http://www.computerworld.com.au eBusiness by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2008, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:35:02 +1000 60 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=730373579&rid=-180 Australian universities were the cream of the crop in Google's inaugural University Online Marketing Challenge, with a student team from the University of Western Australia named global winner, while a team from UNSW took out the APAC regional win. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:26:42 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=667600754&rid=-180 During its year of jousting with Microsoft, Google learned a lot from the software giant. Too bad it picked up Redmond's bad behaviors -- behaviors that are bad for both IT and the public at large. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:40:51 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1311301329&rid=-180 The losses caused by a cybercrime ring broken up on Tuesday by Romania could reach into the millions of euros, an official with the General Inspectorate of the Romanian National Police said on Thursday. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:47:08 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=311475043&rid=-180 The US Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides most of the systems used within the Department of Defense, has been reaching out to a wide range of companies in the belief that their IT approaches -- including the use of cloud computing technologies -- could help DISA better support the military's warfighting men and women. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:38:40 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1111935122&rid=-180 The US Air Force is using Web 2.0 technologies to better support its missions despite wariness about security, a civilian technology official of the service said last week. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:26:21 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1808462946&rid=-180 Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock on Thursday sent a letter to shareholders that slams Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn, who want Yahoo to sell part or all of the company to Microsoft. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:40:48 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1426497645&rid=-180 While it still would present some integration challenges, AOL might be easier for Microsoft to absorb than Yahoo from a cultural and political perspective now that Microsoft's battle for Yahoo has gotten so ugly. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:18:40 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=138875150&rid=-180 Microsoft's revenue rose 18 percent for both its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter and year, but the company's Online Services Business (OSB), under scrutiny due to heated negotiations to purchase Yahoo's search business, continues to falter. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:16:17 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=917657182&rid=-180 Australian customers are twice as likely to buy products online than their UK counterparts, according a recent survey by web analytics company Coremetrics. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:03:07 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=778825118&rid=-180 If you thought the whole Microsoft-Yahoo-Icahn fandango was twisted and ugly before, well, it just got worse. Over the last three days these clowns have been eye-poking and face slapping like The Three Stooges -- sans the sophistication. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:55:49 +1000