The Federal Government yesterday invited bids for its $100 million smart grid pilot, Smart City, which the government hopes will inform it of the costs and benefits of the technology.
DWS Advanced Business Solutions announced today that it had won a two-year $4.5 million contract with the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Freshtel has obtained a slim new look in its cost-cutting restructure, slashing its staff numbers by half.
The Australian Capital Territory has allocated $90 million it described as an "unprecedented level of investment" to electronic health initiatives in its annual budget, including an e-health record for all residents of the territory.
Nicholas Bolton's domain business Bottle Domains has said it is seeking an injunction in the Supreme Court to fight the decision made by Australia's domain name administrator auDA to terminate its accreditation.
The funding picture for Australian tech start-ups remains as bleak as ever.
GPS component manufacturer Rakon announced a big drop in earnings this week. Can it recover though, even if the recession ends?
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
The mobile market in India, I recently learned, is racing towards 300 million -- and doing so at a rate of 8.77 million new subscribers per month, according to the latest government figures.
When rumours of a possible buyout of Mercury Interactive by HP started doing the rounds back in May, I described the prospective deal as "a bit whiffy".
The Pirate Party of Australia should forget about trying to win a Senate seat in the Federal Government and instead focus its sights on even lower hanging fruit. I speak, of course, of the state governments.
Linux Mint takes Ubuntu and applies a fresh coat of paint to the interface as well as adding a number of helpful utilities.
Australia needs to do more to de-couple itself from an over-reliance on the boom or bust impacts that the US ICT Industry brings to Australia's own ICT industry.
We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Here are six of our favourite applications for busy, on-the-go professionals.
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
Sony Ericsson's Naite isn't a heart-starter but let's face it, the reason you'd buy the Naite is for the secret pleasure of knowing your phone is slightly less of a burden on the environment than those wretched iPhones.
While the lack of supported online expansion and de-dupe is a concern, if you need your tape backups to go faster, Tandberg's DPS1200 VTL may deliver what you need.
Windows Vista's less than stellar reputation and poor uptake are due in part to the heavy demands it makes on system hardware. But how does Windows 7 perform?
MSI's GT725 is a bleeding fast laptop. There's a number of design and software concerns, however, the price alone allows most of these to be forgiven. If you need a powerful desktop replacement, consider the GT725.
Google Chrome OS demonstration
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