• Will Chrome endanger Android?

    With its entry into the market with Chrome OS, Google will be sending two operating systems into the netbook space.

    10 July 2009 12:05 PM

  • Roxon preparing e-health reforms

    Health Minister Nicola Roxon has finally turned her gaze to e-health, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said today.

    09 July 2009 05:27 PM

  • Realestate.com.au not scared of Google

    Online real estate company REA Group is preparing to face its biggest competitor yet, Google, but remains confident it can build revenue after withdrawing from the UK and New Zealand.

    09 July 2009 04:09 PM

  • UXC, Bilfinger score smart meter deal

    Powercor and CitiPower have announced UXC and Bilfinger Berger Services as field installation partners for their $400 million smart meter roll-out to over a million homes.

    09 July 2009 12:18 PM

  • Cheaper not to do VoIP: JB Hi-Fi

    Although JB Hi-Fi has rolled out an IP telephony-capable Nortel phone system across 120 of its 135 stores, it said it was cheaper to continue to use the legacy Telstra voice service than power up the VoIP feature.

    09 July 2009 10:21 AM

  • Google announces Chrome OS

    Google this afternoon announced the creation of the Google Chrome Operating System project, with the goal to build a Linux-based OS available for purchase on netbooks in the second half of 2010.

    08 July 2009 03:28 PM

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

From: Tasmania's NBN shrouded in mystery

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  • Policy forced ATO's EDS desktop hand

    Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed.

    08 July 2009 02:42 PM

  • Centrelink revamps ICT services panels

    Welfare agency Centrelink has flagged plans to overhaul the way it procures a raft of ICT services, consolidating two separate panel contracts into one overarching deal with between 10 and 15 vendors.

    08 July 2009 01:55 PM

  • Downer EDI wins ACT ticketing contract

    The Australian Capital Territory has chosen Downer EDI to develop its $8 million electronic ticketing system for public transport.

    08 July 2009 10:51 AM

  • Freshtel gets iPhone app approved

    Australian internet telephony player Freshtel has won approval for its iPhone application to be sold in Apple's app store.

    07 July 2009 01:10 PM

  • IBM called in to deal with Netbank issues

    IBM was brought in by Commonwealth Bank of Australia last week during its Netbank problems to rectify a software issue.

    07 July 2009 01:00 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

  • Squiz buys Funnelback

    Content management company Squiz has acquired Funnelback, an Australian search firm spun off from the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation.

    03 July 2009 11:18 AM

  • 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

  • Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5

    Firefox 3.5, the embodiment of Mozilla's attempt to "upgrade the web", is now available for Windows and Mac.

    01 July 2009 10:41 AM

  • Insight wins Vic Govt Microsoft deal

    Corporate technology supplier Insight Enterprises has won a multi-million contract to sell Microsoft software to the whole of the Victorian Government.

    30 June 2009 06:08 PM

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