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    Telstra subsidiary Sensis has denied the veracity of an anonymous tip published in Crikey today that claimed its new iGen platform was a complete failure.

  • NSW Corrective Services flags $45m revamp

    In this year's budget the NSW Department of Corrective Services was given the green light to do some serious tinkering under the hood of its IT infrastructure.

  • Minchin probes Henry's NBN advice

    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has demanded the government prove that Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry advised it to go ahead with the $43 billion National Broadband Network project.

  • Australia's banks get IT transfusion

    National Australia Bank took the knife to its long-time chief information officer Michelle Tredenick this week, but was this a reflection of her perceived incompetence or simply a consequence of the manoeuvring at higher levels that seems endemic in Australia's incestuous banking IT community?

  • Trujillo cops banks' heat over strikes

    Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo has been called in to settle complaints by CommBank and NAB that industrial action at the telco has threatened key transactional systems, the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) claimed this afternoon.

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  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    Love me, tender

    Considering how expensive and drawn-out tender processes can be to solve problems that might be very immediate, it's little wonder that the Victorian Police IT department tried to work the tender exemptions system.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Time for start-up investment is now

    Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    A battery of opinions on the value of data

    As the National Broadband Network pricing debate continues, we should consider which is the most appropriate model for costing a bit that costs virtually nothing to carry.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Duel of the fates: Atlassian and Omnidrive

    Only a few years ago Atlassian and Omnidrive were the flag carriers for Australia's Web 2.0 movement. But recent developments have shown just how different the outcomes for start-up companies and entrepreneurs can be.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Twisted Quiz: Engineers vs. marketeers

    So how did Twisted Wire suddenly change into a game show, albeit for just one episode? It's engineers vs. marketeers at 20 paces.

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    Why won't Adobe make licensing its software easier for school IT directors?

  • HP has no respect for EDS

    Hewlett-Packard's contemptuous termination of the 47-year-old EDS brand in a five-paragraph statement filled with marketing hogwash today is a colossal mistake and one the company will live to regret.

  • NBN will require a govt blank cheque

    A new Goldman Sachs report reinforces the market's conclusion that, whatever the National Broadband Network looks like, it is going to have to be taxpayer-funded and the cheques will be massive.

  • iPhone: Should I dump Optus for Telstra?

    Is it finally time to ditch Optus' buggy network and go back to the dark side? Is it time to take my iPhone to Telstra's Next G and hang my head in shame?

  • Competition reality a sly fiction

    Like Rudd, the ingrained cynicism and frustration at things not going to plan in Australia's telecommunications industry blinds ACCC chair Graeme Samuel to the possibility that he is part of the problem.

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    Sydney's Apple store opens to the public at 5pm on June 19. Here is a video tour showing what punters can expect when the moment of truth arrives.

  • Inside the T-Visionarium

    What do you get when you give two artists and a team of techies a $1 million budget and put them in a dark room? A T-Visionarium. ZDNet.com.au talks with chief architect of the project that has uncovered some ugly truths about what we love about TV.

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    Although Dell has been praised for its efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions and PC waste, its claim that it is the "greenest IT company in the world" has been criticised for overstating the truth.

Reviews (88)

  • Six SAN shoot-out

    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).

  • Nokia 6720 Classic

    With so many excellent phones to choose from, Nokia hasn't done nearly enough to make the 6720 desirable. It does the basics well, but struggles to justify its price.

  • Best budget business desktops

    Looking for an affordable business desktop to roll out? We look at the major players available in the market today.

  • Western Digital My Book World Edition (2TB)

    The Western Digital My Book World Edition is a fast, simple to use, plug and play NAS that unfortunately lacks many features and has sub-par remote access performance.

  • Apple iLife '09

    Apple iLife '09 is a great application suite for simple media organising and editing, and the addition of features like face recognition, geotagging and music lessons makes it worth the update.

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