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Good afternoon,

Adobe's PDF took a beating today, with AGIMO directing agencies to always offer an alternative and the FBI abandoning it for open web standards.

Meanwhile John Hilvert looks at the ICT skills shortage in Canberra.

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

Training & Development
Canberra's IT skills crisis blamed on Gershon cuts

By John Hilvert | December 01, 2010

High price to re-hire culled workers.

 
 
Hardware
Optus unlocks iPhones over the network

By Brett Winterford | December 01, 2010

A long overdue correction to an old-world problem.

 
 
Software
Government gives thumbs down to PDF format

By John Hilvert | December 01, 2010

Adobe's document format lacks accessibility, says AGIMO.

 
 
Telco/ISP
Telcos make best cloud providers: lawyer

By Liz Tay | December 01, 2010

Cloud computing a "general counsel's nightmare".

 
 
Security
Immigration rolls out biometrics to stop visa fraud

By Nate Cochrane | December 01, 2010

International network to root out identity criminals captures face and fingerprint signatures.

 
 
Software
Government to trial telehealth at NBN sites

By Liz Tay | December 01, 2010

Armidale and Kiama get up to $4 million.

 
 
Finance
Mobile bills a low priority for struggling consumers

By Ry Crozier | December 01, 2010

Telcos among the last to get paid in tough times.

 
 
Telco/ISP
Internode scales 3G data plans to 18GB

By Ry Crozier | December 01, 2010

Boosts interconnection capacity with Optus.

 
 
Software
FBI opens crime stats to the web

By Liam Tung | December 01, 2010

No more PDFs.

 
 

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