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Saturday January 10, 2009 02:19pm AEST GMT+10:00

 

Week in Review: The road less travelled

It was a week where prosumers tried to drive the technology agenda with CES and Macworld, forcing the enterprise into the backseat. Lucky enterprise techies know a thing or two about backseat driving.

Skype makes mobile push

Skype, which has helped legions of consumers lower their long-distance phone bills with computer-based calling, is making a big push into the mobile sector, announcing support for Google's Android on Thursday.

CES - Bad economy takes pizzazz out of tech show

Vast, empty spaces in the middle of the show floor. Knots of uniformed salespeople standing idly next to flickering screens. A slow-moving crowd drifting from one display to the next.

Citrix readies iPhone client

Application delivery firm Citrix has been demonstrating its long-rumoured iPhone client at the Macworld show this week.

Latest Features
Feature: In the fine print

Feature: In the fine print

Cloud Computing’s side effects may include no-win SLAs and data access on someone else’s terms.

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Latest Features
Feature: How to cut energy costs at the node

Feature: How to cut energy costs at the node

Socket-level monitoring is this year’s hot button topic in power management. iTNews takes an in-depth look at how much power your servers are really drawing and the costs involved.

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Latest Features
Forgetful mobile devices for careless users

Forgetful mobile devices for careless users

“Blessed are the forgetful: for they shall have done with their stupidities too,” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote.

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Special Reports
Age brings new romance with byte

Age brings new romance with byte

'Emily' uses the internet for up to four hours every day for emailing, finding information and for visiting online dating websites.

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Interviews
Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.

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Latest Features
Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

A two-year-old piece of Open Source code is likely to have far fewer security flaws than proprietary code, according to security expert Bruce Schneier.

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Product Reviews

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 takes on Aspire One and Eee PC
Lenovo IdeaPad S10 takes on Aspire One and Eee PC
A good netbook with lots of storage, but battery life keeps it from being great
Dec 10, 2008 10:42 AM
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Kogan Agora - a simpler, practical Google phone?
Kogan Agora - a simpler, practical Google phone?
The next Google phone will be Kogan's Agora and it's looking to be much more understated, but perhaps sensible, design than the flashier T-Mobile G1.
Dec 5, 2008 2:06 PM
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First Look: Blackberry Storm compared with iPhone 3G
First Look: Blackberry Storm compared with iPhone 3G
Vodafone's grabbed itself an exclusive on the Blackberry Storm, but is it an exclusive that was worth it? We've unpacked a Blackberry Storm and given it a quick spin, and comparison with the iPhone 3G - here's our initial impressions.
Dec 4, 2008 10:33 AM
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Toshiba Satellite P300
Toshiba Satellite P300

Superb speakers, a whopping 640GB of storage and decent core components make this a solid choice
Dec 2, 2008 1:07 PM

Events

Event Name Location Date
Dimensional Modeling in Depth: Kimball University and Altis Consulting Sydney Marriott Hotel, Sydney 17/03/2009
ETL Architecture in Depth: Kimball University and Altis Consulting Sydney Marriott Hotel, Sydney 23/03/2009

Your Say

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