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Customs CIO leaves
Australian Customs Service chief information officer Murray Harrison today said he would leave the agency next Wednesday, ending his six-year tenure.
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UQ inks massive hosted Exchange deal
The University of Queensland has announced that its 38,000 university students will be moving to a hosted Microsoft email system.
Tags: microsoft, university of queensland, tate, live@edu, email, hosted
Data#3 rolls out Office 2007, Salesforce
Diversified IT products and services company Data#3 this week said it was in the middle of a two-year internal software and systems revamp, including roll-outs of Office 2007 and Salesforce.com.
Tags: data#3, grant, office 2007, microsoft, reseller, erp, revamp, data
Microsoft's Ballmer to come down under
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed plans to visit Sydney later this year, speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on innovation and the digital Economy.
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Ninemsn gets new CEO
Microsoft-flavoured media company ninemsn has appointed a new chief executive offer, Joe Pollard, who will start next week.
Tags: ninemsn, ceo, pollard, microsoft, law, stewart, media, joe
Visual Studio 2010 can replay bugs
Microsoft has revealed plans for the next version of its development suite, Visual Studio 2010, to be able to record testing sessions so that developers can reproduce and closely examine software bugs.
Tags: .net, developers, microsoft, software, visual studio, 2010, tester, developer
101 software tips, tweaks and tricks
Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications
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Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday in the US that developers attending a Microsoft conference next month will get an early version of Windows 7 to take home.
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Windows Mobile 7 delayed
Microsoft has informed some of its partners that it has had to delay Windows Mobile 7, a much anticipated update to its handset operating system.
Tags: blackberry, microsoft, software, windows mobile
Microsoft cuts apps from Windows 7
Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.
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