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ICANN, the nonprofit body that oversees internet addresses has approved the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on the Latin alphabet in a decision that could make the web dramatically more inclusive.
Rob Goldberg, partner at KPMG's IT advisory, has left the firm within the last month to return home to his country of origin, the United States.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has signed a five-year deal with digital identity firm IdenTrust to enable more secure authentication and electronic signatures for CommBiz customers using certain applications.
NZ Opposition Labour MP Clare Curran says she has it on good authority that Communications Minister Steven Joyce met Telecom NZ CEO Paul Reynolds last week and discussed the possibility of the incumbent structurally separating its business.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
As Telstra CEO David Thodey and CFO John Stanhope fronted a mob of concerned investors at the company's Investor Day this week, it became clear just how far removed the Telstra of today is compared to the Telstra of a year ago.
Some of the 500,000 visitors expected to walk through the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition on the Sydney coastline this November can be excused for saying they are seeing things that aren't really there.
Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?
Shareholders got a rude awakening this week as Stephen Conroy made good on industry calls to break up Telstra. Some argue the government has been duplicitous and should be held to account, but those who sit tight may find the new Telstra offers a far better value proposition with better long-term opportunities.
There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia's IT services market has come through its relatively mild financial crisis relatively unscathed, and certainly in much better shape than it could have ever anticipated.
The emergence of online social communities, micro-blogging sites and user-generated content has generated a new wave of legal issues.
The proposed regulatory reforms ahead of the roll-out of the National Broadband Network rely on a finely balanced carrot and stick approach. But will Telstra cooperate with the government's ultimatum?
Google Apps has "over 10 million active users" and every day, 3,000 new businesses are signing up, according to Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google Enterprise.
Security is like the brakes on a car -- although designed to slow you down, they actually allow you to go faster, says the head of security firm, RSA.
Even firms that generate electricity can suffer in the current power and cooling crisis. Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, and former CIO of AGL, admits that the datacentres of Australia's largest energy firm were as vulnerable as those belonging to any other company. He also explains why "going green" could help both your bottom line and the environment.
At a press conference in Sydney this week, antivirus firm F-Secure demonstrated how one of its malware analysis tools -- called FS-CSI graphically displays the behaviour of software.
The co-founder of antivirus firm Sophos Dr Jan Hruska claims that the Apple Mac is not a virus free platform
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We love the clear touchpad, both for its good looks and intuitive gestures, and we think the Crystal makes a good mobile phone. Shame its camera is a stinker.
Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.
Avaya's Aura is a suite of communication products, all bundled together in an effort to reach the dream of unified communications for businesses.
Asus does a good job of combining a netbook and a touchscreen in the Eee PC T91, even if the system hits a couple of first-generation snags.
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