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The second beta of Internet Explorer 8 looks a lot better than the first one — but frankly, a lot of that is due to features copied from Firefox 3.

BLUESCREEN | Telstra to sue Optus for providing crappy service, devious pricing with hidden catches and poor network quality. Telstra claiming exclusive rights.

New Realestate.com.au CEO Greg Ellis will get paid the same as recently departed CEO Simon Baker — $600,000 plus
bonuses.

Google’s approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant’s chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview.

Mozilla and Google have extended a search deal through 2011, providing some financial security to the backer of the open source Firefox Web browser.

ACT energy utility ActewAGL has begun the search for a new chief information officer after incumbent Carsten Larsen left last Friday.

Business-focused internet service provider People Telecom today said it had launched ADSL2+ broadband services based on Telstra’s network, making it the first firm in Australia to do so.

Australian internet telephony minnow Freshtel, a consumer player that recently started providing enterprise services, today revealed to the ASX it had depleted around half its cash reserves over the past year.

Virtual worlds have become the newest tool for criminals to launder their ill-gotten gains.

Steve Jobs’ obituary was mistakenly put online by Bloomberg business news wire and sent out to thousands of clients.