How Yahoo! helped create Google Maps
Lars Rasmussen, software engineering manager at Google and one of the original creators of Google Maps, and more recently Google Wave, has given a blow-by-blow account of how a small Sydney software start-up came to provide the technology underpinning Google Maps.

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APAC IM software market grows, despite economic woes
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The infrastructure management software market in the Asia Pacific region has managed modest growth despite a blunting of previous double-digit growth by the global economic downturn.

 
Tax agent offers online check before you lodge
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Want someone to check your tax return but don't have time to visit an agent? H&R Block thinks it has the answer.

 
Mobile marketing take-up increase likely with SMS and voice channels
by Peter Dinham   
Mobile marketing services company, Ad.IQ, says Australia is the first country to get a local rate number range which consumers can call or SMS, following the release of the 13/1300/1800 number range for SMS, and Australian marketers now have a comprehensive opportunity to reap the benefits of mobile response.

 
Mobile marketing take-up increase likely with SMS,voice channels
by Peter Dinham   
Global mobile marketing services company, Ad.IQ, says Australia is the first country to get a local rate number range which consumers can call or SMS, following the release of the 13/1300/1800 number range for SMS, and Australian marketers now have a comprehensive opportunity to reap the benefits of mobile response.

 
Psystar set to leave Chapter 11
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Embattled Mac cloner Psystar says it is ready to leave Chapter 11 protection.

 
iPhone 3GS a winner for AT&T
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The arrival of the iPhone 3GS led to multiple records for AT&T.

 
iPhone open to SMS attack
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Have Android phones already failed at the starting post?
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Android smartphones are sending waves of excitement through the mobile community that they are a serious contender to knock iPhone off its smartphone perch. But, are they really a threat or have they already missed the boat?

 
High DR test failure rate, downtime costs soar: report
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Internet boost for remote indigenous communities
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Federal, state and territory governments have agreed on a program to improve internet access and provide basic computer training for remote indigenous communities.

 
Virtual Linux is the prescription for hospital patients
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Is Bing making headway?
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Massive growth for mobile services
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How Yahoo! helped create Google Maps
by Stuart Corner   
Lars Rasmussen, software engineering manager at Google and one of the original creators of Google Maps, and more recently Google Wave, has given a blow-by-blow account of how a small Sydney software start-up came to provide the technology underpinning Google Maps.

 
VirtualBox 3.0.0 adds guest SMP
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A major new release of Sun's VirtualBox virtualisation software provides three important new features.

 
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IBM claims its POWER6 hardware can outperform Intel-based servers when running SAP applications. And Power systems are cheaper over three years.

 
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As the midyear surveys continue to come out, Forrester Research has revised its projection of global IT spending for 2009 downward but says that may be a good thing, and UK recruiter CV Screen reports demand for IT personnel is up.

 
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