As state and territory governments meet to talk health reform at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra today, Google said it had "no time frame" for the deployment of Google Health in Australia, despite its CEO formerly saying he hoped to have the service available in Australia by late 2008.

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Australia still waiting for Google Health

Queensland Health chief information officer Ray Brown has poached several senior Queensland IT executives to help him lead the department's IT division.

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Queensland Health CIO appoints seconds

Internet and email is the most preferred and frequently used channel by Australians to interact with the government according to a report released today.

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Websites preferred over govt bureaucrats

VMWare rival Microsoft Hyper-V has achieved a high-profile Australian victory, with the New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) deciding to roll-out the software to some 473 schools across the state.

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NSW DET win for Microsoft's Hyper-V

Manufacturer DuluxGroup - which operates the Dulux, Selleys, Yates, Cabot's and OPEL brands - has started hiring for a chief information officer to steer its Australia-based IT department.

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CIO sought for Dulux

Westpac's US$2.3 billion 10-year contract with IBM for IT services is coming to an end. Will Westpac divorce or renew its vows with the big blue giant?

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Will Westpac renew its IBM vows?

The overall market for high-performance computers sunk, but shipments of supercomputers costing more than $3 million surged 65 percent, IDC says. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Business Tech.

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Everyone's buying expensive supercomputers

Chinese access to websites covering sensitive topics such as Tibet have remained blocked despite an announcement from Google that it had stopped censoring its Chinese-language search engine.

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Chinese access to Google still censored

The good Excellent keyboard and touch pad Compact body Bright display The bad No optical drive Limited configuration options Do looks matter in a budget business notebook? Budget laptops are necessary for the self-employed and those without lots of money to burn, but those same users might also be entrepreneurs who prefer affordable, nicely designed machines that do double-duty as personal laptops rather than boxy generic systems. Lenovo clearly felt the same way: the uptight ThinkPad image has been taken in a relatively bold new direction in the new Edge line.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge (13-inch)

The good Revamped version of one of our favourite netbooks Excellent keyboard and touch pad Sturdy and durable Includes accelerometer Optional higher-resolution display The bad Loses its ExpressCard slot Standard netbook components at a premium price When we heard that HP was making some big changes to its small business netbook, we were worried. After all, the current version — the Mini 2140 — is probably our all-time favourite netbook, thanks to an innovative keyboard (since adopted by HP's consumer netbooks), full ExpressCard slot, and solid metal construction

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HP Mini 5101