News (164)

  • Alcatel-Lucent cuts 200 Aussie staff

    Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed plans to cut 200 local contracting and permanent staff, citing the completion of projects and investment uncertainties as the prime motivators for the move.

  • Qantas considers IBM hand-off

    Australia's largest airline, Qantas, today confirmed it was considering outsourcing delivery of IT projects to IBM as cost-cutting initiatives progress.

  • Google Australia cuts a handful

    Google today confirmed it had cut 15 staff from its operations in Australia and New Zealand as part of a global pull-back.

  • 400 IT jobs to go at Barclays

    Union leaders have warned that more tech jobs could be at risk at UK bank Barclays in the wake of its decision to axe more than 400 IT posts.

  • Sun won't confirm Aussie cuts

    Sun Microsystems has declined to comment on reports it is cutting up to 150 Australian staff this week.

Blogs (6)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    2008: The year of making good

    It has been a busy year in telecoms, whether because of the increasingly bitter relationship between Telstra and the government; the awarding of the contentious but (finally) progressive broadband contract to OPEL; the pivotal election that led to a change of government; or the move of 3G mobile technology into the mainstream at last.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Give Tax a break for a Change

    Considering the circumstances the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) Change Program has been operating in over the last few years, it really hasn't been going too badly.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?

    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    NewsAlerts.com.au shuts down

    Adelaide-based start-up NewsAlerts.com.au will shut down all services on 2 February following the signing of a mysterious deal with Wotif.com-backed wotnews.com.au.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Don't bother upgrading to Entourage 2008

    If you're considering an upgrade to Entourage 2008, think again -- for some reason, Microsoft hasn't bothered to add some vital functions that are critical to making Apple Mac systems welcome on any Exchange network.

Features and Case Studies (44)

  • Australia's ICT industry is panicking

    The leaders of Australia's ICT industry are currently in a state of panic over the debatable prospect of an economic downturn in the sector and are going too far with cutting jobs.

  • Centrelink seeks senior IT execs

    Welfare agency Centrelink has started recruiting for two senior IT executives to bolster its technology management team in its national office in Canberra.

  • Pipe Networks sell-out an absolute travesty

    The proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia is an absolute travesty for Australia's telecommunications industry and will be overwhelmingly negative for customers, Pipe Networks staff, shareholders and the industry as a whole.

  • Is Brown Qld Health's white knight?

    Ray Brown stepped in two weeks ago as the latest chief information officer for Queensland Health, hoping to bring some stability to a division that has seen a number of faces move through the head technology spot in quick succession.

  • Why Twitter will renew journalism

    Twitter is not the great evil for journalists and media. In fact, it is helping to renew the media and bring that great lady called "journalism" back to her rightful throne.

Videos (4)

  • A small world for the latest iPhone

    At Apple WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs reveals the map of countries and carriers that will be getting the next-generation iPhone beginning July 11.

  • iPhone 3G makes its debut

    At Apple WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs reveals the iPhone 3G with faster download speeds, longer battery life, GPS, a lower price, and a near worldwide release on 11 July.

  • Jobs unveils GPS for the 3G iPhone

    At Apple's WWDC 2008 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates GPS on the new 3G iPhone. Jobs shows how an iPhone travelling in a car going down San Francisco's famously crooked Lombard Street can be tracked as its user navigates the curves.

  • Apple MacBook Air

    Michelle Thatcher takes a look at the Apple MacBook Air, which Steve Jobs claimed was "the world's thinnest notebook" at Macworld 2008.

Reviews (19)

  • McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008

    McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's protection keeps up with the changing threats on the Internet, but the product doesn't excel, burdened by a user experience that's basically unchanged from last year.

  • Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

    SCVMM 2008 R2 is a very competent product, neatly bringing Microsoft's virtualisation management offering in line with the competition at the same time as offering management of disparate platforms in the one product. The integration with the rest of the Systems Center suite makes the overall management and monitoring experience better than its rivals.

  • Nokia 6710 Navigator

    Nokia's third Navigator in the series is the best of the bunch thus far, though its small screen will dissuade many from binning their TomToms for in-car use.

  • Apple MacBook (June 2009)

    For AU$1599, it's hard to beat this MacBook's nearly Pro-level specs if you're in the market for a budget Apple laptop.

  • Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, June 2009)

    Previously known as the MacBook, Apple's basic 13-inch aluminium unibody laptop has been promoted to the "Pro" series, all while adding features and cutting the base price.

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