ENTERPRISE modelling software provider Holocentric has named Bruce Nixon as chief executive.

AN interesting challenge is looming at the top of Telstra — succession planning, or rather, the lack of it.

KIM Carr has a beard just like Allen Ginsberg’s. And he appears to have been influenced by the beats in other ways.

VODAFONE’S not-unexpected swoop on Crazy John’s last week is just the latest move by a company very keen to improve its market share.

IT WILL take more than a quirky TV commercial that ends with Bill Gates waggling his butt at Jerry Seinfeld to restore lustre to Microsoft’s Windows brand name.

FASTER connections between computers and devices on the way, but don’t hold your breath: they’re still a year or so away.

DEFRAG has realised you can only watch so many amusing videos on YouTube before you get restless.

MICROSOFT has appointed Peter Watson as director of platform strategy for its Australian operations.

CRAZY John’s sale to Vodafone by John Ilhan’s widow Patricia comes as little surprise.

OH yeah, people. The war is back on and the plucky underdog, Microsoft, is preparing to fight back against the dominant Apple.