to buy portions of corporate support firm Espreon through bidding partner Vectis has hit a bump in the road, with Vectis reducing its offer amount for Espreon following due diligence.

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    Google's ever active search bots, which scour the Web constantly for new pages, have begun a new, more active phase of their indexing jobs.

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    Discerning thumbs for BlackBerry users are essential to keep away a new threat which can compromise the security of the popular smartphone. Well that's according to Research In Motion's (RIM) Ian Robertson, senior manager of security and research.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Adobe snaps up Business Catalyst

    Adobe's push into web-based services has delivered a windfall for Australian entrepreneur Bardia Housman, who quietly sold his company Business Catalyst to the US software maker at the start of September.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    No paper, no promotion

    It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Memory Box splits up backup headaches

    South Australian distributed backup start-up Memory Box splits up users' data and spreads it in encrypted form across many customers' PCs. But can the company build trust amongst customers who could be worried about their data being stored on other people's hard drives?

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Is Facebook's care really contempt?

    Facebook's answer as to why it removed vigilante groups that had posted details about accused fire-bug Brendan Sokaluk smells of fear that it may be as responsible as media for content published on its network.

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  • Q&A: BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp

    BMC Software CEO Bob Beauchamp has headed up the company since the beginning of the decade, transforming it into the business service management power it is today. We find out what his priorities are.

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    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

  • Aussie iPhone developers strike gold

    The release of the iPhone 3G in July 2008 led to the creation of an entire industry where developers worked on their own applications to sell through Apple's App Store. This trend has since been picked up by larger companies. Read about why such a phenomenon is fast becoming a success.

  • Windows 7 beta: Screenshots

    We give you a sneak peek at the upcoming beta of Windows 7 before Microsoft unveils the software to the public later this month.

  • Salmonberry or Samba? What's in a name for Tridge

    Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, Samba author and recipient of the mantle for Australia's "smartest man in IT", tells how Samba was nearly named Salmonberry, and what the SMB 2 protocol can do.

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    Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 builds on past success by offering a huge range of features and unparalleled ease of use, making it the right suite for most people.

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    ThinkFree Office 3 is a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office that lacks advanced tools but offers a free online component that's a handy work in progress for frequent travellers.

  • Tech Guide: Make Internet Explorer work for you

    Three Internet Explorer enhancers that offer some of the best extra features out there.

  • PC health issues

    It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?

  • To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

    Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

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