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Melbourne council pulls parking cameras

Melbourne council pulls parking cameras

Melbourne is no longer photographing number plates to determine those who are overstaying their welcome in the city's paid parking bays, after technology issues thwarted the system.

May 14th, 2012 in Government by Luke Hopewell 1 Comment Vote
Melbourne restaurant powered by urine

Melbourne restaurant powered by urine

At the Greenhouse restaurant, urine is harvested to create power. Is this the future of dining?

March 6th, 2012 in Pulse by Lieu Thi Pham Comment Vote
Melbourne IT to increase jobs despite slump

Melbourne IT to increase jobs despite slump

Despite posting another decline in revenues and profits yesterday, the head of IT services company Melbourne IT has ruled out sweeping job cuts as a way to return to profitability. Instead, the company is set to add staff in the coming years.

February 22nd, 2012 in Jobs by Suzanne Tindal, and Luke Hopewell Comment Vote
AFL to push for .brand domain

AFL to push for .brand domain

The Australian Football League (AFL) is set to apply for a .brand top-level domain (TLD) name in Australia, in a move designed to deliver content to fans in a more innovative fashion, the league said.

February 17th, 2012 in Broadband by Luke Hopewell Comment 3 Votes
Digital Realty starts on $150m datacentres

Digital Realty starts on $150m datacentres

Digital Realty and the Victorian Government have together broken the ground on the first of Digital Realty's two new datacentre sites in Melbourne's west, with the $150 million investment expected to bring $365 million into the region.

February 16th, 2012 in Government by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote
Missing the gTLD deadline may cost firms

Missing the gTLD deadline may cost firms

Applications for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are open for three months from this week, but organisations that miss out or wait to see what their competitors do risk being left behind, according to Melbourne IT CEO Theo Hnarakis.

January 10th, 2012 in Broadband by Michael Lee Comment 2 Votes

The desktop of tomorrow: conference watch

In this live panel, we look at some of the latest developments in the evolution of the desktop: what they bring to businesses, and where it is all heading.

November 7th, 2011 in #zdnetlive by ZDNet Staff 1 Comment 11 Votes
Startup Weekend Melbourne fires up

Startup Weekend Melbourne fires up

Startup Weekend Melbourne kicks off tonight at the newly opened York Butter Factory, and has $20,000 in prizes up for grabs for budding entrepreneurs.

November 4th, 2011 in Start-ups by Mahesh Sharma Comment Vote
IBM opens multimillion-dollar R&D lab

IBM opens multimillion-dollar R&D lab

IBM has officially opened its research and development laboratory in Melbourne today, which will be used by the company and its partners at the University of Melbourne to focus on research that bridges traditional technology, like electricity, with newer, internet-enabled technologies.

October 14th, 2011 in IBM by Michael Lee Comment Vote
Incubator works Melbourne start-up scene

Incubator works Melbourne start-up scene

A new Melbourne incubator called AngelCube will dish out a total of $80,000 seed funding to four start-ups, which were selected from a field of over 130 applicants.

September 12th, 2011 in Start-ups by Mahesh Sharma Comment 1 Vote

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How many Australian scientists does it take to make the countries' biggest light bulb? Our photo gallery takes you inside the Synchrotron, Australia's only particle accelerator that creates high-intensity light for scientific imaging.

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

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Cybersecurity #collaboration between the US & Australia. http://t.co/p2uKLSBi

So, over time, the Coalition policy will cost much much more than Labor's because they intend to subsidise the broadband of farmers and t...

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Any form of science training counts against you as a politician, in the coalition parties, doubly so. There may be others who keep quiet...

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

1 hour ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

1 hour ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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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 ...

6 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.

6 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.

6 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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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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...

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

What else can you expect from a Dodo customer?

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

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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?

15 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...

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

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

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