The fact that the spectacular expansion of internet activity has continued, and even accelerated through the financial crisis shows that the global exchange of information does not depend, in any important way, on the global financial sector.
Wotif chief executive Robbie Cooke's total remuneration rose by an astronomical $412,567 over the past year as he picked up a $500,000 performance cash bonus for his services.
In Federal Court, Apple today fought the first of two separate and protracted legal battles, arguing for ownership over the trademark name "Mac Pro" and "MacPro". Next month it will again take on its former reseller, Buzzle Operations.
Sun Microsystems, which recently announced it was shedding up to 6,000 jobs globally, is still unsure if or how its 640 staff based in Australia and New Zealand will be affected, according to the company's managing director.
If you believe the US credit crisis has little to do with the technology industry, think again.
A foresighted Australian investor is selling NSW numberplates spelling "DOT COM" on online auction site eBay for a cool $400,000 minimum bid.
US networking giant Cisco Systems has invested an unknown amount into Melbourne-based Majitek, an Australian firm primarily created by the founding members of Sausage Software.
Melbourne-based online art retailer RedBubble is close to becoming cash-flow positive, according to the start-up's co-founder Martin Hosking.
Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector.
One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes.
Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?
The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous.
"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.
If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the "dirty little secrets" may surprise you because we don't usually talk about them out loud.
After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.
The new film, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott.
Lots of people think .com when they think about the Web. If the domain you use has an extension other than .com, you can bet that potential visitors will get it wrong.
Why on earth would you promote your product with food-based representations of deceased politicians?
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Commentary: As we're constantly barraged by ads for various 'next-generation' phone services, it's worthwhile stopping to wonder if we're being sold something we've already got.
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