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Google has added OCR technology to Google Docs, virtual scanning of uploaded PDFs saved as a document file.
OCR works best if the original is a high-resolution image. The higher the resolution of the original the greater the results however Some formatting may not be preserved.
The original images will be included in the new document to [...]

We read about it, hear about it and watch it on TV and the Internet. The mining boom is the major contributing factor in Australia’s recovery from the economic crises, but is that the only industry that has the potential to become the saviour of the economy.
Information Technology (IT) is an $85 billion+ industry employing [...]

Microsoft’s refusal to offer upgrade price will backfire, says Google integrator
Australia’s leading Google Apps integrator Devnet is delighted that Microsoft has chosen not to offer Office users an upgrade price for the latest version of their software, claiming that it will encourage users to seek out alternative ways to bring their current Office suite up [...]

The second day of cebit was bigger than the first. Webciety is working really well and the crowds were up. The media centre is right behind Webceiety and this proved fruitful again providing an interview with Ryan Egan who runs Tech Stream on ABC Radio. http://blogs.radioaustralia.net.au/techstream/ The interview was about cloud computing, webciety and how [...]

By Shaun Nichols
10 February 2009 02:50PM
ITnews.com.au
Google has ported its Sync service to the iPhone and Windows Mobile platforms.
The company on Monday announced that the service would be available as a beta release for both devices.
The Sync software will allow users to link their Google Calendar and Gmail contact lists with the built-in calendar and contact [...]

Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 8:55 AM
[Cross-posted from the Google Australia Blog. Updates will be posted on the Google Australia Blog. --Ed.]
Over the weekend, a terrible bushfire tragedy has been unfolding in Victoria, Australia.
We’ve today pulled together a Flash Map, containing the latest up-to-date information about fire locations and their status from the Country Fire [...]

Which areas of IT spending will get funded when money is tight? We roll together projections from Forrester, Gartner, and IDC with answers from real-world CIOs
Tom Sullivan (InfoWorld) 20/11/2008 08:20:00
No company is immune from the economy’s ebb and flow. So it’s no surprise that, in the face of a fearsome downturn, IT shops are scrambling [...]

Thursday, 29 January 2009
The software-as-a-service (Saas) industry will hit a high note during the economic downturn as businesses search for more cost-effective IT solutions, according to a new survey.
The new data, released by research group IDC, shows 76% of US businesses will use at least one SaaS-delivered application this year.
The percentage of US companies planning [...]

Reference: The Official Google Blog
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:00 PM
by Andy Palay, Gmail engineer
Web-based email is great because you can check it from any computer, but there’s one little catch: it’s inherently limited by your internet connection. From public WiFi to smartphones equipped with 3G, from mobile broadband cards to fledgling in-flight wireless on airplanes, [...]

A new Forrester report [1] detailed by ReadWriteWeb [2] contains some interesting data for enterprises considering cloud-based applications. The first finding, that cloud-based e-mail is always cheaper than on-premises solutions for smaller companies with fewer than 15,000 users, may not be that much of a head-turner. Small companies have always been touted as the best candidates for SaaS, since they seldom [...]