Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist who ‘Last lecture’ became a viral internet sensation and best selling book, has died at the age of 47.

Infosys Technologies plans to cut dependence on the United States to about 40 percent from more than 60 percent now, its chief executive said, as a slowdown in the world's largest economy hits outsourcing deals.

Australian organisations are finding more and more uses for Internet Protocol [IP] Networks as technologies and business practices change, according to a recent survey conducted by Optus.

Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that spending on IT services will rise by 9.5 per cent in 2008, but it warned that business leaders are increasingly seeing outsourcing solely as a means to cut costs.

Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo.

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