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People who have had to adapt to the digital revolution are more suited to tech jobs than those who grew up with it, say recruiters. Read more »

This year’s National ICT Careers Week - running from 28 July to 2 August - is hoped to attract new waves of graduates to the ICT industry. Read more »

The Australian Computer Society has called on the Federal Government to develop guidelines for its proposed anti-terrorism email snooping laws. Read more »

A Government review of Australia's 'innovation system' has received more than 630 submissions, reflecting awareness of the issue. Read more »

Despite a majority of security pros considering social networking sites risky, half do not block access to such sites. Read more »

ICT salaries in Australia have dropped over the past year, according to a salary survey by the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). Read more »

Disputing previous reports, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says we should expect a hosted ERP offering in the future. Read more »

Consumer broadband users want variety in the broadband plans offered to them, while business users demand "ubiquitous, high quality" internet connections. Read more »

Apple's new enterprise Iphone features are a step in the right direction, but but not enough to truly compete in the enterprise smartphone market. Read more »

Microsoft is preparing updates for its interoperability efforts including an API/protocol documentation beta for all its major products by this May. Read more »

Customers will migrate to Windows Server 2008 based on the needed workloads, regardless of missing Hyper-V pieces. Read more »

PowerShell and Server Core add scripting capability and improved security to Windows Server 2008, making it more modular, adaptable and Linux-like. Read more »

Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio have all got shiny new versions for the new year. So why does Microsoft say the wow stops now? Read more »

IBM inadvertently revealed details about its upcoming mainframe, as well as details on z/OS v1.10, a new version of the mainframe OS due out in September. Read more »

The Australian Computer Society says the negative effects of the ICT skills crisis will ultimately flow on to other areas of the economy. Read more »

A consortium of ISPs is demanding wholesale access to Telstra's ADSL2+ infrastructure, which the group says is necessary to ensure competition in the sector. Read more »

Although Telstra's 07 earnings impressed, analysts indicate that the telco's enterprise offerings still have a ways to go. Read more »

Green is good - if you are an IT marketer. But with the ACCC is urging marketers to be careful with green terms, should IT reconsider it uses the term? Read more »

Leading Australian ICT academics met last week to form the Council of Deans of ICT Education, intended to represent ICT education with a single voice. Read more »

Troubled vendor Commander has sold its WA operations to Empired for $30,000 in cash. Read more »