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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.

Universities from Australia and around the world are taking part in the Google Online Marketing Challenge; a competition aimed at providing tertiary students with 'hands-on' experience in online advertising.

Companies that want to move beyond cutting and pasting information into Excel spreadsheets will have to adopt a set of APIs and create lightweight "mashup" applications that automate business processes, executives said during a Webcast last Thursday.

IBM announced a new Web application development tool that can help users without technical skills develop online forms for automating common manual tasks like collecting and analyzing information.

IT's many names and methods - from CBT (computer-based training) to e-learning produce a teaching tool that's getting more interactive and dynamic. Online training is evolving - getting more interactive and more diverse in its uses for training, testing and group work. Because it can deliver a broad range of information - from skills to product and service details - to a variety of people, when they want it, e-learning is not only an educational asset, but can cut time and travel-associated costs.

Microsoft and Otto & Co., one of Europe's largest mail-order and online retailers, have agreed to collaborate in the area of e-commerce application development, the companies said Monday.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a report which it hopes will help governments address cross-border fraud, particularly fraud carried out over the Internet and telecommunications channels.

Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE's IT Centre Manager Rosemary Burns shares her IT experiences with Computerworld's Lauren Thomsen-Moore.

While e-business continues to mature and deliver direct benefits to companies there are some ongoing business challenges that need to be worked on if it is going to fully deliver the economy-wide productivity benefits on offer.

Microsoft's decision to remove Paul Houghton from the Australian managing director's position and replace him with current ninemsn boss Steve Vamos has been described by industry analysts as an unsurprising turn in a natural chain of events.

Under terms of an agreement to invest US$100 million in Amazon.com, America Online Inc. is allowed to make a friendly bid to acquire the Seattle, Washington-based online retailer if it so desires, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.