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    Queensland Government is looking to push the state's technology exports, with the launch of an ICT export portal yesterday.

  • Defining the deficit

    Australia has a $14 billion trade deficit in ICT products and services, but is it something we need to worry about?

  • Victorian ICT plan boosts skills

    Victoria plans to allocate nearly AU$2 million to an industry skills package for the state's technology students under measures announced today in its five year plan for the information technology and communications (ICT) sector.

  • Austrade seeks database for export growth

    The government's trade promotion body, Austrade, is set to beef up the marketing efforts of its export development arm through a new database project.

  • Aussie exporters get online payment system

    An online payment system designed to allow export customers to easily and securely purchase Australian goods in their own currency has won financial support from the government.

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  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    The Aussie dollar and ICT

    With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Tax Office needs to rethink open source objections

    The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to security fears, with the code not subject to enough "technical scrutiny".

  • Read the blog post - Darren Greenwood

    Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?

    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Remember the Ala-MIMO

    As CSIRO stands firm on its refusal to freely license key patents relating to WLANs, I'm reminded of the joke: what do you get when you grab a man by the testicles? The answer: his full attention.

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  • Defining the deficit

    Australia has a $14 billion trade deficit in ICT products and services, but is it something we need to worry about?

  • ICT R&D setbacks should not go unchecked

    Over the last few years we've made a few statements about the requirement for ICT to make it onto the national agenda as a foreign policy issue. Two clear areas stand out as worth exploring.

  • 10 ideas for Australian ICT policy

    There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.

  • Data migration tough but essential for government dept

    The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) is no stranger to electronic record keeping, but in 2002 it realised that some of its most crucial information might soon become inaccessible.

  • Broadband in Ballarat?

    Getting broadband to everyone in Australia should be a major concern for businesses and government.

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  • StarOffice 8

    StarOffice 8 is an impressive upgrade of Sun's bargain productivity suite, and a good buy for small and large businesses since it costs a fraction of the price of its main competitor, Microsoft Office 2003.

  • Japan to animate robot industry

    The Japanese government is set to invest heavily in setting up a robotics industry, in a move that could speed up the development of futuristic devices such as robots that could nurse and entertain people, or carry out dangerous tasks.

  • Camera-phones must 'click' in Korea

    The Korean government has ruled that by next year, domestic manufacturers must ensure that mobile phones emit a loud shutter-like click or noise when the camera is activated.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • OpenOffice ready for world tour

    The organization behind OpenOffice on Wednesday released a trial version of one of the first major updates to the free open-source office software. A beta release of version 1.1 of OpenOffice is available now from OpenOffice.org.

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