NSW Minister for Education, Verity Firth, today said that the government had signed on Telstra to bring fast broadband to over 1.2 million students.
CommBank's systems fell over yesterday while Australia's largest bank was preparing its infrastructure for Rudd's $10.4 billion fiscal injection, which is set to hit bank accounts next week.
The largest e-waste recycling centre in the southern hemisphere was opened this week in Sydney's Villawood amid controversy over the Federal Government's refusal to commit to a mandatory e-waste recycling policy.
Apple selected a shopping centre in suburban Sydney as the location for its second retail outlet in the Asia Pacific. Our photo gallery takes you to its grand opening.
Apple has confirmed the opening date and time for its Sydney store, which will be the first official Apple store in the southern hemisphere.
This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.
Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
The new interactive Telstra "flagship" store will be open from 2 November. Dubbed T.Life, the store is located at 400 George Street, on the corner of George and King on the group floor of the Telstra building.
Sony has been in the news a lot in the last year, but mostly for the wrong reasons.
Big Blue begins a new program to rent out processing power on its own supercomputers by signing up a petrochemical company as a first customer.
In a move which will significantly improve broadband services to the Australian market, New Skies Satellites is set to launch its first ever custom-built broadband satellite.
This world roundup includes the grand opening of the first Apple Store in the southern hemisphere; the reason people in Japan are talking to plants; and a car tech test that will make you LOL.
CA's Melbourne office includes one of the largest antivirus research labs in the southern hemisphere. Part of that is a little room that contains numerous filing cabinets stuffed full of 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch disks, each of which contains a "live virus".
Bearable 14-hour international flights? With these Bose noise-cancelling headphones to cut down the engine noise, we may have found a jetlag antidote.
The iMac's 20-inch display makes both work and play a lot easier on the eyes, if not on the wallet.
Dual displays and a camera with multiple shot capabilities top the feature set of the E700. Read our Australian review.
Commentary: It's that time of year when unlikely ideas experience their brief moment in the sun.
British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.
Google Chrome OS demonstration
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