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800 IBM jobs at risk: Union
The Australian Services Union (ASU) claimed yesterday that IT giant IBM was looking to offshore around 800 jobs, many more than the 150 positions the union had originally believed affected. Read more »
Facebook still pitching itself to open-source crowd
Facebook's rep at the Future of Web Apps event in Miami this week was David Recordon, the company's open-standards guru. That's a crowd that the social network still has yet to win over. Read more »
Google to make Gmail a little more social
Google is getting ready to add social-networking features into Gmail as it attempts to jump-start its social Web strategy. Read more »
Google Social Search out of Labs, into beta
Friends on social-networking services who add links to their content inside their Google Profiles will start showing up in search results for Google users. Read more »
Google ramps up Australian hiring
Google Australia is looking to fill almost 40 positions within its local office in Sydney. Read more »
Google beefing up new 'Social Web team'
Is Google plotting to encroach upon Facebook's comfy territory? Read more »
Mozilla takes on YouTube video choice
A disagreement between Google and Mozilla is making a once-obscure debate into a real issue for those who watch web video or host it on their own sites. Read more »
Is Facebook's FriendFeed acquisition all about talent?
Surprise! Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a social network feed aggregation start-up. Read more »
200 IT jobs going into Vic schools
The Victorian Premier John Brumby announced yesterday that the state will hire 200 computer technicians for its schools as the computers for the government's Digital Education Revolution make their way to students. Read more »
Facebook opens Aussie HQ
Social networking behemoth Facebook today confirmed the poorly kept secret that it has opened an office in Sydney to focus on advertising sales in Australia and New Zealand. Read more »
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Anti-social media: Is this social media stuff really the future?
Hype aside, what does social media mean and how should a savvy executive approach it? Read more »
10 open source headlines we'd like to see in 2010
At the beginning of a bright, shiny new year, a lot of things seem possible -- or at least worth imagining. Here are a few fantasy headlines. Read more »
Development trends to watch in 2010
What will be important development trends in 2010? This article covers .NET 4, Visual Studio 2010, cloud computing and more. Read more »
Being a reference for friends or family not always a good thing
Ever been in the position of being a reference for someone you don't necessarily feel like recommending? Read more »
Beware of crazy recruiter tricks
One CEO has his receptionist check out the state of a job candidate's car as a means of gauging his or her "character". Read about this and other crazy interviewer ploys. Read more »
Five job search tips for discouraged job seekers
Few things are as discouraging as a long, seemingly futile search for a job. Nothing quite drags the self-esteem down than the long silence after you’ve sent out a resume. Read more »
10 ways to ensure that you finish work on time
In these times of financial uncertainty, there is a lot of pressure to work longer and longer hours and to be seen doing so. Read more »
Employee vs. hiring manager: On the topic of being overqualified
Many people have heard and are confused by the label of "overqualified". Here we ask a manager what exactly is meant by that term when delivered to a job candidate. Read more »
Five reasons why your company should hire open source developers
Open source has infiltrated so many levels of IT over the past decade. It has been a slow process; however, little by little, it has become a normality. And even though many companies are adopting open source software, they are hesitant to bring open source developers into the fold. Why is this? Read more »
Cultivating great client recommendations
Letters of recommendation from former clients can help IT consultants build and maintain client relationships. 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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Apple raises curtain on iPad
-- Generating buzz this week is Apple's new tablet device -- iPad. Will Australia be getting the 3G version? Read more »
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 more »
Firefox: Greens want it, 3.5rc2 not up to par
-- This week's roundup looks at the situation surrounding a campaign to change Outlook HTML renderer, a Greens MP wants to install Firefox but is restricted and all the photos from the iPhone 3GS launch. Read more »
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 »
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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 a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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Google launches Apps MarketplaceGoogle launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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