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  • Ballmer cracks Telstra jokes

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer cracked jokes at a Telstra event today as the telco's live demonstration of 21Mbps speeds on its Next G network came unravelled.

  • Developers want Ballmer to show money

    Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers.

  • Storage and data at the coalface

    How do you manage something that's constantly growing fast, with no end in sight? That's the question many Australian IT managers are currently asking themselves, as they size up their storage and data management strategy going into 2009. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer.

  • Ultra-low power chip sleeps a lot

    Researchers at the University of Michigan have designed chips that use 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 per cent less in active mode than comparable processors, putting an end to overweight battery syndrome.

  • Skype to connect buyers with sellers

    VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.

  • Telstra retains AU$30m Tasmanian govt deal

    The Tasmanian government has retained its incumbent data networking and Internet services supplier Telstra for at least another three years, in a AU$30 million whole of government telecommunications deal signed last week.

  • CeBIT: Complete coverage

    Many firsts were achieved at the recent IT trade show, CeBIT Australia 2007, in Sydney. Find out more plus check out our full coverage of the event.

  • Telstra: IT transformation 15 percent done

    The telco's move to reduce its internal technology platforms was around 15 percent complete, nearly one year after its transformation strategy was first announced.

  • Telstra to slash tech costs under review

    Telstra plans to slash the number of network platforms and business and operational support systems it uses under a new -one factory" approach to managing its operations.

  • AU: Vodafone's multimedia push gets thumbs up

    Vodafone Live, launched on Tuesday, is likely to be a success in Australia, according to mobile communications analyst Jason Ross.

  • Vodafone Live

    Of the three mobile carriers attempting to lure customers to their next-gen mobile service Vodafone has the slowest data speed, but probably the best content.

  • Linux supporters seize the day

    With the economy still slowing and corporate spending tightening, many Linux backers believe they have a significant weapon in the battle for IT dollars: low cost and adaptability.

  • Retrieving morale toughest task: Optus CIO

    Optus' chief information officer, Eng Chew, has battled for months to retrieve morale in the telecommunications company's IT division after massive staff cuts last year, he has revealed

  • Bluetooth's teething problems continue

    Analysts Frost & Sullivan have downgraded forecasts for Bluetooth technology, although they expect products to still make strong progress in the market.

  • Unplugged and insecure

    The industry is rushing to wireless as it did to the Internet, and it's making the same hurried mistakes regarding security: minimising its importance to get applications in the hands of users.

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