Australia's competition watchdog says Telstra has nothing to fear from new pro-competition regulations.
Every day thousands of individuals and companies agree to indemnify someone else, but relatively few people understand what Indemnify means.
The Federal government has released guidelines for the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) it says will make the program more effective.
Telstra has withdrawn its appeal against a Court ruling which found that it engaged in "misleading" and "illegal" conduct in its Next G advertising, following a decision by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which disputed claims about the coverage of the network.
Telstra's attempts to challenge the regulatory regime which allows its rivals to access its network were dealt a blow today, after the High Court dismissed a case brought by the telco -- but questions remain over whether the ruling will apply to any future fibre-to-the-node network.
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.
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
Although 3G phones have been around for years, it appears the iPhone 3G has successfully rewritten the rules of competition in Australia's mobile sector whetting the nation's appetite for data.
What would you do if you ran an online backup service that offered unlimited storage, and a few dozen of your customers ended up storing more than a terabyte of data each?
Hacker attacks that bring down the network get a lot of attention but if your organisation is only focusing on this type of security you're still vulnerable. Find out how to protect your data from internal threats.
As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks aren't the safe and tightly controlled entities they should be. Here we expose just how wrong it can go and ask leading industry figures to light the way towards effective network management.
Draft N (of the upcoming 802.11n standard) is the latest in wireless networking, and while 802.11n is not finally ratified, it does promise better speed, throughput, range and dependability. Is it worth its current premium price? We explore the promise and availability of Draft N gear on the Australian market.
If you're about to build a new Ethernet network or upgrade an existing one, be sure to consider installing an infrastructure that will support 10Gbps bandwidth, even if you don't need that much speed right now.
Security software company, Network Associates, said this week that it has been granted a patent for methods of filtering spam, or unsolicited e-mail.
Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.
Here's what you need to know about wireless networking, from the standards and technologies to the best products for your home or office.
D-Link's 802.11g debutant delivers impressive wireless range and performance for an entry-level router.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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