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  • AGIMO denies new ICT office

    The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has labelled a newspaper report "factually incorrect" that said it had moved to a strategy of centralised IT procurement before the findings of the Gershon review which will be released next month.

  • Mobile users like disabled PC users

    Mobile-device users find they have the same usability problems that some disabled users encounter with PCs, according to researchers from the University of Manchester.

  • Printer's gel-like ink works on everything

    Xerox gave a sneak peek last Thursday at its cured gel ink for digital printers that works on a large variety of materials from foil to super-slick plastic to cardboard.

  • Australia still a pay zone for mobile content

    Ad supported television, music and videos seem unlikely to make their way to Australian mobiles, since the user numbers just aren't there yet, and the paid content market is too lucrative.

  • CDMA shutdown: Rural communities left in black spots

    The official word from Telstra and the Federal government is that the Next G Network provides equivalent or superior coverage to CDMA. Try telling that to the people of Mangoplah, NSW.

  • Windows Server 2008: Microsoft listened to users

    Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, provides evidence that the company is taking note of what customers want, according to analysts.

  • Microsoft taps Disney for new CIO

    Microsoft said on Thursday that it has hired Tony Scott as chief information officer to head management of its internal IT systems.

  • Google stumps up US$30m for moon robot prize

    Google has announced it has sponsored the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon with a purse of US$30 million.

  • Hawking: Science fact as gripping as fiction

    British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking revealed his desire today to make "real science as exciting as science fiction" as he publicised a new book for children about the cosmos.

  • Vietnam: Offshoring hotspot of the future?

    Forget China and India, Vietnam is tipped to become the hottest offshoring destination within the next five years.

  • Audi's unwired booth babes boost sales leads

    Its AU$265,000 R8 supercar and newly launched S5 may be getting most of the attention at the Melbourne Motor Show this week, but Audi executives have their eyes firmly locked on a new data entry system that's helped staff collect 50 percent more viable sales leads this year than last.

  • AT&T to drive GM's billion dollar network

    Telco AT&T has sealed the deal of a lifetime, with American car maker General Motors agreeing to pay almost US$1 billion (AU$1.26 billion) for networking services over the next five years.

  • Mitsubishi picks Commander

    The Australian arm of Mitsubishi Motors has recently signed a "major" three-year managed services contract with integrated ICT vendor Commander.

  • GM Holden deputy CIO promoted

    Pierre Matthee has been appointed to the permanent chief information officer position at General Motors Holden, after acting in the role for the last six months.

  • IBM donates new privacy tool to open source

    IBM has developed software designed to let people keep personal information secret when doing business online and donated it to the Higgins open-source project.

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