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  • ODF guerillas rally for document freedom

    Twenty-two organisations across 60 countries are taking part in DocumentFreedomDay (DFD) to raise awareness about what happens when formats are no longer supported by proprietary software.

  • Google gets new Aussie head

    Google announced today the appointment of its new general manager for Google Australia and New Zealand, from the ranks of Fairfax Media.

  • Google launches local election coverage

    Google Australia have launched what they describe as a world-first foray into local elections, with detailed online coverage of the upcoming Australian federal election.

  • Google wants Australian engineers, more girls

    Google loves Australian tech talent but wants to attract more female engineers, according to Alan Noble, the company's local engineering director, who pointed out that Sydney-based developers created Google Maps.

  • YouTube launches local portal

    YouTube has launched an Australian-specific site at youtube.com.au, which will showcase video content developed in Australia or for an Australian audience.

  • Google wants harm condition in privacy proposal

    Google is leading the call to create a global standard for how companies deal with private consumer data, but part of the search giant's proposal is that remedies focus on whether harm was actually caused by the information leak.

  • Legal issues delay libraries' Google move

    Australian libraries are likely to continue resisting calls from Google to have their collections digitised and made available for search until the Web giant settles disputes with bodies representing copyright holders in the United States.

  • Factiva laughs off Google threat at AU conference

    Factiva's chief executive officer has dismissed suggestions that the company's paid search services are under threat from high-profile free offerings such as Google's rival news search.

  • Doodle for Google Australia prize awarded

    After a month of online voting for favourite designs, the winning 'my Australia' Google Logo was announced today.

  • Microsoft walks away from $50bn Yahoo offer

    Microsoft officially withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo on Saturday but only after it threw an additional US$5 billion on the table.

  • Ubuntu takes early lead in open source census

    Early results in a study that aims to track open source installations in business has seen Ubuntu and Firefox race to the top of the charts.

  • Google Australia continues hiring binge

    Google is seeking 25 more staff in Australia and New Zealand as a lengthy local and international hiring binge shows no signs of slowing down.

  • Google sneaks into Australia unannounced

    Having taken control of the google.com.au domain name earlier this year, the company has conducted a quiet launch of its renowned Googleplex search capabilities into the Australian market.

  • Microsoft security tools go global

    update Microsoft is introducing its free PC-scanning service outside the US, part of an international push for its security tools.

  • Ballmer reveals Microsoft's biggest threat

    Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer rates customer inertia ahead of open-source software and search titan Google as Redmond's greatest competition.

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