iiNet did not comply with requests to cancel the accounts of alleged copyright infringers, but it did not need to, iiNet's legal counsel argued today as the ISP started to close off its legal battle in the Federal Court.
IBM today said it had finished its deployment of a toll and traffic management system for Queensland's road authority.
Adobe has announced overnight that it will cut 680 jobs, approximately 9 per cent of its global workforce.
Telecom New Zealand's first quarter revenues received a boost from its new XT mobile network, but not enough to counter falls in most other revenue lines.
iiNet managing director Michael Malone today denied that cancelling iiNet subsidiary Westnet's policy to forward copyright breach notifications was designed to be obstructive to copyright holders.
The government needs to stop looking at IT as a necessary evil or the place to remove costs when the Treasurer comes calling.
On 1 July this year the new Mobile Premium Services Code was introduced. It sounds like it's had a good impact, but is it enough?
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.
In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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?
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?
The proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia is an absolute travesty for Australia's telecommunications industry and will be overwhelmingly negative for customers, Pipe Networks staff, shareholders and the industry as a whole.
The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.
This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.
Molly Wood takes you inside the new features of Word, including some cool cut-and-paste tricks.
The latest update to the iPhone's operating system adds a host of sorely needed features, including voice recording, stereo Bluetooth, and cut, copy, and paste. And once AT&T gets its act together, you'll get multimedia messaging, as well.
We like the MSI EX300. If you're on a budget, it doesn't cut too many corners. It does seem a little heavy for a laptop of this size, but should otherwise fulfil most of your needs.
More bad news for Yahoo as the Internet pioneer laid off 1,500 employees on Wednesday. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on who is being cut and why.
IBM workers once believed they didn't need a union because working conditions used to be the best in the industry, but the competitive market has led to cost cutting measures which have had their toll, according to the Australian Services Union.
The K50AB is a typical mid-range laptop that looks good, but the in-built GPU-switching feature doesn't save on battery at all. We'd suggest looking elsewhere for your mid-range needs.
HP's 21.5-inch monitor is fairly average for its class however, in the face of its limitations, the price doesn't add up.
Attempting to create a premium-priced version of a netbook, Sony has added an HD display to the Vaio W. It's an attractive step-up package, but the internal components are the same as are in cheaper models.
The Brother MFC-990CW is a speedy, fully capable all-in-one device that earns our recommendation for an individual or a family that will make use of its touchscreen and telephone/answering machine.
The Preston has the look of a better handset, but poor call quality spoils an otherwise well-performing budget-priced touchscreen phone.
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