James Hegarty, current CIO for the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care as well as former IT head at the state's Department of Corrections, is retiring after around 30 years in the public service.
The NSW Department of Education and Training has dodged questions on how the state government's review of IT spending is progressing.
The Pirate Party, which champions issues such as intellectual property rights, free speech and data privacy, is on its way to becoming an official party in Australia.
A software problem in a government assessment tool has resulted in the delay of loan approvals being issued to families to make their homes more green.
Last night digital economy stakeholders and enthusiasts turned up in droves to be at the launch of Conroy's future directions paper.
Dodo has been taken to task for misleading advertising. But is telco advertising in Australia misleading in general? What can be done to make it easier for consumers to understand?
Finally, after months of the Clintons posting Sopranos-style satires and Obama Girl grabbing the headlines during the American presidential race, Australian politicians have switched on to the power of the Internet.
I spent enough time at CeBIT last week to know the telecommunications industry was well represented ... but not always without controversy.
Those of us who've spent a bit of time attending conferences around Australia will know that every event has its bloopers. This week's Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) conference held in Sydney was certainly no exception.
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?
Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.
In the year leading up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $43 billion National Broadband Network decision, a group of chief executives was quietly working away at winning over important members of federal cabinet to the merits of a digital economy.
Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.
Victoria appears set to leap into a new phase of government ICT with the creation of shared technology services agency CenITex, but challenges remain.
Security for wireless could end up more of a mess than security on our PCs, unless we act soon.
Microsoft this week gave customers a look at forthcoming development and management tools that are part of the company's long-term plans for the product.
Research at the center is geared toward creating battlefield armor for the 21st century, such as bacteria-killing materials and expanding fabrics that could be used as tourniquets.
More details emerge about the highly secretive "Cell" processor, which is slated to power the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 game console.
'Slow' best describes the speed and sales of the much-touted Segway two-wheeler.
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