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  • Queensland firies get $3m to redo alarm network

    The Queensland government has set aside AU$3 million in its budget to replace the fire alarm monitoring service for over 6,500 buildings such as hospitals, schools and shopping centres.

  • As CDMA closes, another data door opens for the bush

    While the relative merits of Next G vs CDMA as a mobile phone network will forever remain in question, no one seems to be arguing that Next G is winning out when it comes to data.

  • Wanted: Someone to save Australia's IT heritage

    The archives of the Australian Computer Museum Society, which has been collecting the IT industry's dinosaurs since the 1960s, is at risk of going to the dump, as the Society is being pushed out of its home for the second time.

  • Internode broadband to rural SA rescue

    Internode will deploy some AU$3.5 million of broadband infrastructure through rural South Australia in a new project responding to the needs of a regional group of local councils.

  • NZ Fire Service defines IT future

    The New Zealand Fire Service is embarking on a three- to five-year effort to overhaul the organisation's IT systems as a ministerial review promises far-reaching changes for the organisation.

  • UK slams multi-billion dollar EDS project

    The UK's National Audit Office has branded an EDS IT system, which will cost the equivalent of AU$2.7 billion, as one of the "worst public administration scandals in modern times".

  • Beaconsfield domain names deleted by authorities

    Two domain titles based on the names of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell have been deleted by authorities who claim their registration may have been an effort to cash in on the fame of the recently rescued Tasmanians.

  • White knight rescues Kerio's free firewall

    Good news for fans of free security software: The Kerio Personal Firewall isn't going away after all.

  • Symantec beats the research drum

    The company is making research a higher priority -- investing more resources in the group and aggressively developing technology in-house.

  • Hail to a new IT society

    A new industry body aimed at students and workers looks set to make waves in Australia.

  • Apple confirms switch to Intel chips

    After years of trying to get people to switch to Macs from Intel-based computers, Apple Computer itself has switched.

  • The coming of the anti-Fiorina

    They didn't select a rock star CEO this time around, but Hewlett-Packard would like nothing more than for Mark Hurd to turn back the clock to a blander, more predictable time in the company's history.

  • Intel seeks lift from Centrino follow-on

    The chipmaker unveiled on Wednesday a new version of its Centrino chip family for notebooks, a recipe it aims to use to boost the performance of lightweight wireless notebooks - mainly machines that weight about 5 or 6 pounds - making them more useful as everyday computers.

  • Mobile phones to the rescue

    Mobile phones have yet again proved their worth to society after the big role they played in the Boxing Day Asian tsunami disaster.

  • Open-source geeks are modern heroes, says think tank

    Open-source software developers make a valuable contribution to society and the economy through the high quality of their work, according to Demos.

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