Editorial
CERN participates in Telecom World 2009
Linux 'phonebook' rejuvenates ageing 'phone'

Announcements & news
Computing Helpdesk becomes IT Service Desk on 1 January
openlab and Intel continue to deliver training to programmers
Solaris License servers stopped in October
Student programme invites 2010 applications
Connecting to CERN from home
New training improves code quality and security

Technical brief
AFS revisited: job authentication

Conference and event reports
Barcelona welcomes EGEE'09
HEPiX travels to California
Computing school follows in the footsteps of famous physicists
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