• SmartGate hits Sydney Airport

    SmartGate, the self-processing option for travellers, is now available at Sydney International Airport.

    03 July 2009 06:21 PM

  • Telecom NZ faces engineer protests

    Telecom New Zealand faced union protests in Auckland today in relation to its re-shuffle of engineering contractors.

    03 July 2009 05:56 PM

  • ACCC whips HP cashback into shape

    HP Australia has changed its claims processing and complaints handling procedures, following numerous complaints received by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission about the manufacturer's cashback and gift promotions.

    03 July 2009 05:03 PM

  • Hiccups for Tassie schools' ICT merger

    Tasmania's plan to combine its year 11 and 12 colleges with its TAFEs to form a new statewide system with shared ICT services has run into teething issues.

    03 July 2009 12:41 PM

  • Apple selling unlocked iPhones online

    What a difference a year makes; new carriers and new ways to buy Apple's touchscreen wunderkind.

    03 July 2009 11:17 AM

  • ComputerCorp wins big at QLD DET

    ComputerCorp has come out on top in the Queensland Department of Education and Training's latest round of purchasing laptops for teachers through its $70 million computers for schools program.

    03 July 2009 06:04 PM

And which part of the NBN is NOT shrouded in mystery.

From: Tasmania's NBN shrouded in mystery

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • Horror story: Qld Health datacentre disaster

    On 20 May, a brief electricity brown-out struck a Queensland Health datacentre, starting a chain of incidents that resulted in serious outages of over 20 health applications. Read our blow by blow account of an event that constitutes every CIO's nightmare scenario.

    02 July 2009 05:46 PM

  • ICT companies using more lobbyists

    Australian technology and telecommunications companies are making more use of lobbyists to gain influence in Canberra, the Federal Government's lobbyist register has revealed.

    02 July 2009 02:40 PM

  • Nokia N97 ships with Aussie apps

    During the launch of the N97, Nokia demonstrated some of the Aussie apps available for its flagship smartphone.

    01 July 2009 02:11 PM

  • New HTC handsets hit Oz

    HTC today announced three new smartphone handsets in Australia, with two exclusively bound for Telstra and one to Optus.

    30 June 2009 05:09 PM

  • Tech.Ed attendees get free HP netbook

    Microsoft has raised the stakes for conference swag, with paying attendees of its September Tech.Ed conference in Australia having the opportunity to go home with a new HP laptop.

    30 June 2009 02:08 PM

  • ATO brings Boston back

    Boston Consulting Group was involved in the process that led to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) signing a $604 million extension with IT outsourcer EDS, the agency revealed yesterday.

    30 June 2009 12:18 PM

  • EDS scores $604m ATO extension

    The Australian Taxation Office has decided to extend its contracts with EDS for end computing and centralised computing services over a further two years.

    29 June 2009 05:02 PM

  • Apple closes Sydney store to browsers

    Sydneysiders hoping to check out the new generation iPhone have been turned away from Apple's flagship Sydney store, with staff informing them it is closed to browsers.

    26 June 2009 05:21 PM

  • Defence rethinks $200m Kaz contract

    The Department of Defence has put out a request for information to test a new model for providing the services in its $200 million central ICT infrastructure contract, currently serviced by Kaz Group.

    26 June 2009 05:11 PM

  • Scandinavian e-health trip for ACT minister

    ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher has decided to travel to Denmark and Norway in August to learn about the countries' e-health systems.

    26 June 2009 12:10 PM

  • Apple to sell unlocked iPhone 3GS

    Apple Australia today confirmed it was directly selling unlocked iPhone 3GS devices in both the 16GB and 32GB models from its own outlets.

    26 June 2009 11:30 AM

  • Centrelink disaster plans cleared by auditor

    The Australian National Audit Office has given Centrelink's IT high marks in its attempts to implement business continuity management, with only limited recommendations on possible improvements.

    25 June 2009 06:40 PM

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