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• Budget pledges more investment into tax avoidance taskforce

  The Federal Government has decided to extend the funding for the Australian Taxation Office Tax Avoidance Taskforce.

• Cisco unwraps $61m digital acceleration program

  Cisco is investing $61 million over the next three years to help drive secure digital transformation that will focus on skills development and innovation across multiple industries.

• In Pictures: Top tech turkeys of 2014

  Just be thankful you aren’t associated with any of these people.

• Smarter Celeno Wi-Fi chip manages device throughput

  New firmware for Celeno's Wi-Fi chips lets home gateways and routers control transmission times for clients, improving throughput.

• Cybercrooks target SMBs with new types of attacks

  As money and corporate information have morphed from hard currency and blueprints to digital files, small and midsized businesses have become the new banks to rob. In fact, bank robberies across the U.S. have plummeted from 9,400 in 1991 to just 3,870 last year. As Doug Johnson of the American Bankers Association puts it: "As more and more transactions become electronic, more bank crimes become electronic."

• In Pictures: 10 Cloud storage and backup services for your small business

  The Cloud is an increasingly viable (and inexpensive) storage and backup option for small businesses. Here are 10 services worth a look - and, possibility, your data.

• Intel's Haswell gets massive graphics performance boost

  Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance.

• BYOD, or else! Companies will soon require workers use their own smartphone

  A Gartner study released today predicts that by 2017, half of all companies will require employees to bring their own smartphones for work purposes.

• In Pictures: 25 must-have technologies for SMBs

  Operating a small business isn't easy. So, here’s a list of 25 must-have technologies that will help make your life easier and your business more successful.

• 25 must-have technologies for SMBs

  Running a small business isn't easy. I know. I run one. As a freelance writer, I’ve learned that you need to run your writing career as if you were running a business.

• Windows Blue won't solve all Microsoft's problems, analysts say

  "Windows 8 sucks because Windows 8 apps suck", said analyst Michael Cherry, not mincing words. "And there's nothing in all these rumors of Windows Blue or Windows 8.1 that tells me that apps will be easier to write or that will result in better apps".

• In Pictures: 10 tech products to boost your small business productivity

  From mini storage arrays to IP cameras to print servers, these 10 hardware devices will help you run your small business more efficiently whether you're in the office or hitting the road to close a deal.

• SMB confidence in the economy is starting to improve in 2013: MYOB

  SMBs are finally starting to get more confident about the economy and are raising their overall business outlook.

• Is Yahoo's telework ban shortsighted or savvy? Data says both

  Employee morale will plummet, key people will quit, and efforts to enhance collaboration will backfire, critics said of CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to end telecommuting at Yahoo. But not all data comes to the same conclusions.

• Google+ finding its feet with businesses

  Google continues to tweak its Google+ social media platform as the company seeks to gain traction among businesses.