Telecom New Zealand's first quarter revenues received a boost from its new XT mobile network, but not enough to counter falls in most other revenue lines.
Telstra shareholders have unequivocally voted in favour of the remuneration packages currently awarded to its top executives.
AAPT has decided to use Google Apps for its 1300 staff after deliberations it called more philosophical than technical.
A NZ government-funded survey has raised questions about the productivity gains to be made from providing fast internet access.
Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.
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.
As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?
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.
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.
The global financial crisis might have tarnished some of Silicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technology entrepreneurs who have migrated to the US, it hasn't lost its bright shiny status.
Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.
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.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala will be the distribution's eleventh release, and highlights include the addition of a new boot screen, an updated default theme, and the addition of the Ubuntu One service.
Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship.
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.
ISP-level content filtering won't work, according to three of Australia's largest internet service providers.
The Linux kernel has reached a level of maturity where it mostly goes unnoticed and acts like an "invisible magician in the background", according to Linus Torvalds.
Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.
Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at Messagelabs, said the company's latest research indicates that Australian spam levels are well below the global average. The bad news is that social networking sites, such as MySpace, are helping phishers create more targeted attacks.
HP Halo takes videoconferencing to the next level and helps make movies such as 'Shrek the Third' come to life.
Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
Wondering which endpoint security suite keeps your clients the most protected? Enex TestLab racks them all up and puts them through their paces.
The Pro805 frustrates as much as it innovates with a touchscreen interface and an interesting, iPhone-style app store.
The K50AB is a typical mid-range laptop that looks good, but the in-built GPU-switching feature doesn't save on battery at all. We'd suggest looking elsewhere for your mid-range needs.
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