Faced with a renewed threat in newly-appointed Tony Abbott and unknown-quantity communications portfolio ankle-biter Tony Smith, Stephen Conroy responded this week in the way any politician would: he gave lots, and lots, and lots of speeches.
Telecom NZ has engaged outsourcing and IT consultant Infosys to improve its testing and up-skill its workers.
Australian-listed e-health company iSoft is considering upping its headcount in Australia by 500 people, hoping to increase the percentage of research and development workers it fields down under.
Opposition communications spokesman Tony Smith has slammed the federal government for spending more than $500,000 of taxpayers' money on a forum dedicated to Australia's "broadband future".
Australian accounting software developer MYOB has rolled out Windows 7 to 50 development and IT support staff as part of an effort to ensure the company's small business software was compatible with the new operating system.
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If I was Alan Chapman, the acting executive director of the Queensland Government Chief Information Office, I'd be really irate right now.
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The G'Day USA: Australia Week campaign today announced the finalists for the Innovation Shoot Out event, which will see eight Australian technology start-ups travel to San Francisco in January 2010 to demonstrate the commercial viability of their products in the US.
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When you really get down to it, former Victoria Police chief information officer Valda Berzins and her offsider John Brown aren't so different from many other IT managers in the public sector.
Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
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Sporting a funky, small design and social networking features this phone is a great choice for both the young and young at heart.
It doesn't quite live up to its own battery hype, otherwise Asus' thin and light laptop is pretty good.
With excellent web browsing, email and access to apps, the HTC Hero is one of the few mobiles to truly challenge the iPhone this year.
Dell's tablet isn't cheap, but it'll appeal to the business crowd who desire a solidly built system.
Behind its expansive display, Apple has packed one of the fastest all-in-ones available, and added a few useful extras to sweeten the deal.
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