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    A national telephone warning system to alert people to a bushfire emergency will begin operating next week.

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    A professor at the University of Sydney who wrote a scathing essay about NSW Health's implementation of a Cerner system within emergency departments has accused the government of pressuring his institution to take the essay down, which it did, if only temporarily.

  • CSIRO issues telco tender

    Australia's peak scientific research body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has put its entire telecommunications infrastructure out to tender.

  • NSW govt in massive ERP consolidation

    The NSW Department of Services, Technology and Administration (formerly the Department of Commerce) is currently engaged in a plan to consolidate the State Government's numerous enterprise resource planning (ERP) software platforms into one shared service, according to HP.

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    Some of the state governments desperately need to invest in more user-friendly tender sites so that looking for information on government tenders doesn't have to be a game of blind man's bluff.

  • Read the blog post - Stilgherrian

    Cyberwar: What is it good for?

    In this week's episode, Cyberwar. What is Australia's place in the world of digital warfare? What are the implications for the NBN?

  • Read the blog post - Darren Greenwood

    NZ farmers: Bleating about broadband

    As we know, farmers are such bleaters. They bleat as much as the four-legged woolly things in their paddocks. If it's not the weather, it's the strength of the dollar! Nothing is ever right. Likewise with rural broadband.

  • Read the blog post - Darren Greenwood

    Has the internet killed suppression?

    Do you ever get the urge to be naughty, especially if you are never found out? Do you ever fancy committing a crime and not have to worry about having your name splashed all over the papers?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?

    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.

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  • When will Conroy release filter report?

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will likely release a censored version of Enex Testlabs' report into the technical feasibility of ISP-level internet filtering, in an attempt to minimise the fallout on his political career.

  • Why an iPod beats Chrome OS

    Google announced the open-sourcing of its Chrome OS early this morning, and the search giant was very clear in explaining its target market for Chrome OS devices: this is a companion device, not a primary desktop machine. But is a Chrome OS netbook intrinsically better than a lowly iPod?

  • Telstra working on iPhone tethering

    Telstra has revealed it is considering plans to allow customers to tether their Apple iPhones.

  • NBN Co's Mike Kaiser gets $450k salary

    The salary of Mike Kaiser, the National Broadband Network Company's government relations and external affairs chief, has been outed by a senate motion started by Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin yesterday.

  • Will ANZ Bank ever appoint a new CIO?

    Is Australia and New Zealand Banking Group suffering from a lack of strategic IT leadership as its year-long search for a new chief information officer drags on?

Videos (12)

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    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Jerry Yang's resignation from the search giant and why it wasn't entirely shocking. Diaz also explains why Microsoft, while currently claiming disinterest in Yahoo, may act differently in the near future.

  • How will the recession affect Web 2.0?

    Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group, talks about how Silicon Valley will be affected by the current economic downturn. She says that Web 2.0 companies will face a scarcity of resources and more hardship, and will need to buckle down and focus on new innovations, collaboration, and getting things done.

  • Steve Ballmer still positive on tech economy

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks about the current financial crisis. Ballmer says the tech industry is weathering the economic storm, but is not immune to it.

  • Wozniak on Apple, Jobs, and the iPhone line

    At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, NPR's Moira Gunn interviews Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about a range of tech industry topics. He shares his views on the current state of Apple and Steve Jobs' role in the company's turnaround. And Wozniak also tells whether he really...

  • Is whitelisting the new blacklisting?

    The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer?

Reviews (1635)

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    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.

  • Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Beta 1

    If you spend more time fighting fires than adding business value through IT, it's time to look at this comprehensive management solution for medium businesses.

  • Nokia E72

    Business users looking for a competent, no-nonsense smartphone will like the E72 for its breadth of features and stylish design.

  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • Six SAN shoot-out

    Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).

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