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  • Australian IT mission to cash in on Euro billions

    Minister for Innovation, Senator Kim Carr, returned from Germany last week hoping to increase Australia's involvement in a 9 billion technology research initiative, which would lead to increased recognition for Australian ICT, according to industry sources.

  • EU to fund global research on open source

    The European Union is putting money toward research into open-source software and standards across the world.

  • Federal Police mobiles to go 3G

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has specified that any new handsets it purchases for its corporate mobile phone fleet must support the growing third-generation (3G) mobile networks currently being built by local carriers.

  • Corporates don't want 3G Britney

    Australia's mobile carriers are currently trying desperately to shove their shiny new third-generation (3G) networks down consumers' throats.

  • Q&A: NASA Ames Research Centre director

    Simon Worden, director of the NASA Ames Research Centre, talks on climate change, astrobiology, Google, elections and peace.

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  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Going green for IT

    According to research firm Gartner, by 2010 75 percent of organisations will use "full life cycle energy" and CO2 footprint as mandatory PC hardware buying criteria.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Services the secret to our future

    Today, we exist in an economy where the services sector is the economy.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Searching for answers

    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?

Features and Case Studies (114)

  • Is it boom time for IT security?

    Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. Another study suggests that open source has no economic advantages over proprietary software in terms of security. See what all of this could mean for IT pros.

  • Report predicts 'wired brains'

    A report by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Commerce in the US says the right investment in IT and biotech could have startling results.

  • How to fix Australia's telco policy conundrum

    Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.

  • 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.

  • How AUSTRAC avoided a BlackBerry jam

    A government e-mail systems lockdown has kept popular BlackBerry handhelds off-limits at many Australian government departments, but a simple fix has changed that.

Reviews (30)

  • Meet Intel's resident Nostradamus

    David Tennenhouse is one of Intel's big-picture guys, looking for the next decade's big thing. His forecasts for the chipmaker and the industry may surprise you.

  • Japan gets to work on 4G comms

    Japan is the home of hi-tech, but unfortunately most if it is incompatible with international standards. But things are changing, starting with 4G mobile phones.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Six thin clients reviewed

    In the first instalment of a two-part review on thin clients, we look at thin-client terminals.

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