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  • Union ramps up Telstra strikes

    The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) announced today that Telstra workers had five days of rolling stoppages planned, which may result in disruptions to Telstra services.

  • Telstra gives unions the silent treatment

    Telstra's main union claims it has not heard a peep out of Telstra, despite continuing industrial action.

  • Telstra union debates industrial action

    Telstra's main union has raised the spectre of further industrial action in response to its concern that progress in negotiating a new enterprise agreement with the telco.

  • Telstra strike called off

    A strike by Telstra workers planned for today has been temporarily called off by the telecommunications union.

  • Unions tag team Telstra

    Telstra's battle with the unions is heating up as a second union has called on its 1000 members to strike over the telco's alleged anti-union wage strategy.

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    Telstra's last-mile strategy: Broadband limbo

    Should Telstra be investing in a pre-emptive defence against the NBN? Or should it go slow and wait like everybody else?

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Defend copyright: Take NZ off the internet

    We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Broadband shame: Sneakernet strikes back

    There are times when the tone of Australia's broadband discussions makes me want to laugh, and others when it just makes me want to cry. The past week has been one of the latter, after two very different broadband-related stories made their way across my desk.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Keep watching the skies -- for RIM and Google?

    Previously, much of the business model for the in-flight connectivity market has remained up in the air -- but that could all be about to change thanks to RIM and pals.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

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    Do Cisco and 3Com end up at the same pub in North Sydney on Friday nights?

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  • Telstra Sydney protest: Photos

    Two of Telstra's unions commenced industrial action this week; this gallery documents a protest held on Tuesday morning outside Telstra's Elizabeth St, Sydney office, during the strike.

  • Telstra between a rock and the ACCC?

    The proposed regulatory reforms ahead of the roll-out of the National Broadband Network rely on a finely balanced carrot and stick approach. But will Telstra cooperate with the government's ultimatum?

  • Aussie iPhone developers strike gold

    The release of the iPhone 3G in July 2008 led to the creation of an entire industry where developers worked on their own applications to sell through Apple's App Store. This trend has since been picked up by larger companies. Read about why such a phenomenon is fast becoming a success.

  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • Where else but Queensland?

    Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

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  • IBM not the Big Blue it was: Union

    IBM workers once believed they didn't need a union because working conditions used to be the best in the industry, but the competitive market has led to cost cutting measures which have had their toll, according to the Australian Services Union.

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    For office workers who consider video conferencing their life, the Versa E6200 has the performance and features to support such a lifestyle. However, the lack of external docking options may hinder those who like to transform their notebooks into desktop wannabes in the office.

  • Apple MacBook Pro (1.83GHz)

    The MacBook Pro delivers unparalleled style but comes with a few transitional performance issues.

  • Change is in the IT air

    We may question the changes some companies make, but it is the companies that don't change that we should question.

  • Copy, right?

    Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.

  • Technolust: Spot the warning signs early

    COMMENTARY--What good is a particular bit of IT if you can't in fact boast about it to your mates?

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