Full Duplex by David Braue

David Braue

Will Rudd's bush backhaul bonanza deliver?

Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream — but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility. Read on…

posted by David Braue, 03 July 2009 05:45 PM 2 comments

bootstrappr by Brad Howarth

Brad Howarth

Doing for AV what VoIP did for telephony

Sydney-based start-up Audinate is making traditional analog cabling obsolete in favour of TCP/IP-based networking technology. And it's doing a pretty good job so far, with its technology used by World Youth Day and the Sydney Opera House. Read on…

posted by Brad Howarth, 02 July 2009 03:15 PM 1 comment

Twisted Wire by Phil Dobbie

Phil Dobbie

WiMax in Australia: Part two

WiMax could be the standard that drives the next phase of mobile broadband, it provides an opportunity for players wanting to establish a pure IP network to carry voice and data effectively — but is this what operators want? Read on…

posted by Phil Dobbie, 02 July 2009 10:27 AM 1 comment

Techie Isles by Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen

The poor cousin

Microsoft is one of those companies that doles out the goodwill with one hand and takes it back with the other. Read on…

posted by Juha Saarinen, 01 July 2009 09:03 AM 0 comments

Patch Monday by ZDNet Australia Staff

Renai LeMay

The price is wrong for Windows 7

There's no doubt that Windows 7 is going to be one of the better releases of Windows in the product's long history, but is the Redmond giant holding back uptake with the pricing? Read on…

posted by Renai LeMay, 29 June 2009 03:31 PM 7 comments

Null Pointer by Chris Duckett

Chris Duckett

Microsoft misses the Outlook point

Ask designers which mail program is the bane of their existence, and you'll find that Outlook tops the list. The reason why the most popular email reader is also the most painful is simple: it uses Word to render HTML emails. Read on…

posted by Chris Duckett, 25 June 2009 11:40 AM 14 comments

Going Public by Suzanne Tindal

Suzanne Tindal

Web 2.0 taskforce: Will it stick?

With its new taskforce, the government has got straight back on the web 2.0 horse after taking a nasty fall last year with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner's blogging trial, but how long will it stay on? Read on…

posted by Suzanne Tindal, 23 June 2009 04:06 PM 0 comments

The Drawing Board by Christine Lee

Christine Lee

David Thodey: The man behind the mask

Our in-house cartoonist's rendition of new Telstra chief executive David Thodey shows the true man behind the corporate mask. Read on…

posted by Christine Lee, 03 June 2009 11:41 AM 3 comments

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