NSW special commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed an aggressive $704 million investment strategy to cure NSW Health's sick information technology systems, in a landmark review published late yesterday.
A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all.
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt yesterday said he hopes to deliver Google Health to Australia by the end of the year -- but local representatives say discussions, which are expected to be lengthy, haven't even started yet.
The first stage of an upgrade of the submarine Southern Cross Cable linking New Zealand and Australia to the United States has added 260Gbps.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has elected New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman, replacing one of the Internet's "founding fathers", Vint Cerf.
Last week we looked at the history of the internet in Australia. It's been around for 20 years and changed our lives in so many ways. Imagine what it could do given another 20 years.
I have never been to Sweden. In fact, I have no real, hard evidence that Sweden really exists as anything more than a collective, Utopian vision where things just work, and life is better.
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
Journalist Glenda Korporaal has written "20 years of the internet in Australia" to commemorate two decades of AARNET. On this week's Twisted Wire I talk to Glenda and Chris Hancock, the CEO of AARNET.
Research by Roy Morgan has shown that online shopping continues to rise in Australia. Almost half of all Australians have bought something online, with travel the most popular product.
There are fewer and fewer places in the modern world where Internet access and mobile signals can't be found. The inside of an in-flight aircraft has remained one of the connectivity-free bastions -- but that's all about to change.
Making phone calls over the Internet isn't just for the tech savvy anymore. Using Voice over Internet Protocol is easier than ever before, with several services out there that can help drastically reduce your phone bill.
Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.
Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?
There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.
Visting Club Builder this week: Steve Ballmer to speak in Australia, local ISPs say Net Neutrality is an American problem and we look at the best dressed from Tech.Ed
ISP-level content filtering won't work, according to three of Australia's largest internet service providers.
The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the net neutrality debate as solely a US problem and further, that the nation that pioneered the internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma.
Making phone calls over the Internet isn't just for the tech savvy anymore. Using Voice over Internet Protocol is easier than ever before, with several services out there that can help drastically reduce your phone bill.
Even in big cities it can be a heck of a lot easier to find a Big Mac than it can be to find a wireless hotspot.
Australia still has way to go before it can meet its full potential with wireless and broadband.
Telstra's wireless CDMA 1x network is for Australian road warriors who don't mind paying big bucks for maximum mobility.
The much-hyped Google Android phone operating system will hit Australia on 29 January 2009, in the form of the Kogan Agora and Agora Pro. At first glance, this looks to be one of the most exciting products of the year.
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