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CIO confidence; a dead cat bounce?

At a time when banks are shedding IT roles by the dozen, it seems counter-intuitive that 83 per cent of the nation’s chief information officers should report they are confident about the future of their business to the extent that 45 per cent expect to hire IT staff in the first six months of the year. The question remains – is this a dead cat bounce?

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Google: searches that made 2008 special down under

Opinion and Analysis

The Top 10 Australian searches of 2008:

1. Games
2. Sydney
3. YouTube
4. MySpace
5. Facebook
6. Google
7. EBay
8. MySpace
9. Weather
10. Hotmail

The 20 fastest rising Australian searches of 2008

1. iPhone
2. Facebook
3. Google Maps
4. YouTube
5. wiki
6. ANZ
7. wow
8. Maps
9.Sarah Palin
10. Underbelly
11. beijing 2008
12. stephanie rice
13. Barack Obama
14. Cloverfield
15. Miley Cyrus
16. Firefox 3
17. The Dark Knight
18. Heath Ledger
19. Gossip Girl
20. Zero punctuation

 TOP 10 ON TV (most searched TV shows)

1. Big Brother
2. Simpsons
3. Heroes
4. Family Guy
5. Underbelly
6. Home and Away
7. Australian Idol
8. Gossip Girl
9. South Park
10. Neighbours

More top Google searches on page 3...



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