News (16)

  • WA infrastructure dept close to e-mail disaster

    Western Australia's Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) has revealed its Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail system is suffering frequent outages that are creating a risk of embarrassing public data loss.

  • Apple sweet for WA's Education Dept

    Western Australia's Department of Education and Training (DET) has recently commenced a new project that will see an array of Apple Macs installed in selected schools throughout the state.

  • WA Disability Commission goes video

    Western Australia's Disability Services Commission (DSC) has flagged plans to implement a state-wide videoconferencing system to facilitate better staff collaboration.

  • Future clouds for Sun Ray in WA schools

    Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray thin-clients have failed to win over the Western Australian Department of Education and Training (WA DET) after a lengthy trial of the hardware in its schools.

  • Office 2007 in vogue in WA govt

    The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority has become the second Western Australian government department in as many weeks to upgrade to Microsoft's new Office 2007 product.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • Have (IT) certs will travel?

    Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

  • Top tech jobs for 2006

    After years in the wilderness, the Australian IT industry is again booming as major industries invest heavily in their IT infrastructure. Find out which skills are most in demand and how much remuneration to expect.

  • W3C seeks clout for Web rules

    New proposals for creating and viewing Web pages are coming in fast and furious shortly after the status quo was challenged by Microsoft's aborted attempt to reject competing browsers.

  • Old IT never dies...

    Companies are hanging on to their IT equipment longer to stave off spending what they can't currently afford. But IT systems have to be disposed of eventually; what happens when they do?

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

Reviews (5)

  • Asus W5A

    Spritely performance and an attractive case design makes the Asus ideal for home office tasks in an IKEA-obsessed age.

  • Microsoft MapPoint 2001

    Small and medium-size businesses can boost their productivity rates and analytical capabilities with Microsoft MapPoint 2001 (US$250 street with US$50 upgrade rebate) which significantly upgrades Microsoft MapPoint 2000.

  • Bandwidth buffering solved

    For Australia's remote rural web users, relying on a dial-up modem has meant that video technology is still a long way off.

  • Worry-free wireless

    Everybody's going wireless—even those intruders who are after your precious data. Here's how to stop them.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

Create an e-mail alert for "microsoft"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
microsoft


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Renai LeMay Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
  • Array Google should come clean on datacentres
    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
  • Array US shows what OPEL could have been
    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured