The requirements of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Act came into effect today after continual calls from privacy advocates to scrap the controversial legislation.
In its latest report into the state of the communications market, the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has found the price the average Aussie pays to connect fell last year.
It's important to acknowledge Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo's successes as well as his failures.
Microsoft released a handful of products and services aimed at small businesses, specifically those in the retail sector.
Telstra has finished putting together its new dedicated small and medium business (SMB) division, and will make the unit's presence felt with several new product offerings over the next few months.
If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.
Faced with a renewed threat in newly-appointed Tony Abbott and unknown-quantity communications portfolio ankle-biter Tony Smith, Stephen Conroy responded this week in the way any politician would: he gave lots, and lots, and lots of speeches.
Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.
Many small and midsize companies harbour some level of trepidation regarding how dependent they have become on Microsoft software, according to a US survey.
There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.
A AU$6 million integration project will soon give Victorian businesses easier access to the government departments they need. David Braue weighs in on one of Australia's largest single sign-on deployments.
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?
What does the recent election result mean to those of us in the IT industry, and Australian employees in general?
MPC Computers has unveiled an all-in-one desktop based on a special project it did for the US government.
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 company is releasing the new version of its WordPerfect office software, but analysts say it's unlikely to make much headway against Microsoft Office.
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