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10 things you can do to get a promotion

Very few people hire on with any company or organisation with the intention of remaining indefinitely at the position for which they were hired. The thought of asking for advancement is usually pretty frightening, but these tips will help you be more prepared. Read more »

Do tech 'Einsteins' make good managers?

CIOs have to take special care of their tech 'Einsteins' to keep them happy and performing well, but are these savvy savants promotable? Read more »

Coming to terms with the support role

Support teams are often feel that they get less respect than the development side of the shop. You can address the problem by re-evaluating the support role. Read more »

10 ways to explain things more effectively

In the course of your work, you may sometimes need to explain technical concepts to your customers. Having them understand you is important not only for technical reasons, but also to ensure customer satisfaction. Read more »

How to thrive as a developer among non-developers

If you're a lone wolf developer, keeping your career and skills fresh can be a struggle. Here are some strategies for meeting this challenge. Read more »

Gosling looks down Sun's open road

James Gosling discusses Sun's decision to release Java under the General Public License, whether open source is more secure than proprietary software, how IT departments can cut development costs, and why Microsoft still owns the desktop. Read more »

Unplugged: Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell

After 17-years trying to get the other technology gurus at Sun to follow his lead recently appointed software CTO Rob Gingell is now responsible for steering the shift from Unix to Java. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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