Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is releasing his vaunted Future Directions for the Digital Economy paper tonight at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
The fibre-optic Basslink cable linking Tasmania to the mainland has officially gone live, with two customers, Aurora and Internode, hooked up to receive transmissions.
The UK government has laid out its vision for the digital future of Britain over the coming years, covering topics such as broadband access, security, ICT literacy and copyright enforcement.
The Australian operation of Japanese technology manufacturer NEC today said it would cut 153 staff as part of a local restructuring operation.
Canberra-based telco TransACT announced today that it would upgrade its network to the VDSL2 broadband standard.
Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?
Are vested interests, competing commercial models and a struggle to find the right business model holding back the progress of IPTV in Australia?
Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
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?
It must be nice to view the world through rose-coloured glasses as Communications Minister Helen Coonan seems to.
The early signs aren't that promising if the Rudd Government wants to get the private sector to invest in its new $43 billion National Broadband Network.
In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer.
Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.
When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?
Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.
While Virtual Folders offers one technique to help us keep track of our data, there's still a need for a Search tool in Microsoft's new operating system. We look at Windows Vista's new Search features and how they work.
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.
The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?
Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
Market scepticism hasn't dampened industry fervour in Asia-Pacific for rolling out public wireless access points, known as hot spots, nor has it put the brakes on user subscriptions, according to a study by market analyst firm IDC.
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