Saturday, December 25, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 24/12/2010


AustralianIT.com.au
Retail internet threat comes of age
MORE than 10 years after internet retailing was touted as the next big thing, traditional merchants are finally beginning to feel the pinch.
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IBM, Health ink ICT outsourcing deal
THE federal Health Department has extended its technology services agreement with IBM to the tune of $109 million.
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Skype sorry as call services return
SKYPE said today its internet telephone service was returning slowly to normal after a global service disruption.
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Telstra to persist with Asia focus
TELSTRA will continue to seek opportunities in Asia despite taking a $138 million writedown on one of its Chinese mobile businesses.
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Consortium backs Seek's push into Asia
A POWERFUL consortium including the Packer-backed Consolidated Media Holdings and Macquarie Capital will join Seek Ltd to expand in Asia.
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Telstra loses government division chief
TELSTRA enterprise and government head Nerida Caesar is hanging up on the telco to pursue a career in private equity.
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SEEK expands into Asian online jobs
SEEK is expanding into Asia and spending about $206 million for a 60 per cent stake in Jobs DB, a Southeast Asian online jobs company.
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Skype glitch silences millions
INTERNET telephone service Skype hung up on millions of users when a problem with its connection system prevented people from signing in.
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Telstra writes down Octave value
TELSTRA expects to record an impairment charge of about $138 million against the carrying value of its Octave investment in China.
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Zuckerberg in talks with web mandarins
FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg met some of China’s top tech execs this week, fuelling speculation he wants to breach the great internet wall.
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