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IBM offshoring: Motives and consequences
Last week, the Australian Services Union said that IBM Australia was looking at sending 800 jobs offshore to low cost centres, a proposition which analysts said was likely driven by a lack of local skills, with customers to face the consequences. Read more »
Sun buyout leaves Aussies divided
Opinions are mixed amongst Australian chief information officers, partners and analysts on whether Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems will end up with a positive or negative result. Read more »
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
The pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developer Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it. Read more »
Is Microsoft a threat to VMware?
The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualisation leader VMware. Read more »
Researcher to expose Intel security flaws
An independent security researcher has flagged plans to reveal a proof of concept security exploit that could work remotely against any machine using Intel processors, including those used in Apple's famously secure Macs. Read more »
Australia's most gullible: Top victims of cybercrime?
Australians experience one of the highest levels of cybercrime in the world, according to a new survey — but are Aussies really such easy targets? Read more »
Cyberattack alert service helps Aussies Stay Smart
The Federal government has launched a new security alert service for small business and home users, aimed at helping Australians protect themselves from cyberattack. Read more »
Free Google Analytics: A spammer's best friend
Spammers are taking advantage of Google's free Analytics service to track the performance of spam campaigns and boost their business. Read more »
Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?
Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP. Read more »
Vista gets snubbed for XP by Windows developers
A new survey has found that an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. Read more »
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Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »
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