Australian-listed e-health company iSoft is considering upping its headcount in Australia by 500 people, hoping to increase the percentage of research and development workers it fields down under.
The Victorian Police has backed the state's auditor-general report in response to claims that the police's technology budget blow-out was three times larger than reported by the 2003 audit.
La Trobe University has begun upgrading its staff desktops and student computer labs from Windows XP to Windows 7.
The Government 2.0 taskforce released its draft report today on using technology to open up public sector information, recommending that agencies be judged on their ability to release public sector information.
Mininova's decision to remove links to copyright-protected media last week is being hailed as a victory by Dutch anti-piracy group Stichting Brein. However, it's unlikely to make much difference to network traffic and could prove a boon for independent producers.
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.
No operating system can ever properly protect a computer from trojans as long as users continue to do silly things. Just because Linux is immune to your standard drive-by viruses it does not mean that it can escape trojan horses.
Web 2.0 start-ups never die, they just go into stealth mode.
Five consecutive days without broadband has led me to what seemed at the time to be an act of desperation: contemplating signing up for Telstra's 100Mbps cable modem service.
Previously on Null Pointer we looked at getting extensions working in Firefox betas, and that was great until the fine folks at Firefox changed their minds.
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Federal finance minister Lindsay Tanner says the government will beef up the independence of the Future Fund to remove doubt over its ability to make its own decisions, particularly on Telstra.
October 8 marked the third installment of Sydney Ignite, a night of presentations with the unique format of 20 slides shown in 5 mintues with each slide automatically changing after 15 seconds. You can now watch, in no particular order, eleven presentations from the night.
Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?
Matt Jones talks about how social entrepreneurs are using the internet to change the world.
ZDNet.com.au news editor, Renai LeMay, talks about how the internet changed journalism at Sydney Ignite 3.
Tim Parson discusses how publishing one's own books has changed due to the internet at Sydney Ignite 3.
The beta for Microsoft Office 2010 is here and we've had a chance to check out the latest version. Though the changes are more incremental than they are major, there are some useful new enhancements worth noting in this revision.
Vinh Nguyen details how video games are influencing and changing the real world.
On the surface the Spica looks like a very competent smartphone, but we're beginning to expect a lot more from manufacturers that take on Google's OS.
Following the trend of all-in-one desktops, the Dell Inspiron One 19 is aimed at the budget market and clearly shows in both design and performance.
Behind its expansive display, Apple has packed one of the fastest all-in-ones available, and added a few useful extras to sweeten the deal.
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Business users looking for a competent, no-nonsense smartphone will like the E72 for its breadth of features and stylish design.
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