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  • McKinsey, KPMG win NBN advisory role

    A consortium composed of consulting firms McKinsey and KPMG has been appointed as the lead advisor for the government's $43 billion National Broadband Network project.

  • New Commander denies Steggall link

    The mysterious consortium of investors behind the bid for Commander Communications' telco assets has denied any connection to the Steggall family, members of which have been involved in other bids in Australia's telecommunications industry.

  • Coote not involved in new Commander

    The mystery consortium which plans to buy out Commander's telco business today denied that the failed company's former chief executive Adrian Coote was behind the bid.

  • Minchin will take Conroy down

    The appointment of Nick Minchin as shadow communications minister is a bald-faced attempt to wipe Stephen Conroy off the face of the earth; and it will probably succeed.

  • VMware reveals ESX 4.0 features

    VMware's forthcoming ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor update will allow users to change the amount of RAM allocated to virtual machines without rebooting them, VMworld 2008 attendees heard this week in the US.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Microsoft misses the Outlook point

    Ask designers which mail program is the bane of their existence, and you'll find that Outlook tops the list. The reason why the most popular email reader is also the most painful is simple: it uses Word to render HTML emails.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Cinergix waves Australian flag

    Melbourne-based start-up Cinergix appears to be the only Australian act headlining at the massive tech start-up conferences in the United States this week.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    On the road with ICT

    During a recent trip overseas, I marvelled at how technology has radically altered the way we travel

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The politics of group e-mails

    Have you ever received an e-mail or text message along the lines of "Heya, long time no hear. I have a birthday coming up, could u remind me of ur address? Cheers, hope ur well"?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Facing the microphone

    One can only hope Telstra's Phil Burgess' subject matter will have developed next time he faces the microphone.

Features and Case Studies (42)

  • How much CIO pay is too much?

    How on earth can organisations justify paying their IT executives millions of dollars in bonuses, or in the case of the public sector, handing out salaries of half a million dollars?

  • Google Wave developer preview: Screenshots

    We cast an eye over Google Wave's developer preview to see the world of wavelets, blips and robots.

  • Top 7 business apps for BlackBerry

    We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Here are six of our favourite applications for busy, on-the-go professionals.

  • Why Twitter will renew journalism

    Twitter is not the great evil for journalists and media. In fact, it is helping to renew the media and bring that great lady called "journalism" back to her rightful throne.

  • Exchange 2010 beta: Screenshots

    Chances are that your corporate emails are controlled by a Microsoft Exchange server. ZDNet.com.au took a beta of Microsoft's upcoming Exchange 2010 for a spin.

Reviews (152)

  • BlackBerry Bold 9700

    While it's hard to recommend it as an upgrade to current Bold owners, the 9700 is an outstanding phone in its own right and is still among the best handsets for business users.

  • LG GM730

    The GM730's feature set makes it feel like it belongs in 2008. Unless you really like the design, there are much better WiMo phones out there to choose from.

  • LG Viewty Smart

    It's called the Viewty Smart, but it's definitely not a smartphone. Aside from the decent camera, there's very little to recommend this high-priced mobile.

  • Nokia 6760

    The Nokia 6760 mixes Twitter, Facebook and several instant messaging clients with a full-QWERTY keyboard and should be a recipe for success.

  • Samsung Omnia

    Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.

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