Hostworks acquisition by Broadcast Australia will allow it to expand and tackle a larger market, the company says.
If Microsoft acquires Yahoo, the deal may leave the pair's joint venture partnerships with PBL Network and the Seven Network on shaky ground.
Examined using several different metrics, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo could create one of the world's largest Web companies.
Adelaide-based Web hosting company Hostworks is ramping up its investment in server virtualisation after re-signing its biggest customer, NineMSN, for a further three to six years.
Western Australia's Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP) has inked a half a million dollar contract with network solutions provider 3D Networks as the agency looks to develop its telephony infrastructure over the next few years.
Network Ten has inked a AU$2.5 million managed Web hosting services deal with Hostworks as the broadcaster looks to ramp up its online assets.
Microsoft will soon get a new boss for its Australian and New Zealand operations as incumbent Steve Vamos gets bumped upwards to an international role based in Seattle.
The nation's largest Web portal, ninemsn, has dumped its old analogue PABX in favour of an IP telephony rollout largely based on softphones as opposed to handsets.
update Microsoft is introducing its free PC-scanning service outside the US, part of an international push for its security tools.
Online property listing group realestate.com.au has outsourced application and infrastructure monitoring to hosting specialist Hostworks in a three-year deal announced today.
Web-based jobs directory Seek will outsource its online infrastructure to managed service provider Hostworks in a three-year deal announced today.
Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.
Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.
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Legal music downloads in Australia are expensive, files are restrictive, catalogues are small and music lovers are better off finding their favourite bands in a record store.
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An Australian company has underlined the potential of well-proven technologies such as short-messaging services to deliver m-commerce applications, launching two new products based on SMS.
Australians can now view their Hotmail accounts via SMS, following the formation of a partnership between NineMSN and Vodafone.
Once as free as the air we breathe, most Web-based e-mail accounts now come with all kinds of strings attached. We test four different services to find out if these so-called free e-mailers are worth the hassle.
Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
A good merger always gets the pulse racing -- and Seven's takeover of Unwired could be shaping up to be one of the most interesting for a while.
What better way to discuss online video than by making an online video? Well, that's the theory anyway.
The major security flaws suffered by the Big Brother Web site are the most recent example of an apparent "launch first, fix later" approach within Channel Ten. But a chequered history with the Web may help explain the problems.
Hey Channel Ten, I'm sorry I slagged you off last year. So your Web site is pretty cruddy, Yasmin turned out to be the queen of the harpies, and Matthew Newton brought shame to you over the new year. We all make mistakes. But before your site relaunches, might I be so bold as to make some suggestions for what to include?
Why would Channel 10 bother with a Web site for its new drama series when there's Wikipedia? Well, here are several reasons.
The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?
Like the vast majority of people holding up the bottom end of the Australian economic pyramid, I always get a vicarious thrill out of reading the BRW Rich 200 List and finding out just how much money the people at the pointy end are hoarding.
Channel 10's threadbare online presence stands out among the other TV networks' swish Web sites. But why?
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