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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    New professional body to represent IT execs   ICT salaries up as skill shortage continues   Chip can stop PC viruses, but cost a hurdle   Informatica to buy middleware vendor itemfield   Struggling BearingPoint faces delisting, other problems   McAfee claims ISS users worried after IBM take over   MyNetFone reports subscriber base doubling   Palm launches Treo 680 smartphone   Scientists tune up nanotube piano wire   Tighter green laws will lead to IT component shortages   LCD TVs winning out over plasma   Chip packager confirms takeover plan   ISP to filter email for spam and viruses   Mapuche Indians declare war on Microsoft   Rwanda points and clicks its way to growth, change
Tuesday, 28th November 2006
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This afternoon, a new professional body, the CIO Institute of Australia, has launched to promote the professional development, training and certification, business alignment and executive development of senior IT executives.

Also making news, salaries in the ICT sector were up by 12 percent across the board for the six months to December, as employers fought to attract and retain talent.

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New professional body to represent IT execs
A new professional body, the CIO Institute of Australia, has launched to promote the professional development, training and certification, business alignment and executive development of senior IT executives.


ICT salaries up as skill shortage continues
Salaries in the ICT sector were up by 12 percent across the board for the six months to December, as employers fought to attract and retain talent, a new report says.


Chip can stop PC viruses, but cost a hurdle
Researchers in Japan have developed a microchip that blocks computer viruses before they enter PCs, an advance that could change how security software is used.


Informatica to buy middleware vendor itemfield
Data integration software vendor Informatica on Monday said it plans to acquire one of its partners, middleware maker Itemfield, in a US$55 million cash deal.


Struggling BearingPoint faces delisting, other problems
Tech consulting and systems integration firm BearingPoint said its shares could be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange as the company struggles to cope with a litany of financial and legal problems.



MyNetFone reports subscriber base doubling
ASX-listed VoIP provider, MyNetFone, has announced that it has hit the 20,000 subscriber mark.


Palm launches Treo 680 smartphone
Firm not turning its back on Palm OS just yet.


Scientists tune up nanotube piano wire
Delft University of Technology makes world's smallest piano wire.


Tighter green laws will lead to IT component shortages
Gartner warns of trouble ahead as environmental laws tighten up.


LCD TVs winning out over plasma
Plasma TV suppliers, already outnumbered by the rival LCD camp, are expected to lose further ground as LCD TVs encroach on the 40-inch-class market, a plasma stronghold, industry analysts say.


Chip packager confirms takeover plan
Foreign buyout may ease path to China investment.


ISP to filter email for spam and viruses
Internet For Business intros 'cloud level' service.


Mapuche Indians declare war on Microsoft
World’s first proprietary language discovered.


Rwanda points and clicks its way to growth, change
MUHURA, Rwanda - Ange Mukarusagara never thought she would get the chance to use a computer at school.
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