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  • BT to shed 10,000 workers

    British telco BT this week revealed plans to let go of 10,000 workers by the end of March 2009.

  • HP/EDS Australia expect to cut 450

    Hewlett-Packard and EDS expected to cut about 7.5 per cent, or 450 workers, out of their combined Australian workforce over the next three years, a spokesperson for EDS' local division said today.

  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • Ballmer backs Obama's leadership

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer this week said he had confidence in President-elect Barack Obama's leadership, during a whirlwind visit to Sydney.

  • Microsoft offers free software for start-ups

    In its boldest bid yet to win the affections of emerging businesses, Microsoft on Wednesday announced a program that will allow some start-ups to use its server software free of charge.

  • Nokia, Motorola slash jobs

    Communications hardware manufacturers Nokia and Motorola have flagged potential and actual redundancies in the wake of disappointing profits.

  • Network outages 'normal': Optus

    Optus this week claimed the 3G mobile outages it had been suffering were normal and every telecommunications carrier would be having similar issues.

  • Sony laptop batteries recalled again

    Sony has issued another large battery recall, affecting HP, Toshiba and Dell laptops.

  • Jobs at risk as Origin inks Wipro deal

    Utility Origin Energy overnight said a number of IT staff could be affected as part of a billing system overhaul it has inked with Indian IT services firm Wipro.

  • Kelly laments Westpac's poor IT performance

    At Westpac's annual earnings announcement today, CEO Gail Kelly picked the bank's technology operation as its most notable 'low light' in a year that saw hundreds of IT staff, including the bank's tech titans, purged and replaced with new blood.

  • CD with 3,000 taxpayer details goes missing

    A compact disc containing taxation details of 3,122 Australian taxpayers has gone missing whilst en route to the Australian Taxation Office from its printers.

  • Economic crisis 'has made NBN unviable'

    The global economic crisis has made the Federal Government's National Broadband Network plan an expensive and risky proposition which end users won't have the money to pay for, one analyst said this week.

  • Soul-TPG drops out of Terria

    TPG-Soul has pulled out of the Terria consortium today, saying the nation doesn't need a national broadband network.

  • Telstra details supply chain makeover

    Telstra this week said its IBM-led supply chain overhaul had helped shed 400 staff, cut its inventory centres by half, and cut out 2,000 suppliers.

  • EDS Australia cuts begin

    Electronic Data Systems today confirmed it would cut 75 Australian staff as part of the integration process associated with Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of the global IT outsourcer.

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