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The Global Financial Crisis is being blamed as the cause of an increase in workplace bullying in Australia since the wake of the recession.

HTC’s Legend smartphone is being launched exclusively in Australia through Vodafone and Three Mobile, countering Telstra’s exclusive deal with HTC covering the powerful HTC Desire.

I’ve just had one of those days where, no matter what I do, I keep losing focus. This week I’ve been travelling a fair bit, but sometimes I think your brain just doesn’t appreciate being forced to look at a computer screen for hours on end. Here are a few things that work for me and help keep me on the task at hand ― hopefully you will add a few of your own ideas as well.

St.George Bank plans to release an iPad app for customers to access St.George Internet Banking from Apple’s iPad tablet within the next week.

Vodafone’s iPad plans look expensive compared with the soon to be released mobile data packs due on June 1st, with data packs starting at $9.95 for 1Gb.

As a veteran of ICT marketing (yes that means 20 years) I have been amazed to see the number of ‘booth babes’ used at this year’s CeBIT exhibition.

Harvey World Travel is experiencing increased interest from young entrepreneurs who are keen to run their own business and making their mark on the world.

Senator Conroy has continued to attack Google over privacy, all while Google dominates the Australian market, with the company responsible for over 90 percent of internet searches.

MYOB has appointed Don Gregg as Partner Relations Manager to link together external stakeholders for MYOB, including accountants, retailers and developers.

Most home owners are choosing their home loan for reasons other than price due to a lack of experience in the market and often stumble into expensive ill considered options.

Vodafone has released it’s iPad plans and used its last mover advantage to declare war on both Optus and Telstra offering unlimited data and significantly better value.

National Australia Bank (NAB) has recorded the worst customer service of the big four banks across two separate surveys released this week.

CEO of SansGov Matthew Tukaki has today called Australia’s major political parties into action, stating that a united front is needed to better educate businesses which are operating offshore.

Fresh Produce Group (FPG) have taken home the coveted NetSuite “Hairball Award” for realising the greatest cost reductions and disentanglement from conventional on-site software.

ANZ and St George Bank have emerged as the clear industry leaders in terms of business consumer’s satisfaction, a new report from the TNS Business Finance Monitor (BFM) has shown.

Harvey Norman has embraced Twitter as a sales tool, with chief operations officer John Slack-Smith has detailed the company’s online strategy at CeBIT 2010 yesterday.

iPad buyers are being cautioned to expect surprises with their iPad plan costs when Apple launches the iPad 3G in Australia on May 28th.

An Australian business author has warned that Australia is about to be hit with a tsunami of business sales, as many owners are nearing retirement age.

Me and my mate Michelle were amongst the 10,000 odd folk who took part in the HBF Run for a Reason in Perth on Sunday. Kudos to HBF on a great event, by the way. It WAS actually fun and I know for the fact that if it wasn’t for the intermittent Samba bands and school girl cheer leaders along the route I for one wouldn’t have made it.

Austrade has released a new report “Sustainable IT, Australia’s Industry Capability & Value Proposition” highlighting Australia as an ICT leader at CeBIT Sydney.