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  • Satyam cans $75 million Geelong project

    Two thousand Victorian potential jobs may have evaporated after Mahindra Satyam this week pulled its plans to build an information technology learning centre at Deakin University in Geelong.

  • Telstra exec: Thodey as aggressive as Sol

    Announcing a new mobile fleet management product with Microsoft today, Telstra general manager product management Ross Fielding said that new Telstra CEO David Thodey went after goals just as aggressively as former CEO Sol Trujillo.

  • Tasmania must have NBN tender: Conroy

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy seemed to throw water on industry fears today that divvying up the Tasmanian National Broadband Network might not involve a normal tendering process, saying contracts would definitely be put out to market.

  • Vodafone, Hutchison complete VHA merger

    Vodafone and Hutchison yesterday completed the 50-50 joint venture to create VHA Pty Limited.

  • Roxon brings back health smart card

    Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon appeared to resurrect the concept over the weekend of using a smart card to deliver a unique e-health identifier to Australians.

Blogs (63)

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Separation: The UK experience

    How can the UK experience of BT's separation inform our understanding of Telstra's future? In this week's Twisted Wire podcast, we talked to the key UK players to get the lay of the land.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Non-professional Oracle wrestling

    The latest and greatest version of the Oracle database, 11g Release 2, was made available recently and as the resident technical person, it fell to me to take it for a spin. Little did I realise the hell that I had just walked into.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    No paper, no promotion

    It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Seven vividly proves WiMax not dead yet

    It wasn't too long ago that critics of WiMax wireless technology were declaring it dead at the starting gate.

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  • What is Google Wave good for?

    I've been puttering around in Google Wave for the best part of a week now, and I understand it, but I have no idea in hell what I'm supposed to be using it for.

  • Q&A: BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp

    BMC Software CEO Bob Beauchamp has headed up the company since the beginning of the decade, transforming it into the business service management power it is today. We find out what his priorities are.

  • Australia's dotcom pioneers: Where are they now?

    Ten years ago they were the young turks of Australia's business community; radical free-thinkers on the path to fame and riches. Shortly after, all those dreams came crashing down. But where are Australia's first dotcom moguls today, and what are they up to?

  • iPhone: Should I dump Optus for Telstra?

    Is it finally time to ditch Optus' buggy network and go back to the dark side? Is it time to take my iPhone to Telstra's Next G and hang my head in shame?

  • Not Waving, but clowning?

    Microsoft Wave. That's like naming your new car the Ford Prius. Why go head-to-head with Google armed only with a glossy catalogue?

Reviews (143)

  • HP SkyRoom

    For those who can't afford the US$700,000 Halo telepresence set up, SkyRoom looks to be an incredibly helpful tool however, HP's suggestion of it being "revolutionary" is far from accurate.

  • MSI PX600 Prestige Collection Notebook

    Don't be fooled by the "Prestige" label on this otherwise unremarkable laptop.

  • Samsung E590

    Samsung's teeny tiny E590 packs a whole lot of features into a fuss-free candy bar model.

  • Sydney man 'swaps' cash for Bill Gates

    All William Tsang wanted from the midnight Windows Vista launch was a free Web cam. Instead, he walked away with the main draw -- a copy of Vista Ultimate, autographed, rock star-style, by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

  • Apple iPhone pros and cons

    Only two iPhones were on public display at Macworld but CNET.com.au's Jeremy Roche managed to get hold of one. Here's his verdict.

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