Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has declined to deny opposition claims that construction of the government's planned $4.7 billion national broadband network might not commence until July 2009.
The Federal government has announced today that bidders for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network will receive an extra 12 weeks to study network information for their proposals.
With the ACCC appearing likely to stop eBay's exclusive deal with PayPal, the online selling giant has today not ruled out appealing against an unfavourable decision.
The official standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format could be delayed after a formal objection letter was lodged. The letter claimed that OOXML's approval process " harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC.
Hopes the TCard debacle might be settled by a meeting of the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation (PTTC) last Friday were dashed yesterday when a spokesperson for the PTTC confirmed it had met, but had not reached a decision.
It's just two months until Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Windows XP arguably its best operating system to date.
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In an exclusive interview, Microsoft's chairman says the decision to remove WinFS means "the glass is three-quarters full."
While the software giant is continuing to work on it's 'Longhorn' version of Windows for the desktop, the server version has been pushed back to 2005/6.
Microsoft's Software Assurance program puts even greater pressure on customers to renew existing Windows software. And the final deadline is approaching.
Quality control, operational controls and dispute resolution--what are the legal issues CIOs and IT Managers need to know about to minimise risk?
A move by Microsoft to extend support for an older version of Windows underscores a new reality for the software giant: Convincing customers to upgrade is becoming much more difficult.
While the software giant is continuing to work on it's 'Longhorn' version of Windows for the desktop, the server version has been pushed back to 2005/6.
AMD's 64-bit processor turns one today, but is the chipmaker's marriage with Microsoft on the rocks?
While I really like Microsoft's new operating system, there are still some issues that may make it impossible for you to upgrade. And other issues may make you want to skip XP entirely. Here are a dozen potential roadblocks to consider--don't upgrade before you read this!
In this review of 13 Slot 370 motherboards,the RMIT IT Test Lab looks at the features and designs that really make a difference at the most basic level of the PC.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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