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Microsoft cuts skip Australia

Australia appears to have largely escaped the Microsoft job cuts announced overnight, with just a single worker losing their spot.

January 23rd, 2009 in Careers by Renai LeMay, and Ina Fried Comment Vote

Qld pushes Microsoft into bulk deal

The Queensland Government has signed a whole of government memorandum of understanding with Microsoft for the future purchase of software and services from the Redmond-based giant.

October 23rd, 2008 in Government by Brett Winterford Comment Vote

The truth behind Ballmer's revision of history

While speaking in Moscow, Microsoft CEO and Yahoo suitor Steve Ballmer said, "Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing, it was a way to accelerate our online advertising business... We will spend money on some acquisitions. You can do a whole lot of things with $50 billion."

May 26th, 2008 in Advertising by Dan Farber Comment Vote

Yahoo's backdoor promising for Microsoft entry

Microsoft has tried the front-door approach in wooing Yahoo. But, pssst, the backdoor is unlocked.

March 4th, 2008 in Merger by Dawn Kawamoto Comment Vote

Securing Microsoft 3: Security Threats 2.0

In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?

December 11th, 2007 in Security by Ina Fried Comment Vote

Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

December 4th, 2007 in Windows by Ina Fried Comment Vote

Michael Dell: Vista will win out in two years

Despite research that found Vista uptake among businesses is slowing, Michael Dell has predicted that most companies will migrate to the OS within two years.

October 16th, 2007 in Pc by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Dell: Linux growing despite Microsoft patent threats

The PC manufacturer says that Microsoft's patent-infringement claims have not affected sales of its Linux servers.

October 15th, 2007 in Server by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Microsoft denies Automatic Update flaw

Blogs were buzzing last week with reports that Windows users who thought they had automatic updates set to either not install or get permission before installing nonetheless had their machines patched and rebooted.

October 15th, 2007 in Au by Ina Fried 1 Comment Vote

Microsoft fixes 9 flaws in 6 patches; 4 are critical

Microsoft today released its October 2007 security bulletin, which includes six updates: four are designated as Critical by the software giant; two are deemed Important, and one previously announced patch was dropped.

October 10th, 2007 in Fix by Robert Vamosi Comment Vote

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But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

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So instead you want these estates wired up with fiber and then left, unconnected with no service, until the fiber rollout reaches them in...

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@paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

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Water, roads and electricity were all rolled out by government because there private companies weren't interested as the ROI in the early...

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

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Cybersecurity #collaboration between the US & Australia. http://t.co/p2uKLSBi

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

8 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

8 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

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