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Ballmer on Yahoo: "We're done"
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has thrown a bucket of cold water on the notion that the software giant could return with a new bid for all of Yahoo. Read more »
Ballmer dismisses Google Android
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today dismissed Google's Android operating system, saying he believed it was financially unsound. Read more »
Google slows hiring speed
CNBC reported this week that Google has instigated an unofficial hiring freeze, but the search giant denied the claim. Read more »
Aussie IT jobs market still buoyant
There is still plenty of local work for skilled IT staff despite a global financial crisis, according to one of Australia's largest technology staff recruiters, but not much room to move in terms of higher salaries. Read more »
Yahoo to chop at least 1,400 jobs
Yahoo yesterday in the US reported a 64 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter, issued cautions about a weakening advertising market, and confirmed that layoffs were indeed on the way. Read more »
Mozilla launches Developer Tools Lab for the open Web
Mozilla Labs on Monday announced that it will form a new group that will focus on the research and development of Web developer tools. Read more »
Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month
Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday. Read more »
Microsoft's Ballmer to come down under
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed plans to visit Sydney later this year, speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on innovation and the digital Economy. Read more »
Ubuntu gets user interface team
Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, this week said it would hire a team to help make open source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use. Read more »
Google defends privacy credentials
Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy. Read more »
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The top four mistakes organisations make when building datacentres
Etienne Guerou, vice president of Chloride South East Asia, shares some of his 20 years worth of expertise in building datacentres. Read more »
Questions your interviewer doesn't want to hear
Curious about the number of vacation days you'll get or your chances for climbing the corporate ladder? Good questions, but the initial interview is not the time or place to ask. Read more »
How to achieve real diversity in IT
While just hiring people who look different may satisfy internal mandates or passing fads, the truly beneficial form of diversity comes from a diversity of ideas and experience. Read more »
Five reasons your resume doesn't get results
Do you find yourself sending out dozens of resumes but not getting so much as a telephone call in return? Here are some of the reasons why. Read more »
Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?
The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »
Why traditionalists should take Web developers seriously
There used to be a sharp distinction between application developers and Web developers. This made sense when technologies such as Perl/CGI, classic ASP, standard JSP, and PHP ruled the Web development roost. But this distinction is becoming less relevant. Read more »
Hiring new people: choosing between skills and attitude
Hiring the right person for a job is one of the most critical decisions a CIO makes. A bad hiring decision can take years to correct. What should you value more: skills or attitude? Scott Lowe believes that, to a point, attitude trumps skills. Read more »
What does a DBA do all day?
Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day? Read more »
How to beat other candidates to an IT manager job
Your experience and technology credentials alone might make you a strong candidate for an IT manager position, but the chief information officer may be looking for something more. Playing up certain non-technical attributes can help you stand out from the competition and turn the hiring decision-makers in your favour. Read more »
An adventure in IT consulting
An outside consultant can provide the voice of disinterested honesty. If the client doesn't like what you have to say, the most you lose is the engagement. If they listen to you and it doesn't work, things could get ugly. You're not part of the protected herd of employees who will be all too happy to blame you. Read more »
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is atwitter over what kind of CEO Yahoo needs to hire to replace the outgoing Jerry Yang. Read more »
Microsoft battles to win over 'sceptical' designers
Microsoft is far better known for its relationship with developers than with designers but as the software giant begins to step on Adobe's toes with its design tools, it has started hiring "user design evangelists" to help spread the word -- both to the design community as well as within it’s own campus. One of the first designers to be recruited into this new role was Shane Morris, who joined Microsoft at the start of 2007. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue
-- Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
2Vouch refers well
-- Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »
10 PR 2.0 tips for startups
-- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »
How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
Take off your suit pants and jacket -- It's Web 2.0
-- With the shortage of talented IT staff on hand the smell of dot-com culture has made a comeback. Welcome to Web 2.0 work culture , the future of yesterday. Read more »
Flash in the pan
-- So Silverlight will kill Flash, will it? Maybe it will. A lot of people have told me this and I began to wonder if the opinion had any validity. Read more »
Breaking inside out
-- Security gets more complicated yet social engineering remains the same threat as ever. Read more »
Photoshop, Meet Flash
-- It's conference season at the moment in the northern hemisphere and Adobe has been busy demonstrating some of the features of the next version of Flash, code named "Blaze". Designers are going to love this version as it has the ability to import PhotoShop files while preserving layers, editable text, shapes and effects. Read more »
Community for desktops?
-- Are community linux distributions likely to become the target of desktop migration instead of their commercial brethren? Read more »
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LCA Open Day
Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff Read more »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.