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  • Woolies: Customers don't want mobile data

    Woolworths customers don't want data included in their mobile phone plans, according to research the retailer completed to launch its 2G wholesale mobile partnership with Optus today.

  • Crux of iiNet defence due by April

    ISP iiNet undertook today to stop sitting on the fence on whether it will admit that its users have been infringing copyright, in a Federal Court hearing today for the court case brought against it by the Australian Federation against Copyright Theft.

  • Oracle destroyed Ellison's emails

    Software maker Oracle deliberately destroyed or withheld CEO Larry Ellison's emails and failed to preserve audio recordings sought as evidence in a class-action lawsuit filed against the software maker, a US federal judge has ruled.

  • Is Optus already throwing in the towel on FTTN?

    If analyst group CEG speaks on behalf of Optus, it looks likes we can assume the carrier has given up on its chances of winning the coveted NBN (national broadband network) tender being considered by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

  • Google lays out plans for VisualRank image search

    Google is starting to provide a fuller picture of the work it's undertaking to create a practical tool for image searches.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    All about separation, or all about copper?

    Labor's fibre-to-the-premises NBN was meant to be an act of freedom, a breaking-free from 100 years of copper infrastructure legacy and the start of something new. So why in the world are we still discussing Telstra's copper network?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN for just $2047.62 per vote

    The government dumped its well-intentioned bidders and spent the day awash in adulation from an industry that suddenly felt all its Christmases had come at once. But isn't this the same government that, two weeks ago, was warning it had to ditch key election promises for lack of funding?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Ceci n'est pas une blacklist

    Even the dim-witted bad guys in the Bond flick Quantum of Solace know that concentrating lots of power in a small place may not be the best idea. So how could Stephen Conroy and ACMA have been surprised when the alleged web filter blacklist made its debut?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Once a pit bull, Terria is losing its bite

    The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.

  • Read the blog post - Paul Montgomery, ZDNet Australia

    The volunteer army of Web 2.0

    On the odd occasion where I have seen the results of surveys of knowledge workers where they are asked to rank the barriers to the adoption of knowledge management inside their organisation, one word keeps popping up at the top of the list again and again: culture.

Features and Case Studies (15)

  • Norton Internet Security 2010 beta: Screenshots

    This week Symantec made beta versions of its flagship Norton Internet Security 2010 and Antivirus 2010 products available for testing. We put NIS 2010 through its paces to see how it stacks up.

  • This is your brain on a microchip

    Cognitive computing experts say the day that computers work like brains is getting closer.

  • Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

    Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

  • The anti-marketing of SugarCRM

    SugarCRM CEO John Roberts suggests that salesforce.com has marketed its way to stardom with a product that's inferior to his own company's open source CRM software.

  • Towards a Semantic Web

    The Web is facing up to its most significant change since its inception, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee is once again at the forefront of the change.

Reviews (6)

  • Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)

    Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the AU$39 upgrade fee.

  • Samsung SGH-i780

    With two batteries and a separate charger, the SGH-i780 could be a wise choice for the mobile professional, although it's a bit bulky and the screen is a touch small for some applications

  • Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

    Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

  • First Look: Palm OS Cobalt and Garnet

    PalmSource has announced two new operating systems, and has committed to ongoing development for both. There's also news of another Palm OS smartphone.

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