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• Google privacy policy claims challenged by watchdog

  Google's privacy policy changes have caught the attention of an independent watchdog of the federal cloud that is worried about security risks for government workers.

• Collaboration software shouldn't be deployed out of the box: Gartner

  IT managers implementing collaborative software such as SharePoint have been warned that simply installing applications out of the box will put strain on relationships throughout the business.

• AGs discuss suppression orders

  Australia's attorneys-general will consider suppression orders, Facebook and the impact of blogs on trials in a bid to ensure justice is administered fairly.

• Beta watch: EmailOracle, FriendShuffle, Storify

  EmailOracle: Inbox Spy

• WordPress 3.0 adds better customization

  The open-source content management system WordPress turned seven years old last month. In its lifetime, it has attracted a devout following: More than 28,000 people download WordPress every day, with over 11.4 million active installations, including news outlets and corporate sites.

• Victorian Government wants public ICT plan views

  The Victorian Government has put a call out for submissions to a newly established blog on the state’s next ICT plan.

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  Gov 2.0 taskforce recommendations to lead public service reform

  Web 2.0 technologies and updates to the australia.gov.au website are key to creating an open government and facilitating easier government services for citizens, according to a report into the Australian public service.

• Online publishing for the cheap and lazy

  I'm a lazy cheapskate. And I'm often on the move. But as a columnist, I'm also interested in exposing as many readers as possible to my brilliant insights - which means I should engage in social media and online publishing.

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  IBM remote control lets users blog about favorite TV shows

  Ever want to blog about that crazy episode of True Blood or how dark and twisty Meredith is on Grey's Anatomy ?

• Twitter: Wednesday is our most miserable day

  Vermont University professors Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds have published Twitter and blogs based research that suggests that Wednesday is the most miserable day of the week.

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  RIM launches official BlackBerry blogs for users, developers

  Always looking for new sources of information on everything-BlackBerry? Yeah, me too. And today I've got some good news. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has launched two official blogs for BlackBerry enthusiasts: Inside BlackBerry, "The Official BlackBerry Blog" for the general BlackBerry Community; and the BlackBerry Developer's Blog, which is specifically aimed at BlackBerry software developers.

• Bug in Google's Blogger costing sites traffic

  Publishers with custom domains hosted on Google's Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week due to a bug affecting how visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers' own domains.

• China clears bloggers who criticized government

  Two Chinese bloggers separately detained for writing online about government corruption have had their charges dropped by police in recent weeks.

• Tanner and Conroy go blogging

  Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, have launched a joint blog to canvass opinions on the future of Australia’s digital economy.

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  In Mumbai, bloggers and Twitter offer help to relatives

  Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out Thursday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai.