Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward.
The publicly-funded research body National ICT Australia (NICTA) held its annual showcase of technology yesterday. On show was technology ranging from bionic eyes to a mathematically-proven operating system kernel.
Tasmanians have complained they're being left in the dark over the state's leg of the National Broadband Network (NBN), despite the Federal and Tasmanian Governments insisting construction could start within weeks.
The Federal Government has hired technology consulting group Capgemini to look into a whole-of-government procurement arrangement for desktops and office machines, according to Senate Estimates hearings held last week.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed the sudden drop in altitude of a Qantas Flight 72 over Western Australia was due to a computer error.
The men running Telstra have been accused of a lot of things, but lack of conviction is definitely not one of them. I found this out recently after having the chance to hear Phil Burgess, the company's most senior regular spokesperson and an outspoken critic of the government's telecommunications policy, address an AIIA-sponsored business lunch in Melbourne.
Plans by the Australian Tax Office to track the purchase and sale of investment properties might make a few money-minded Australians nervous, but they represent a potential bonanza for storage vendors and business intelligence firms.
One wouldn't expect the price and privacy-conscious public sector to shop at Harvey Norman. But occasionally they do.
Telecom New Zealand last week stopped Web sites all over the world from hosting a satirical version of one of its recent television ads.
Max is Adobe's premier developer conference and this year it featured Star Wars, flying monkeys and electric cars.
Like Rudd, the ingrained cynicism and frustration at things not going to plan in Australia's telecommunications industry blinds ACCC chair Graeme Samuel to the possibility that he is part of the problem.
The typical image of a hacker is a kid hunched over his keyboard in the wee hours of the night staring at commands on his computer screen that unlock the secrets of the national government. But the woman sitting next to you at Starbucks fiddling with her digital camera could be just as dangerous.
Much of the future success of Adobe Systems hinges on the work done by its Platform Business Unit, which is headed by Kevin Lynch, the company's chief software architect.
Telstra doesn't just "do telephones" according to Deena Schiff, Telstra Group MD it seems it's also got its eye on the health space. This week in Sydney, the telco has been showing off the latest health tech from its partners, including a wireless stethoscope and remote monitoring for aged and disability care.
Fed up with long check-in lines before you fly? Tired of trying to remember where you tucked away your boarding pass? ZDNet.com correspondent Sumi Das explains how paperless mobile boarding could help solve these problems and speed you through the airport.
It's an unlikely pairing: security officials and underground hackers. Every year, they make peace and share information at Defcon, Black Hat's sister conference.
The Pro805 frustrates as much as it innovates with a touchscreen interface and an interesting, iPhone-style app store.
HighPoint's RocketRAID 2340 is designed for those running a file server on the cheap. While it doesn't haul massive throughput thanks to its lack of hardware grunt, and the lack of Solaris support is lamentable, for the price it does the job admirably.
The Canon Pixma MX7600 produces excellent images as expected by both brand and nature. If only Canon could match its technical expertise with better network support, usability and documentation.
It works well as a GPS navigator but, as a phone, the slow responses and awful text messaging really let the A702 down.
RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.
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