The government yesterday laid down AU$8 million for the next year to fill mobile phone black spots on sections of highway as well as selected towns in WA and NT.
Rio Tinto is spending US$371 million on automating its iron ore railway over 1,300km worth of track in WA's Pilbara, in a move that will herald the advent of driverless trains.
Western Australian energy company Western Power has reduced peak power energy use by 27 percent, or 3.5kW per home, by remotely switching off the compressors in trial customers' air conditioning units for a few minutes.
Queensland police are warning of a rapidly growing type of fraud that uses Russian brides and dating Web sites to con victims into becoming money launderers and drug mules.
ASX-listed ISP iiNet is to buy fellow West Australian service provider Westnet for AU$81 million in cash.
Medical information will soon be shooting across Western Australia's regional expanses, with the development of a new AU$21.3 million medical communications network which will cover 2.55 million square kilometres and reach 454,000 people.
WA is hoping local students will develop a new love for IT, with the announcement of AU$30,000 in funding for hands-on programs to boost school pupils' enthusiasm for computer science.
Western Australia is to sport Australia's own Silicon Valley, according to state Industry and Enterprise Minister Francis Logan, who yesterday revealed the country's biggest technology park will be based in Perth.
West Australian government agencies are too laissez faire with the disposal of old computers, according to a report by the WA Auditor General.
The NSW government's decision to delay the daylight saving time change by a week has caused widespread IT chaos, with Telstra, the RTA, Qantas, and radio station 2GB all reporting problems.
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Cybercrime potentially costs Australian businesses millions in unrealised profits and exposes organisations to significant risk but very few victims will admit to being "mugged".
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For Australia's remote rural web users, relying on a dial-up modem has meant that video technology is still a long way off.
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The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.
Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
HP this week staged its first software forum for the Asia Pacific region at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.
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