Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin today said he thought it unlikely a builder for the Federal Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network would be locked in for another 12 months.
Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.
BankWest's existing technology platform would continue to underpin its operations until the Commonwealth Bank has fully moved across to its new core banking system in 2011, the bigger bank revealed today as it detailed its takeover plans.
AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.
Telstra today launched a competition to name its new 9,000km undersea fibre-optic communications cable running to Hawaii.
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.
Faced with the thought of a USB drive, notebook PC or backup tape going missing, most IT managers look to some form of encryption as the first layer of defence. However, according to one storage security expert, that's largely a pointless exercise.
Questions are being raised this morning about whether high-profile Australian Web 2.0 start-up Omnidrive has closed its doors, with the company's site being replaced by what appears to be some form of newsletter service offering financial rewards.
It takes a fair bit of nerve to charge anything to fix up a botched product, but Microsoft's $14.95 price to get a physical copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 really takes some beating for sheer gall.
If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.
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If there is a Web 2.0 version of heaven, it must be Webjam. Last night Sydney's Bar Broadway was packed to the nines as 18 presenters got three minutes each on stage at Webjam 8 to show off their hot Web work. We were there to see it all go down.
Tell the Truth Telstra (T4), an initiative formed by a group of Telstra's competitors, sent out this media pack to combat what it said was a media barrage by the nation's largest telco.
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US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
James Gosling has stated that he sees Blu-ray's victory as a catalyst for more interesting forms of entertainment for the disc format.
The 2135cn from Dell is a colour laser MFP with network support. While the 2135cn is a mixed bag in terms of quality and performance, it comes at a reasonable price.
Asus' TS500 offers reliability, speed and efficiency at a low price for a mid-range tower server. However, case design is not ideal, and the system strangely requires a PS2 keyboard and mouse.
Lenovo has continued the ThinkPad tradition of no-nonsense business laptops with the SL500, which provides good value and is powered by the Intel Centrino 2 architecture, and comes loaded with Windows Vista Business.
You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is a prime example of the netbook form factor, and the best 8.9-inch one available.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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