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  • Intuit reveals QuickBooks 2009

    Intuit shared details of bookkeeping app QuickBooks 2009 on Monday in the US.

  • IT hiring freeze blamed on Gershon

    A new survey has found that IT companies expect to hire less staff in the coming quarter while they await the impact of the Federal Governments spending reviews and monitor the current crisis in the US financial services sector.

  • Adobe defends Aussie CS4 price hike

    Global software giant Adobe has defended recommending local prices for its new Creative Suite 4 software packages that could see Australians paying hundreds of dollars more in real terms than US residents for the same products.

  • KAZ to fire 100 staff?

    Telstra today declined to confirm or deny a report that it was firing up to 100 staff from its troubled IT services division KAZ.

  • Nortel slashes outlook, sells assets

    Telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks announced on Wednesday that it has slashed its business outlook and is looking to sell some of its assets as the economy worsens.

  • BusinessWeek site hacked

    Hackers have broken into BusinessWeek's online site and set up an attack scenario in which visitors to a section of the site could have their own computers compromised and their data stolen, a security researcher said on Monday in the US.

  • UXC hives off Getronics "break and fix" arm

    Local diversified technology services firm UXC has quietly sold off a part of the Getronics business it acquired earlier this year.

  • Futuris' Amcom stake finds a home

    Local telco Amcom Telecommunications has moved to shore up its future by buying back some of the 50 per cent stake its partial parent Futuris had been looking to sell.

  • No buyers for Optima

    Optima's administrator yesterday said it was having trouble finding buyers for the failed PC maker due to fears about liability for warranties on sold PCs.

  • Pacific Wireless wants iBurst

    Internet service provider Pacific Wireless today expressed an interest in buying the iBurst wireless business from the wreckage of Commander.

  • Reserve Bank tackles PayPal

    The Reserve Bank of Australia today said it would shortly hold meetings with eBay subsidiary PayPal over the online auction giant's attempt to force sellers to offer PayPal as a payment option.

  • Futuris wants quick Amcom sale

    Diversified industrial firm Futuris today said it intended to sell its 50 per cent stake in local telco Amcom speedily, as industry speculation intensified over who would be a likely buyer.

  • Amcom stake up for sale

    Telecom New Zealand was today suggested as a possible buyer of the 50 per cent stake in Perth telco Amcom being sold by Australian agribusiness and car parts supplier Futuris Corporation.

  • Commander customers face uncertain future

    The IT support functions of several large federal and state government agencies face an uncertain future in coming weeks as Commander Communications' receivers attempt to find buyers for the IT services company.

  • Commander can't sell iBurst

    Five months after besieged ICT services outfit Commander announced its turnaround plan, the company still hasn't found a buyer for its iBurst/Personal Broadband Australia wireless internet service provider, and one analyst believes it won't.

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