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Unlike eBay, the clubs own the (membership) information. We have no rights to the records. [Brian Cooney, Chief Executive of IMG eCommerce]

Source: AFR - 29/8/08

Google is a great generalist. But a specialist website that does travel, for example, is going to absolutely kick its arse. [iProspect CEO David Holmes]

Source: AFR - 28/8/08

Demand for the freedom to work from home has also grown recently, Snow says. “We are starting to see more people work two to three days per week from home.” [Brent Snow - Director at Baker & McKenzie Australian IT]

Source: AFR - 27/8/08

“As we’ve seen with Office and Vista, people can be very resistant to changes in their technology that are two steps ahead of the previous version,” says Darren Van Laar, principal lecturer in psychology at the University of Portsmouth.

Source: AFR - 26/8/08

“I know it may feel some days like it’s all over, the story has been written. But if you look at it today, the bulk of advertising and marketing in the world - the lion’s share - is offline, not online.” [Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CFO]

Source: AFR - 24/8/08

The ABC’s iView service, which allows viewers to watch a number of the channel’s programs on-demand free online, clocked up 58,000 program downloads after its first two days in operation and had 130,000 visits from curious viewers checking what was on offer.

Source: AFR - 22/8/08

After getting inquiries about Cuil, Google asserted on its blog on Friday that it regularly scans through 1 trillion unique web links.

Source: AFR - 21/8/08

Google, Salesforce.com, EMC, VMware and Amazon.com are just some of the companies that are betting businesses will soon turn to computer services delivered from what they’re calling “the cloud”.

Source: AFR - 20/8/08

A recent report by researcher Frost & Sullivan predicts the online classified ad market will jump from $396 million in calendar 2007 to $979 million in 2011, driven by higher ad rates and the arrival of first-time online advertisers.

Source: AFR - 19/8/08

The pain companies in “old” media such as free to air television, newspapers and radio are suffering because of tighter advertising budgets has not spread to the $400 million online classified ad sector.

Source: AFR - 17/8/08