NBN Tasmania Limited, the state's last mile fibre operator, has appointed long-time Telstra staffer Adrian Inch as its general manager.
Microsoft's fourth-generation answer to Adobe Flash, Silverlight 4, was released overnight at the software giant's 2009 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
iiNet did not comply with requests to cancel the accounts of alleged copyright infringers, but it did not need to, iiNet's legal counsel argued today as the ISP started to close off its legal battle in the Federal Court.
A health informatics professor from Sydney University today said Australia's e-health systems should be strictly open source rather than using proprietary software.
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Shareholders got a rude awakening this week as Stephen Conroy made good on industry calls to break up Telstra. Some argue the government has been duplicitous and should be held to account, but those who sit tight may find the new Telstra offers a far better value proposition with better long-term opportunities.
Like the engineers that sat down on day one with an empty blackboard and a mission to get man to the moon and back, building the NBN from the ground up is a daunting and complex opportunity that will present more than its share of challenges.
This week, Stephen Conroy showed with great certainty that the NBN remains a touch-and-go affair with no clear timeline, a relatively questionable lack of governance, and lots of unresolved mysteries.
Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.
As Rudd and Conroy railroad the NBN into reality, the Liberals are trying to inject some due process into the whole thing by holding Labor accountable for its decisions. However, with the future of Australian telecoms on the line and no real viable alternative, is it just a bit late for accountability?
The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.
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The seemingly steeped-in-tradition Federal Court surprised a few observers last week when it coolly accepted Twitter's presence in its rooms. But its broader approach to technology is nothing short of ambiguous.
There's a certain ridiculousness to Alcatel-Lucent's National Broadband Network video production that goes to the heart of an obvious worry that it will ultimately be left out when the cheques are signed.
After months and months of waiting, Microsoft has finally kicked its latest mobile operating system out of the nest to see if it can fend for itself in the big, bad world of smartphone rivalries. Alongside the OS itself, Microsoft also rolled out a bunch of new web-based services as well.
Kleiner Perkins VC John Doerr discusses his views on clean tech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
AusCERT 2007 kicked off this morning with a keynote speaker who blasted desktop computer security -- including that of Windows, Linux and Mac -- because it is based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as a user.
CeBIT Australia 2007 kicked off yesterday with federal Communications minister Senator Helen Coonan saying that a thriving ICT industry was key to the country's economic growth.
The only way to get better quality than the Dell UltraSharp U2410 is to spend a lot more money if you need a 24-inch, are on a budget but still need great quality images, we can wholeheartedly recommend this screen.
Although Seagate BlackArmor is difficult to use for networking novices, it is a good choice for small business and advanced users.
Looking for an affordable business desktop to roll out? We look at the major players available in the market today.
HighPoint's RocketRAID 2340 is designed for those running a file server on the cheap. While it doesn't haul massive throughput thanks to its lack of hardware grunt, and the lack of Solaris support is lamentable, for the price it does the job admirably.
The Asus N51V is an excellent mid-sized laptop, and should absolutely be considered if you're looking for that price/performance sweet spot.
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