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• Vic audit slams smart meter roll-out

  Trials carried out on the technology for Victoria's massive smart meter roll-out failed to provide "reasonable assurance" on its viability, according to the Victorian Auditor-General in a report slamming the project.

• Defence overhauls ICT spending

  The Department of Defence today released its 2009 ICT strategy paper, outlining how it intends to spend $940 million over four years, instead of $720 million over a decade, to deliver $1.9 billion in savings.

• Kiwi TV spectrum could be wireless broadband

  The New Zealand Government is considering plans to use analog TV frequencies to provide wireless broadband to rural areas, Communications Minister Steven Joyce told the Korea Australia New Zealand (KANZ) Broadband Summit in Auckland yesterday.

• NEHTA cuts contractor spend

  The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has dropped the amount it is shelling out for contractors while stepping up its in-house employee spend, according to its annual report released yesterday.

• Telstra CEO: Hands off my backhaul

  Facing a possible ban on bidding for 4G wireless spectrum, Telstra chief David Thodey today warned the government to steer clear of its backhaul networks its last front for infrastructure competition.

Blogs (7)

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  Woolworths, the fresh mobile people

  When Coles introduced Fly Buys, Woolworths introduced Everyday Rewards. When Coles introduced petrol discount vouchers, Woolworths introduced petrol discount vouchers. It's a bold plan, but can it and Coles' inevitable copycat product change the prepaid mobile world for the better?

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  State of the budgets

  It's state budget time across the country, and this week's episode of Patch Monday looks to see what each state is doing in terms of its IT spend.

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  Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

  This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

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  iPhone and Wi-Fi: the way to 4G?

  Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.

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  DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

  If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

Features and Case Studies (188)

• Qld Health appoints Brown as CIO

  Acting Queensland Health CIO Ray Brown has been appointed to permanently fill the chief information officer role.

• Telstra should plan for separation

  If Telstra is serious about engaging with the Federal Government over the National Broadband Network it should immediately start the work needed to break itself in two.

• McKinsey scoops the NBN pool

  With a series of strategic appointments, management consultancy McKinsey has placed itself perfectly to benefit from the massive $43 billion slush fund the Federal Government is describing publicly as "the National Broadband Network project".

• The smart choice for Telstra

  A simple way forward for the National Broadband Network and for Telstra has now emerged.

• The cost of 'free love' net neutrality

  Net neutrality has the superficial attraction of 1960's free love, argues Telstra's Justin Milne, until you realise that one party gets all the gratification while the other bears all the costs.

Reviews (77)

• Six SAN shoot-out

  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).

• LG Crystal GD900

  We love the clear touchpad, both for its good looks and intuitive gestures, and we think the Crystal makes a good mobile phone. Shame its camera is a stinker.

• Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)

  Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the AU$39 upgrade fee.

• Benchmarked: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista and XP

  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?

• Virtuozzo Containers 4.0

  Despite taking a completely different approach to virtualisation, Virtuozzo Containers can match the best hypervisors on performance while at the same time making virtual workloads quick and easy to deploy and manage.

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