Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo today said the telco was waiting on more information from the federal government before deciding on whether or not to bid to build the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Rio Tinto Alcan, the Northern Territory government and Telstra have decided to "broadband" Arnhem Land in the northern territory, laying 800km of fibre-optic cable.
Australia's federal government auditor has found that departments were most likely to misuse confidentiality provisions to prevent public disclosure for contracts when they related to information and communications technology goods and services.
Telecom New Zealand CEO Paul Reynolds today called for changes to the way the country's regulatory system works, suggesting the current rules could scare telecommunications investors away.
The Victorian government has started cracking down on identity theft by introducing new offences and increasing penalties.
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.
Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"
As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?
Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?
When Telstra boss Sol Trujillo took up the microphone at the National Press Club in Canberra at lunchtime on Thursday he knew the next hour would be a bumpy ride.
Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.
New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.
We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.
Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
Is government policy towards datacasting in Australia preventing new opportunities from being realised?
Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.
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.
The prices are coming down which means LCD monitors are fast becoming standard on the desktop. And business-grade 19-inch monitors are holding their own when it comes to the desktop market. We review 10 flat-panel models.
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.
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