A month and a half after Mozilla issued a significant update to its open-source web browser, the organisation has begun encouraging users of Firefox 3 to install version 3.5.
No large Australian organisations are known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.
The Australian Capital Territory has allocated $90 million it described as an "unprecedented level of investment" to electronic health initiatives in its annual budget, including an e-health record for all residents of the territory.
The nation's largest telco Telstra this week revealed it intended to upgrade its tens of thousands of desktop computers to Windows 7 and would start testing Microsoft's operating system when it was released.
Controversial investor Nicholas Bolton's Bottle Domains company yesterday successfully applied for a Supreme Court injunction to block Australia's domain name regulator from terminating its accreditation. But the case will flare up again today.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was officially released overnight and marked the eleventh release of the distribution. It's attractive, polished and measured, but fails "the grandma test".
For those of us running Linux desktops, a graphics card decision can make or break a system in ways no commercial OS user can fathom.
You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.
As Britney Spears can testify, some things can be brought down all too easily by their own popularity -- as Vodafone's not-so-merry Christmas shows.
The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.
Linux Mint takes Ubuntu and applies a fresh coat of paint to the interface as well as adding a number of helpful utilities.
Ray Brown stepped in two weeks ago as the latest chief information officer for Queensland Health, hoping to bring some stability to a division that has seen a number of faces move through the head technology spot in quick succession.
Australia needs to do more to de-couple itself from an over-reliance on the boom or bust impacts that the US ICT Industry brings to Australia's own ICT industry.
Firefox 3.5 forges ahead with strong developer support, but most improvements for casual users will probably strike them as minor.
A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
Swelling the ranks of 11.6-inch netbooks, the Asus Eee PC 1101HA impresses with its design and battery, but having to overclock a slower version of Intel's Atom CPU is a dodgy workaround.
The Agora brings the concept of a low-cost netbook firmly back on the agenda, but its woeful wireless performance seriously detracts from its value proposition.
LG's touchscreen features class-leading multimedia support, but we're not convinced it makes an excellent phone. Its flashy new interface looks great but tends to make things slower and more difficult.
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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