Australians and New Zealanders are involved in a Soccer World Championship of a different kind, one that tests robotics, AI and visual systems in a real-time environment.
Soccer governing body Football Federation Australia (FFA) is on the search for a new head of technology and communications.
Less than a week into the World Cup tournament, Australia's own soccer fanatics Web site has pulled away from competing sports coverage sites, picking up 23.48 percent of the hits for the sports category.
Security experts have stressed the need for caution in the hype surrounding the FIFA Soccer World Cup.
After a failed attempt to illegally access the FIFA World Cup IT network at the Korea and Japan games four years ago, more emphasis has been placed on intrusion detection processes.
It appears that employees of Australian telcos are not immune to the sweet, sweet lure of staying up till after midnight watching the soccer.
It's hard to think about anything else today other than Australia's ludicrous 1-0 defeat this morning by Luis Medina Cantalejo, oops I mean Italy.
No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA World Cup. How will local companies be contributing during this month-long extravaganza, both online and offline?
video: Doug Gardner, Avaya's FIFA World Cup Program managing director.
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