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Under the Wire: A cure for boredom

Under the Wire: A cure for boredom

It’s amazing how incredibly boring some technology can seem, right up until the moment it becomes essential.
Matthew JC Powell Oct 28 2005, 11:00AM Collaboration
Sun Microsystems says CFO to retire

Sun Microsystems says CFO to retire

Computer maker Sun Microsystems has said chief financial officer Steve McGowan is retiring at the end of fiscal year 2006.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2005, 10:00AM Collaboration
Ethan Group eyes wireless, VoIP boost

Ethan Group eyes wireless, VoIP boost

Integrator Ethan Group has signed up with wireless provider BigAir and upgraded its nine-month-old Mitel agreement to platinum status in moves to strengthen its IP communications arsenal.
Fleur Doidge Oct 28 2005, 8:30AM Collaboration
Monsoon floods hit tech capital, business goes on

Monsoon floods hit tech capital, business goes on

Police in India's technology capital, Bangalore, have urged motorists to stay off the city's roads as storms caused flooding and uprooted trees, but business was largely unaffected, officials said on Wednesday.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2005, 1:30PM Collaboration
Microsoft joins Yahoo on digital library alliance

Microsoft joins Yahoo on digital library alliance

An alliance including Microsoft and Yahoo says it is fast gaining backers to challenge Google in digitising many of the world's great books.
Eric Auchard Oct 27 2005, 1:00PM Collaboration
KAZ founder reduces his role

KAZ founder reduces his role

KAZ Group founder Peter Kazacos and current executive director is reducing his working week at the Telstra-owned integrator from five to two days, according to an email circulated by company chairman David Thodey.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2005, 12:00PM Collaboration
The Last Word: Security to aisle seven

The Last Word: Security to aisle seven

Got totally and utterly lost in one of those new Wastefield Malls the other day and then got even more bamboozled inside one of the Mega-marts that occupy all the space inside these malls that isn’t already taken up by car parks.
Rabid Reseller Oct 27 2005, 10:34AM Collaboration
Funds to announce WorldCom settlement: source

Funds to announce WorldCom settlement: source

A group of institutional investors is set to soon announce a legal settlement stemming from their losses in collapsed telecommunications company WorldCom, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Wednesday.
Martha Graybow Oct 27 2005, 10:30AM Collaboration
SMBs cool on VoIP: survey

SMBs cool on VoIP: survey

Exploding recent vendor hype about VoIP adoption by SMBs, latest Pacific Internet research suggests only one percent of companies with fewer than 200 staff have adopted the technology.
Fleur Doidge Oct 27 2005, 9:00AM Collaboration
Google hires exec to lead China sales

Google hires exec to lead China sales

Google, the internet search company, this week said it hired executive Johnny Chou to lead its development in China, an increasingly important and competitive market for technology companies.
Staff Writers Oct 26 2005, 3:00PM Collaboration
Cisco announces system for safety agencies' radios

Cisco announces system for safety agencies' radios

Data network company Cisco Systems has announced a system that links police, fire and rescue departments' radio networks that now cannot communicate with one another.
Staff Writers Oct 26 2005, 2:00PM Collaboration
VeriSign to control ".com" domain until 2012

VeriSign to control ".com" domain until 2012

VeriSign said on Monday it would maintain control of the lucrative ".com" internet domain until 2012 in return for dropping an antitrust lawsuit against the nonprofit body that oversees the internet's addressing system.
Andy Sullivan Oct 25 2005, 1:00PM Collaboration
Oracle, Siebel get request for more info from DOJ

Oracle, Siebel get request for more info from DOJ

Oracle and Siebel Systems have received a request for additional information from the US Department of Justice related to Oracle's proposed US$5.85 billion purchase of rival Siebel.
Staff Writers Oct 25 2005, 12:11PM Collaboration
Infosys exec starts Vic information manager

Infosys exec starts Vic information manager

Infosys Australia founder and second-in-charge Ananda Rao has started a Melbourne company targeting global opportunities for information management and solutions.
Fleur Doidge Oct 24 2005, 5:21PM Collaboration
Amazon to open second India tech centre in Chennai

Amazon to open second India tech centre in Chennai

Internet retailer Amazon.com said on Friday it would open a software development centre in the southern Indian city of Chennai, once known as Madras, to focus on developing innovative website features.
Staff Writers Oct 24 2005, 1:00PM Collaboration
Nortel strikes multi-million dollar CEO pay deal

Nortel strikes multi-million dollar CEO pay deal

Nortel Networks plans to pay its incoming chief executive an annual base salary of US$1.2 million and several million dollars more in bonuses and stock options, it said in a filing to US regulators.
Susan Taylor Oct 24 2005, 12:30PM Collaboration
Interview: German publishers to build own online book network

Interview: German publishers to build own online book network

German publishers, keen to defend their copyrights as internet search engines seek to put the world's literature online, aim to set up their own web-based database allowing readers to browse, borrow or buy books.
Georgina Prodhan Oct 24 2005, 11:00AM Collaboration
Cisco breaks ground on US$50mln campus in Bangalore

Cisco breaks ground on US$50mln campus in Bangalore

Cisco Systems has said it broke ground on a US$50 million, one-million-square-foot campus in Bangalore that will host as many as 3000 staff in research and development, IT, sales and customer support.
Staff Writers Oct 24 2005, 10:00AM Collaboration
Rivals Taobao, eBay clash on whether free is best

Rivals Taobao, eBay clash on whether free is best

What's the better deal? Is free always better than cheap?
Eric Auchard Oct 21 2005, 3:15PM Collaboration
TalkNet launches South Africa network

TalkNet launches South Africa network

Australian VoIP provider TalkNet has set up a successful operation in South Africa that its director says will serve as a springboard into telecommunications-starved African nations.
Fleur Doidge Oct 21 2005, 2:48PM Collaboration

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