The new Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, has lashed back at opposition claims that the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) will "harm" Australian software producers.
"AIIA members have overwhelmingly supported the pursuit of an FTA with the US," according to the final draft of the Association's submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as it "would provide substantial benefits to Australian businesses and the Australian economy".
Internet and telephone lines in Australia are experiencing the heavy burden of the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States, with an increase of 70 percent in net traffic and a 40 percent peak in phone calls.
The first stage of an upgrade of the submarine Southern Cross Cable linking New Zealand and Australia to the United States has added 260Gbps.
Vodafone Australia has announced that it will be selling the iPhone in Australia later this year.
Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?
As Rudd and Conroy railroad the NBN into reality, the Liberals are trying to inject some due process into the whole thing by holding Labor accountable for its decisions. However, with the future of Australian telecoms on the line and no real viable alternative, is it just a bit late for accountability?
Sydney-based start-up Streem yesterday formally launched a new online news site, saying it would differ from traditional media outlets by paying readers a small fee for any content they submitted.
So we have answers. The iPhone is coming to Oz, it's 3G, it's cheaper, and it's available via multiple carriers.
The equivalent of an electronic tidal wave -- originating from the Microsoft campus in Redmond -- hammered the ZDNet Australia servers earlier this week.
Microsoft launched Business Solutions CRM 1.2 to the Australian market today, claiming it was a "business strategy" created in response to real business needs.
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.
Longhaus' Sam Higgins and Perth developer Chris Muir give the Australian reaction to announcements at Oracle's OpenWorld conference in the US this week.
Australia's IT services market has come through its relatively mild financial crisis relatively unscathed, and certainly in much better shape than it could have ever anticipated.
The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?
After adding it back as an option for small businesses, Dell offers the older OS on consumer machines in response to demand in the US.
In one of the most anticipated announcements in recent years, Apple introduced the "iPhone," a mobile device that CEO Steve Jobs promised will reinvent the phone.
We take an early look at the long-awaited iPhone -- a beguiling combination of touchscreen iPod, mini tablet and quad-band smartphone.
Sony will cast a line into the Australian handheld market in February to see if anything bites, releasing a limited number of its CLIE PDAs in Sydney.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.
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