• Fire warning system ready to ring

    A national telephone warning system to alert people to a bushfire emergency will begin operating next week.

    27 November 2009 02:35 PM

  • Govt rejects Senate NBN report

    The Federal Government will ignore a coalition-dominated Senate committee's call for a cost-benefit analysis into the National Broadband Network (NBN).

    27 November 2009 11:42 AM

  • Minchin resigns over carbon plan

    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has resigned from the shadow ministry to protest the opposition's stance on the carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS).

    27 November 2009 10:55 AM

  • NBN Co adds Labor, Telstra staffer

    The NBN Co, the government-owned entity which will roll out the national broadband network, has appointed another former Labor staffer.

    26 November 2009 05:00 PM

  • CSIRO issues telco tender

    Australia's peak scientific research body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has put its entire telecommunications infrastructure out to tender.

    26 November 2009 03:43 PM

  • iiTrial judge locks out IIA

    Justice Dennis Cowdroy today rejected the Internet Industry Association's (IIA) request to be considered a "friend of the court" in the iiNet copyright case.

    26 November 2009 03:15 PM

I imported a cattle probe from [the] US, only to have Customs declare it a "Taser", ask me to declare why I needed it, and [say] that the matter was being reported.

From: Oz Pirate Party slams 'secret' IP talks

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • Alcatel-Lucent hires Conroy staffer

    Outgoing media advisor to Minister of Communications Stephen Conroy, Tim Marshall, will be taking up a role with NBN Co chief Mike Quigley's former employer, Alcatel-Lucent.

    26 November 2009 03:08 PM

  • Telstra streamlines broadband plans

    Telstra has released a series of new broadband plans as the telco aims to sharpen its offerings in the ultra-competitive sector.

    26 November 2009 11:56 AM

  • Kim Carr's supercomputer: Contest winner

    Expectations for comedy gold were high going into last week's caption contest, and we certainly were not let down, with high-grade champagne comedy flowing freely.

    25 November 2009 05:25 PM

  • IBM scores $62.9m Medicare deal

    Medicare has decided to pay IBM $62.9 million for the extension of an information technology services and support contract while its parent agency, Human Services, reviews its technology strategy.

    25 November 2009 03:56 PM

  • ACCC greenlights Microsoft/Yahoo deal

    The ACCC has announced that it will not oppose the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo to combine their search and search advertising businesses.

    25 November 2009 11:17 AM

  • Coroneos takes iiTrial heat

    Internet Industry Association (IIA) chief Peter Coroneos faced heated questions in Federal Court yesterday over a "knockout blow" the IIA had planned for an increasingly prolific copyright movement.

    25 November 2009 10:30 AM

  • Telstra reveals Canberra security centre

    Telstra announced today a new ASIO accredited security operations centre in Canberra to provide managed security services.

    24 November 2009 02:29 PM

  • Telstra first to launch BlackBerry Bold 9700

    Telstra tightens its grip of the smartphone market and is the first to market with the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold update.

    24 November 2009 11:55 AM

  • iPhone virus adds botnet powers

    In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according to computer security firm, Sophos.

    24 November 2009 10:42 AM

  • Ludlam: Telstra-split Bill unlikely in '09

    The Bill that will decide whether Telstra remains vertically integrated is set for debate in parliament this Thursday, but Greens Senator Scott Ludlam doubts it will happen this year and blames Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin for it.

    23 November 2009 03:02 PM

  • Telecom NZ gets separation extension

    New Zealand Communications Minister Steven Joyce has given the country's former monopoly telco Telecom NZ an extension on its deadline for overhauling its IT systems to deal with mandated separation of its operations.

    20 November 2009 04:07 PM

  • Optus upgrades HFC too

    Optus has finally put an end to speculation on whether it will follow Telstra's upgrade of its hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network, announcing that it has already started work on its cable in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

    20 November 2009 12:20 PM

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