For the second time in a fortnight, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Internet banking service is unavailable due to "technical difficulties".
Telstra has blamed an upgrade of "a core part" of BigPond's IP network as behind authentication problems that frustrated users across the eastern states this morning.
National Australia Bank online customers, eager to upgrade to the new Internet platform launched just yesterday, are finding the service inaccessible this afternoon.
Telstra has launched a new usage meter for BigPond customers as part of a multi-million dollar upgrade of its billing system to accommodate anticipated growth in subscriber numbers to one million by end-2005.
Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.
A few weeks ago, I was in Shanghai, at the Intel Developers Forum. Intel was keen to show off what it hopes will be the bridging device between high-end mobiles and laptops: the mobile Internet device or MID. Intel was showing off a lot of interesting things at the conference. The MID, sadly, was not one of them.
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
A while back, frustration with my inability to get online outside of the office drove me to invest in a 3G data service from Hutchinson's 3. For $30 per month, I get 2GB of data that's accessible pretty much anywhere I go (I do all my work in metropolitan areas).
With the OPEL bid cancelled and procedural questions dogging the FTTN bid, Australia is currently in something of a technological limbo.
Today, Symantec released Norton 360 Version 2.0, but I wonder whether the security giant has learned from its past mistakes?
There are plenty of reasons to upgrade to Windows Vista and there are also plenty of reasons not to. Here's a look at 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Vista ... and 10 reasons why you shouldn't.
Two years ago, the IT community was abuzz with a Microsoft "breakthrough" called Service Pack 1. The mega software patch mainly comprised of security updates for Windows XP. Will things get any better with the much-publicised Service Pack 2?
What technologies have missed the mark this past year?
There were two things that really made me do a double take when looking at the results of our software survey: the high number of users who had upgraded to the latest Windows operating systems, and the high number of those users who wish they were using something else (an open source solution perhaps?).
When upgrading technology, setting up a test network to evaluate application compatibility is vital. Here are some tips on testing, as well as other preparations recommended when making the switch to Win2K.
If your budget doesn't stretch to a brand-new PC, why not give your old one a new lease of life by upgrading its OS to Windows XP? Here's how to go about it.
Microsoft hatches plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security and a facelift for Outlook, in the software's first major upgrade in nearly two years.
While I really like Microsoft's new operating system, there are still some issues that may make it impossible for you to upgrade. And other issues may make you want to skip XP entirely. Here are a dozen potential roadblocks to consider--don't upgrade before you read this!
Here are ten of the guilty parties who try to do the impossible: to make us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented -- and who very nearly succeed.
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