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SKA bid ends in three-way tie

SKA bid ends in three-way tie

The bid to host the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has ended in a tie, with the project to span South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

1 day ago in Government by AAP Comment 1 Vote
The rural Silicon Valley

The rural Silicon Valley

What happened in Senate Estimates this week? What's the issue with tech company taxes? What company's been breached now? Find out on our podcast.

2 days ago in NBN by ZDNet Australia Staff Comment 1 Vote
NSW outlines datacentre migration plans

NSW outlines datacentre migration plans

The New South Wales Government has today revealed the cost of its datacentre deal with Metronode, while outlining its plans to migrate state agencies to the two new facilities.

2 days ago in Government by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote
Qld govt IT to be raked by audit

Qld govt IT to be raked by audit

Queensland IT Minister Ros Bates has begun the post-election clean-out, this week launching a wide-ranging audit of the government's IT capabilities.

2 days ago in Government by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote
Govt urges telcos to team up against NBN Co

Govt urges telcos to team up against NBN Co

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has urged Telstra and the other telcos to join forces in their access negotiations with NBN Co.

2 days ago in NBN by Josh Taylor Comment 1 Vote
NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

A year ago, Malcolm Turnbull repeatedly proclaimed that a coalition government would stop the NBN in its tracks and conduct a cost-benefit analysis on the NBN. These days, the analysis doesn't even get a look in. Is the idea dead forever — or could it still offer some value?

2 days ago in Turnbull by David Braue 7 Comments 1 Vote
NSW ditches rego stickers for tech

NSW ditches rego stickers for tech

The New South Wales Government will become the latest state in Australia to abolish the need for registration stickers on light vehicles in favour of technology-based enforcement methods.

3 days ago in Government by Luke Hopewell 1 Comment 1 Vote
Privacy Act amendments hit parliament

Privacy Act amendments hit parliament

Proposed changes to the Privacy Act that would shore up information security online and give the Privacy Commission greater enforcement powers, including the power to dish out hefty fines, have gone before parliament this week.

3 days ago in Government by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote
CT, phone clone

CT, phone clone

Craig Thomson says his phone might have been cloned, and that's why it appears that he made phone calls to brothels. Is it a realistic line of defence?

3 days ago in Telcos by Phil Dobbie 3 Comments 1 Vote
Much ado about Google's tax

Much ado about Google's tax

Although scenes of political "gotchas" between Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his shadow counterpart Malcolm Turnbull have been in the forefront, there's been a lot of action around the taxation of Google and other IT companies .

3 days ago in Government by Suzanne Tindal 4 Comments Vote

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Government cloud: slowly but surely

Australian Government Information Management Office first assistant secretary John Sheridan lays out the Australian government's perspective on cloud.

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CeBIT 2012 opens: photos

Business-technology exhibition CeBIT 2012 kicked off today, bringing together a who's who of technology players. Many exhibitors appeared to be playing it safe, with booth babes absent from view. Instead, a few took BYO to heart, and brought their own trucks, caravans and bikes.

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Before accusing me of fudging the figures, that was the percentage in April, the latest available. It seems that as the advantage of the ...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Wireless currently carries less than 2% of total internet data traffic. Simply to carry the existing traffic, we would need 50 times the ...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

The stupidest part about a wireless solution for the burbs is that it will actually cost more to put an antenna on the roof to get the si...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

The problem is not range of the cell in the urban areas where Turnbull wants LTE instead of fibre, it is the number of users. In urban ar...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

After the Second World War, the pursuit of pleasure domains the entire world atmosphere, Lancel (Lancel) to adapt rapidly into the demand...

4 hours ago by PokArrackpask on Spam sees Westnet blocked by BigPond

RT @DellEnterprise: Dell Secureworks talks with ZDNet about Android's biggest #security flaws - http://t.co/LSFLQVFq #infosec

NBN users opt for 100Mbps: Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband ... http://t.co/sjtFSU3g

"Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband Network (NBN), more than a... http://t.co/M3P24Htn

Another thing I found so misleading here is the step on how you assume to make the USB bootable . (The NTLDR needs to be renamed to USBNT...

