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    The new XT mobile telephony and data network continues to lure corporate customers into the Telecom NZ fold, away from Vodafone.

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    Fears that laptops issued to students under the Digital Education Revolution would be "sold at the pub" have proved unfounded, with the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) claiming it has suffered six losses to date.

  • SMS spun its wheels in FY2009

    Australian IT services group SMS Management and Consulting has started building its staff numbers again as it exits a year characterised by slightly shrunken profits and revenues.

  • Blood in the water at Oakton

    Australian IT services outfit Oakton today revealed the extent of the damage it has so far suffered from the global financial crisis, with both revenues and profits sinking over the past year and further staff cuts made.

  • IBM bags $70m NSW wireless deal

    IBM has won the contract to build and supply the NSW Department of Education and Training's wireless network for 463 state schools.

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    Special edition Telstra break-up podcast

    In a massive "special edition" of our telco podcast Twisted Wire, we talk to virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry about the break-up of Telstra, including man of the moment, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

  • Read the blog post - Jude Willis

    Why eBay tried to screw Aussie users

    Now that the bizarre ruckus over eBay's proposed PayPal monopoly appears totalled, it seems a good time to ponder why eBay chose Australia to risk its reputation on such a massively unpopular scheme.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Apple iBook gets 'hacked' by a pussy cat

    An Apple iBook owner suspected his cat had hacked into his password-protected notebook. It turned out he was right -- his cat, which liked sleeping on his keyboard, managed to automatically bypass the computer's security.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Windows shortcut 'trick' remains unexplained

    This week I learned about a "trick" that you can do in Windows which, as far as I am concerned, is a serious security risk.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    How to run a chook raffle, Telstra-style

    Telstra executive Phil Burgess needs to take another look at his dictionary of Australian slang.

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  • NSW missed Linux opportunity

    By choosing the safe Windows XP choice for student laptops, the NSW Department of Education and training is turning its back on the chance to turn hundreds of thousands of students into armchair developers and handcuffing itself to a rocky Windows 7 upgrade path.

  • Telstra's AGM: A day to remember

    This morning, Telstra executives are limbering up behind the scenes as they get ready for their big yearly showing to shareholders at the annual general meeting.

  • NZ wholesaler reaps mobile PC benefits

    Retail distributor Wilson Consumer Products has a long history of supplying field sales staff with mobile technology. But after an unsuccessful redevelopment of its original technology, it was forced to return to paper-based systems and has only recently found a solution.

  • The secrets of open source security

    The Linux vs. Windows security debate is a contest of examples, which stand in place of the concepts that comprise a larger, more fundamental question of what the security benefits and detriments are for the open source and closed source development models.

  • Microsoft unit key to new strategy

    It used to be a money-losing afterthought. Now the business software unit is playing a key role in Redmond's plans.

Reviews (5)

  • Trick out your technology the homegrown way

    You know how MacGyver could make a car out of a ball of string, a couple of paper clips, and a garbage can? Well, you can't really do that with your Treo 600. But you can use a toothpick as a stylus, and more.

  • Intel's sights on lip-reading software

    Intel has released software that lets computers read lips, a step forward that could lead to better voice recognition applications.

  • Aust mobile standards reviewed after emergency no. foulup

    A software fault that compromised users' ability to dial emergency numbers using a newly-released mobile telephone has prompted a major review of the standards phones are required to meet before being sold in Australia

  • It's a small world after all: opinion

    When people say "the world is getting smaller", sometimes it's not just a euphemism; they mean it literally. Responding to the trend drive technology is feeling the pressure to tighten its belt.

  • Free phones favored: survey

    The majority of Australians are not prepared to pay for a new mobile phone handset, according to a ZDNet Australia user survey.

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