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  • Rural highways get $8m mobile phone signal boost

    The government yesterday laid down AU$8 million for the next year to fill mobile phone black spots on sections of highway as well as selected towns in WA and NT.

  • Medvedev tackles e-government

    Russia's new 42-year-old president yesterday showed frustration with government officials who did not know how to use a computer and warned that they could soon be out of a job.

  • Agencies to link in $25m australia.gov.au revamp

    Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a 'one-stop-shop' for all government information and services.

  • Auditor: Labor in the clear over FTTN tender process

    The Commonwealth Auditor-General has responded to accusations by Opposition communications spokesperson Bruce Billson that the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network has so far been unfair and anti-competitive.

  • Rural broadband: Govt wants you to have your say

    Despite fears the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) might be axed, the Rudd government has approved the subsidy for Australia's most remote Internet users for one more year.

Blogs (10)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    ADSL2+ at last but at what cost?

    Much has been made of Telstra's decision to finally stop holding Australia to ransom, and to actually turn on the ADSL2+ equipment it has installed in what is apparently over 900 of its exchanges around the country.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Note to Howard: Sometimes, you get what you asked for

    It's hardly news that Telstra's corporate philosophy has become one of incessant whinging and strongarming since CEO Sol Trujillo rolled into town, but over the past week the company took its rhetoric to another level ...

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Dear Telstra: pack up your toys, go home

    Rejecting Telstra's proposal, after all, is the only conclusion Conroy can reach: as someone whose entire philosophy is built around transparency and process, he simply cannot keep Telstra as part of the NBN bidding process anymore.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    US shows what OPEL could have been

    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV for the blind (the ones leading the blind)

    Might I suggest that the government, which so far has handled the issue with kid gloves, take a chance for once and reach over and just pull the digital TV plug?

Features and Case Studies (64)

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Who's taking the ITIL bait?

    In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

  • Broadband in Ballarat?

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

  • How corporate Australia battles information overload

    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.

  • Terrorism threat to Net overblown

    Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."

Reviews (21)

  • Desktop dream machines

    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.

  • Archival survival guide

    In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

  • Enterprise PDA phones reviewed

    The new wave of hybrid PDA business phones are here. The gadget gurus from RMIT decide who talks the talk.

  • Gaining access

    Office equipment is getting easier and easier to use, but just how accessible is it for the wider population?

  • DAS the stuff: 5 RAID units tested

    It's affordable and easy to manage -- two qualities you rarely hear mentioned about storage. We test your RAID options.

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