5 hours ago by WindowsAnalyzer on Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive

You can also use the help of these links, just incase your stuff failed, I probably got Windows build by using the Pebuilder as per the i...

5 hours ago by WindowsAnalyzer on Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive

RT @CorrieB: An iPad for every child: Inevitable or impossible? http://t.co/I7uS8l9s Thx to @timbuckteeth for this; http://t.co/jxkqIRIp

RT @MADinMelbourne: roxon "will enable more families to access credit" @MLolderandwiser: Privacy Act amendments http://t.co/Mv4c7PC2 via @zdnetaustralia

NBN users opt for 100Mbps - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/fLfHMzPn #australia #technews

RT @konradski: Whaddayaknow - turns out Wi-Fi CAN interfere with a plane's navigation systems http://t.co/ospQCU2S

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Sorry no deal Cinders, I'd rather send my money to someone and watch them desperately try to stop the NBN as this has much better enterta...

9 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

What else can you expect from a Dodo customer?

9 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

NBN users opt for 100Mbps - Communications - News - ZDNet Australia: NBN users opt for 100Mbps - Communications ... http://t.co/btB9gKWg

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/xKqEb4bE via @zdnetaustralia

Biometric bugs too dangerous for public? http://t.co/8JLz5tdF via @zdnetaustralia

Oh please dont be unkind, I gotta have some fan's. btw I agree I dont set the standard, but who does I wonder?

11 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

You agree but give him thumbs down... I think you'd better take the medication before one of your alter ego's Fred/Frank/Frergers appear...

11 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Exploring: http://t.co/rT7RPZLA

+1

12 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/SlBpMj0c - #security #cyber

So we agree it was a stupid idea and even stupider comment then ;-)

12 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Not you obviously ;-)

And stop giving yourself thumbs up FFS.

12 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Ok Beta, understand now, just one point who sets the standard?

12 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Oh no Beta you misunderstand me. I like my waterfront home and deep water jetty, it's those "other" people who can move to Willunga.

12 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

I agree with you Magnus, but really most people like living on the coastal fringe.

12 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Travel Tech Q&A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/vYexrDwu #ipad

Exploring: http://t.co/YNVjdrct

Exploring: Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia ... http://t.co/bNLCyobv #ICTChallenge

Exploring: Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia ... http://t.co/HEPuJgyt #ICTChallenge

#NewSouthWales ditches registration stickers 4 light #vehicles in favour of #technology http://t.co/xX5N0Rp9

Another use is city based top surgeons using 8K resolution monitors to provide real-time assistance to country surgeons and doctors to op...

12 hours ago by Magnus on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Anonymous hacks Reliance's Internet filtering server - ZDNet (blog) http://t.co/uObU1HBP http://t.co/0UBXxwX4

Which Windows will make for a better tablet? http://t.co/4mAHg850

Listening to @stilgherrian cover AusCERT and cyberwar, http://t.co/6lGUEz8H

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/VN5tGJzC

#Westpac Board goes paperless with #Ipads with #Tabula #App http://t.co/duxuj2fd #Cybersecurity #Bank

Microsoft is serious about open source??? http://t.co/mqQGgta7

@joedamato just try varying caps randomly. Maybe they do this http://t.co/1FN5FwYv

NSW outlines datacentre migration plans - Hardware - News - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/OQfUl0D1

"on the new fast Internets everyone wants the fast plan" #orly #nareally #yarly http://t.co/kvfCa84A

Chrome overtakes IE: does it matter? http://t.co/e4SILk8a

A ZDNet study showed that British Facebook users are drunk in 76 percent of their photos.

The HDMI cable ripoff and why retail is really dying http://t.co/eFT7zEW7

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/IUysbyKf

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/V7vL5QB9

ZDNet reports Microsoft launches its own social service http://t.co/VJS5BkwF

by http://t.co/vmlLt4bh: Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia P... http://t.co/4bfDRXo4

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/CtNlVWN7

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia Pacific, shares some of h... http://t.co/ZxjpmqiM

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