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Virus downs London hospitals

Three London hospitals have had to shut down most of their computer systems after being struck by a virus. Read more »

Sun remains silent on ANZ staff cuts

Sun Microsystems, which recently announced it was shedding up to 6,000 jobs globally, is still unsure if or how its 640 staff based in Australia and New Zealand will be affected, according to the company's managing director. Read more »

Azure manages to avoid a Hailstorm of criticism

Microsoft's Hailstorm prompted an avalanche of criticism when it was proposed seven years ago, but developers seem to have few qualms with Windows Azure, which embraces many of the same notions. Read more »

Oracle buys Aussie Ruleburst

Enterprise software giant Oracle has purchased Australian-owned ISV Ruleburst, owners of the Haley suite of compliance software products, for an undisclosed sum. Read more »

NSW to censor student laptops

The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) plans to limit internet access on the laptops given to NSW's senior students under the "digital education revolution" to a pre-approved list of websites. 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 »

Palin ordered to save e-mails

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin must save any emails she sent from private accounts regarding state business, a US judge ordered late last week. Read more »

World Bank gets hacked

The computer network used by the World Bank Group has suffered a series of at least six intrusions since mid-2007, according to a report. Read more »

E-passport fraud no threat to SmartGate

The Australian Customs Service today said its inbound e-passport authentication system SmartGate would not be fooled by fake details, after a Dutch hacker claimed to have broken through similar systems in Europe. Read more »

Paranoid Android: Did they forget Oz?

Dozens of phone calls and emails today made one thing clear: none of Australia's telcos or handset manufacturers has briefed their staff on when mobile phones running Google's Android system will be made available locally, if they are at all. Read more »

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10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux

If you're thinking about making the switch to Linux, Jack Wallen is all for it -- but only if you approach the migration with your eyes open. He recommends that you evaluate a number of key issues before taking this big step. Read more »

The 7 most important communication skills an IT leader should have

Everyone wants to tell IT pros that they need to develop people skills, but no one really tells what those skills are. Here are the most important skills an IT leader should have and how to develop them. Read more »

The Power of Perception

In some places, IT still has a perception problem, but this problem can be overcome to the benefit of the business. Read more »

How to recession-proof IT

In the current economic environment, IT is well positioned to make a compelling case for strategic spending that can help weather the storm. Read more »

10 ways to survive office politics

Friction, deceit, gossip, rivalry, power plays -- fine for movies and TV, but potentially disastrous in the workplace. Calvin Sun looks at strategies for steering clear of issues that can unravel company culture and hurt your career. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT

As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »

Aussie IT unions rise from the dead

Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around. Read more »

An outage: Lessons learned

This article talks about two outages that occurred at a college and lessons learned from them. Read more »

Practical tips for setting up a UPS

Today I'm going to share some pointers I learned from my previous experiences in buying and setting up a UPS for a mid-size server room. Read more »

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Enterprises are schizophrenic about Facebook

Most organisations see Facebook as a waste of time but they also want staff to collaborate, innovate and be more effective. According to Gartner's Stephen Prentice, social networking and virtual worlds could change the world in the same way the Internet has already done. Read more »

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Social news start-up Streem shuts down

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Sydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »

Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »

Scott McNealy's tips for a successful start-up

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you're itching to take your struggling start-up to the big time, you could do worse than take Sun Microsystems' Chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy advice to heart. Read more »

2Vouch refers well

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »

Is Streem just Scopical take two?

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- When I wrote about Sydney-based social news start-up Streem earlier this week, the group was less than forthcoming about the real history behind its operations. Read more »

Sydney start-up Streem launches news site

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Sydney-based start-up Streem yesterday formally launched a new online news site, saying it would differ from traditional media outlets by paying readers a small fee for any content they submitted. Read more »

Jonathan Schwartz's free software foundation

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Sun has become its own free software foundation, open sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open source MySQL database for $1 billion in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue. Read more »

Google's Android parts ways with Java industry group

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google's Android software gives Sun Microsystems' Java technology a starring role -- but not the version of Java the rest of the mobile phone industry has been developing since the 1990s. Read more »

Conference time goes Hollywood

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Conference season hit a high this week with three major conferences underway. Read more »

Don't bother with the counter offer

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- While Australia is currently in a tight labour market should you really bother with a counter offer when an employee already has one foot out the door? Read more »

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