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• Cable bought for Tassie NBN roll-out

  The Tasmanian arm of the National Broadband Network Company, NBN Tasmania, has selected the company that will provide the fibre-optic cable for the new backhaul network in the island state.

• Just 5 agencies can use datacentre panel

  Not all federal government agencies can apply for datacentre resources under the newly formed interim datacentre panel. In fact, only five have been cleared to do so, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

• Telstra drags heels on union pay

  Members of Telstra's main union are expressing frustration over the fact that new pay rates have yet to be settled.

• Trujillo was paid $9.06m in 2009

  Telstra's former chief executive Sol Trujillo received a total remuneration of $9.06 million, including salary, bonuses and termination payments, for the 2008/09 financial year, it was revealed today.

• Conroy misses NBN board date

  Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy has missed the self-imposed deadline of July to announce the National Broadband Network Company's remaining board members and other details.

Blogs (13)

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  Start-up funding still frozen solid

  The funding picture for Australian tech start-ups remains as bleak as ever.

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  Woolworths, the fresh mobile people

  When Coles introduced Fly Buys, Woolworths introduced Everyday Rewards. When Coles introduced petrol discount vouchers, Woolworths introduced petrol discount vouchers. It's a bold plan, but can it and Coles' inevitable copycat product change the prepaid mobile world for the better?

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  Australia snares Silicon Valley wireless start-up

  Silicon Valley-based wireless technology start-up Quantenna Communications is planning to open a 30 to 50-person research facility in Australia following an injection of venture capital by the Australian-US fund Southern Cross Venture Partners.

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  Introducing the Microsoft Deployment Council

  The NAB is moving on swiftly from its XP roll-out to Windows 7, all thanks to the Microsoft Deployment Council. Who is in this council? Is there a Linux equivalent? All this and more in this week's episode of Patch Monday.

• Australian security: the lucky country

  Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

Features and Case Studies (147)

• Alcatel-Lucent's blatant NBN pitch

  There's a certain ridiculousness to Alcatel-Lucent's National Broadband Network video production that goes to the heart of an obvious worry that it will ultimately be left out when the cheques are signed.

• The smart choice for Telstra

  A simple way forward for the National Broadband Network and for Telstra has now emerged.

• No thanks Google, we've got Ubuntu

  Google's decision to create its own Linux distribution and splinter the Linux community decisively once again can only be seen as foolhardy and self-obsessive.

• The best firewall is...

  Firewalls have come a long way since we last looked at them in 2005, and have now become full-blown Unified Threat Management devices. We take a look at the top players.

• Why Healthscope picked Technology One

  The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.

Reviews (107)

• HP Officejet 6000

  We like the simplicity of the HP Officejet 6000 single-function inkjet printer, but its lack of an LCD screen takes some getting used to. Nevertheless, it performed well and earns our recommendation as a great single-function printer.

• HighPoint RocketRAID 2340

  HighPoint's RocketRAID 2340 is designed for those running a file server on the cheap. While it doesn't haul massive throughput thanks to its lack of hardware grunt, and the lack of Solaris support is lamentable, for the price it does the job admirably.

• LG BE06 External Blu-ray Rewriter

  LG's external Blu-ray writer is huge, but does the job. We're still not in the age of Blu-ray though, and we wonder if we ever will be.

• BenQ E2400HD

  The BenQ E2400HD is a 24-inch monitor that sacrifices features for price, but doesn't have enough going for it to best its competition.

• Dell S2409W

  The Dell S2409W is a 24-incher that sacrifices features for price, but makes up for it in performance and ease of use.

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