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  • Kim Carr's supercomputer: Contest winner

    Expectations for comedy gold were high going into last week's caption contest, and we certainly were not let down, with high-grade champagne comedy flowing freely.

  • TechnologyOne execs see pay freeze

    TechnologyOne has decided not to increase the pay packets of its executives and directors this year on the back of its 2009 results released today.

  • Caption contest: Kim Carr's supercomputer

    What exactly was going on here between Carr and ANU research professor Brian Schmidt at the launch of the ANU's new supercomputer yesterday? A new martial arts move? Explanation of a star going supernova?

  • Carr launches new Aussie supercomputer

    Industry minister Kim Carr has launched Australia's most powerful computer in Canberra, ushering in a new era for scientific research.

  • NSW Ageing CIO retires

    James Hegarty, current CIO for the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care as well as former IT head at the state's Department of Corrections, is retiring after around 30 years in the public service.

Blogs (14)

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    2009 funding drought rolls on

    For Australian start-ups looking for venture capital, 2009 was a very bad year. 2010 may be no better.

  • Read the blog post - Christine Lee

    Conroy creates super-villain envy

    Senator Conroy was recently named Internet Villain of the Year at the British annual Internet Industry Awards. But were the other villains jealous?

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    The poor cousin

    Microsoft is one of those companies that doles out the goodwill with one hand and takes it back with the other.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Governments: Just like lemmings

    As soon as one government decides to do a new project it's a good bet that others will follow suit, in the ultimate fashion obsession.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Download Mac warez, pay the price

    Mac users should heed the call and realise that root user stupidity can always subvert any security in place.

Features and Case Studies (137)

  • Caption contest: Kim Carr's supercomputer

    What exactly was going on here between Carr and ANU research professor Brian Schmidt at the launch of the ANU's new supercomputer yesterday? A new martial arts move? Explanation of a star going supernova?

  • Aussie ICT should de-couple from the US

    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.

  • Changing of the guard: ANZ Bank

    Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

  • Optus midnight iPhone 3GS party

    Word of tiny queues in the US and UK didn't stop Australia's iPhone faithful from braving the cold to queue for the iPhone 3GS.

  • Optus HFC sale could be NBN victory

    If the sale of the SingTel Optus HFC network to the National Broadband Network Company goes ahead, it could mark the first significant strategic victory by the company since it lost the cable wars a decade ago.

Videos (5)

  • Super Techies: Marc Benioff

    In this Super Techies interview, tech star Marc Benioff talks with CNET's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills with industry mogul Larry Ellison at Oracle; and his current...

  • Super Monkey Boy -- Club Builder

    This week we look at the first beta of IE8, examine the iPhone SDK and Steve Ballmer does what he does best on stage.

  • Super Techies: Mitch Kapor

    In this Super Techies interview, software veteran Mitch Kapor talks with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a tech entrepreneur. Kapor discusses his early work at Lotus Development, creating the most ubiquitous business tool of its time; sparring with tech titans Bill Gates and Steve Jobs;...

  • Super Techies: Brendan Eich

    In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and his current role at Mozilla,...

  • Virgin Group: Gareth Lewis, CIO

    As one of the few genuine global super-brands with over 200 businesses, Virgin faces huge challenges. To find out what role IT plays in all this, Andy McCue caught up with Virgin's group CIO Gareth Lewis.

Reviews (331)

  • Dell Latitude XT2 Tablet

    Dell's tablet isn't cheap, but it'll appeal to the business crowd who desire a solidly built system.

  • Apple MacBook (Spring 2009)

    The Apple MacBook may look the same as before, but it's had a Spring makeover and is now a better deal than ever.

  • Acer Extensa 5635Z

    The Extensa is a business laptop with no particular frills. That's not a bad thing per se, but it's tough to get too excited about it, either.

  • Asus Eee PC 1101HA Seashell

    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.

  • Tandberg DPS1200 VTL

    While the lack of supported online expansion and de-dupe is a concern, if you need your tape backups to go faster, Tandberg's DPS1200 VTL may deliver what you need.

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