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    Since South Australia and Victoria's lobbyist registers became effective this week, many companies have included themselves a good proportion of which are representing large technology brands.

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  • US reaches Net detente with UN

    The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunisia have inked a broad agreement on global Internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week.

  • Web directory under fire from WA minister

    Western Australia's Minister for Consumer Protection, John Kobelke, has issued a public warning about Web-based business service Australian Trade Register, describing its services as "questionable".

  • ICT companies using more lobbyists

    Australian technology and telecommunications companies are making more use of lobbyists to gain influence in Canberra, the Federal Government's lobbyist register has revealed.

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    With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.

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    Sick of broken tender sites

    Some of the state governments desperately need to invest in more user-friendly tender sites so that looking for information on government tenders doesn't have to be a game of blind man's bluff.

  • Read the blog post - Darren Greenwood

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    Do you ever get the urge to be naughty, especially if you are never found out? Do you ever fancy committing a crime and not have to worry about having your name splashed all over the papers?

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    Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

  • 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.

  • UPDATE: AU government to ban spam

    The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.

  • David Murray's fall guy

    The not-so-secret campaign by the Future Fund to evict Donald McGauchie from the chair of Telstra's board doesn't appear to have gained much traction. It is also unclear whether it was necessary.

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    What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

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    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

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    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.

  • Performance problems?

    We examine tools that can drill down through your applications to pinpoint exactly where loading causes trouble.

  • The best firewall is ....

    Looking for firewall solutions? We review nine options to suit your corporate needs.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

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