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  • Government appoints Aust education broadband advisor

    The federal government has appointed the first national broadband advisor for the education sector. The advisor has the task of improving the availability and price of broadband for education purposes.

  • Govt's digital revolution halfway there

    The Federal Government has delivered half of the computers it promised to every school student in years nine to 12, a Senate hearing has heard.

  • ACT budget injects $90m into e-health

    The Australian Capital Territory has allocated $90 million it described as an "unprecedented level of investment" to electronic health initiatives in its annual budget, including an e-health record for all residents of the territory.

  • CSG nabs Ultranet front seat

    Darwin-based IT services firm CSG has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the Victorian Department of Education's Ultranet project to build an accessible information repository for schools.

  • Gillard's round two rains PCs on schools

    Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced round two of the National Secondary School Computer Fund today, saying it would deliver 141,600 new computers to 1,394 schools around the country.

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  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Microsoft likes to be spanked

    Microsoft is going to be given a beating over the next year or so by government agencies wanting to adopt Windows 7 at bargain basement prices. But it will enjoy each gentle slap.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV: back to the future?

    What a difference a decade makes.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy: architect of the accidental telco

    As expected, Senator Stephen Conroy -- who made a career out of picking holes in the actions of his predecessor Helen Coonan -- was named to Kevin Rudd's front bench, bearing the interesting new title of Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (BCDE).

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

    If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

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  • NSW missed Linux opportunity

    By choosing the safe Windows XP choice for student laptops, the NSW Department of Education and training is turning its back on the chance to turn hundreds of thousands of students into armchair developers and handcuffing itself to a rocky Windows 7 upgrade path.

  • The real roadblocks to Linux in education

    In this issue of Industry Insider, Con Zymaris, our guest columnist from Open Source Industry Australia, describes the major barriers for Linux in the education system.

  • Quantum leap in storage for Deakin

    Deakin University finds a new solution to the ever-increasing demand for storage backup while facing rapid growth across its campuses, IT director Craig Warren tells ZDNet Australia.

  • Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT

    Do women lack interest in IT, or is inadequate support and enduring stereotypes keeping them away?

  • Exiting Microsoft deals risky

    Several factors have combined recently to make a number of Australian organisations reconsider their Microsoft Enterprise Agreements.

Videos (5)

  • DET considers Linux on the desktop

    The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) may increase the penetration of Linux on its 165,000 desktop fleet because open source is "clearly an industry trend".

  • DET begins slow crawl to a new Vista

    The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET), which has one of the largest IT infrastructures in Australia, will face some unique challenges if it decides to migrate its desktop fleet to Microsoft's new operating system.

  • NSW Edu Dept on slow Vista adoption

    In this sneak peek, Tim Anderson, Information Services Director at the NSW Department of Education and Training, tells Munir Kotadia why Windows Vista migration is facing a roadblock.

  • DET mulls Vista savings, training

    After almost a year of testing, the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) admits it could save a 'significant amount' of money by adopting Vista's new management capabilities; but will that recoup the cost of re-training 1.2 million users?

  • Gartner: Australian Government starves its IT industry

    Australia will continue to lose IT inventions and skills to foreign interests because the government has failed to invest in education, says Gartner's government specialist, John Kost.

Reviews (22)

  • South Koreans warned on Vista compatibility

    South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.

  • AMD unveils new chips, cuts prices

    Advanced Micro Devices has announced two new desktop microprocessors, but consumers won't be able to get them until next month.

  • Fighting flab the PDA way

    A Singapore team has developed a handheld-based solution that puts a nutritionist, personal trainer and therapist into the hands of weight-worried Singapore students.

  • Wireless crackdown

    The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

  • Sun sets US$76 price tag on Office rival

    Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 6.0 will go on sale May 21 with a price of US$75.95 in a more concerted effort by the server specialist to take on Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant Office.

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