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IT managers shy away from web 2.0

IT managers shy away from web 2.0

Web 2.0 has transformed the use of web services, but IT managers seem only partially interested, particularly those in government.

November 17th, 2010 in IT Priorities by Phil Dobbie Comment 1 Vote
Govt, use tech or have tech use you

Govt, use tech or have tech use you

While a gaggle of Australian MPs hold the country to ransom, in New Zealand our politicians are being far more constructive.

September 8th, 2010 in Nz by Darren Greenwood 1 Comment 1 Vote
ABS goes social with IBM

ABS goes social with IBM

The offices of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been decked out with wikis, blogs and instant messaging after the agency deployed a social-media platform for its 3200 staff.

August 18th, 2010 in IBM by Darren Pauli Comment 1 Vote
Public servant blog mentality 'crazy': Gruen

Public servant blog mentality 'crazy': Gruen

The head of the Government 2.0 Taskforce, Dr Nick Gruen, has said that it's "crazy" that public servants don't freely comment on blogs and that a "profound cultural change" is required for a truly open government.

July 29th, 2010 in Government by Mahesh Sharma Comment Vote
Open Government isn't open yet

Open Government isn't open yet

On a rainy Friday in June this year, I sent an email to the media liaison team at the Attorney-General's Department of the Federal Government.

July 19th, 2010 in Privacy by Renai LeMay 1 Comment 2 Votes
Rudd OKs public sector IT reform

Rudd OKs public sector IT reform

Over the weekend Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that the government had accepted the recommendations of a report into how to improve the public service, many of which have implications for the service's information technology spend.

May 11th, 2010 in Government by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote
Ultranet gets 'turned on' by Vic govt

Ultranet gets 'turned on' by Vic govt

The Victorian Government has today activated the first phase of the Ultranet, an electronic learning website that is part of a $60.5 million education project.

May 10th, 2010 in Government by Colin Ho Comment 1 Vote
Govt 2.0 response includes data portal

Govt 2.0 response includes data portal

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has created a new public blog in what is so far the most visible result of the Federal Government's formal response handed down today to a report released last year into how it could better use Web 2.0 technologies to enhance transparency and community engagement.

May 3rd, 2010 in Government by Renai LeMay Comment Vote
Check out the new ZDNet Australia

Check out the new ZDNet Australia

ZDNet Australia today launched a new interactive platform, bringing content from its international arms into one site.

March 18th, 2010 in Zdnet by ZDNet Staff 18 Comments 11 Votes

Govt 2.0 report 'lacks purpose and aim'

The Government 2.0 Taskforce report, released late last year, had "analytical weaknesses" and read like it had been "written by a machine", according to an IT analyst.

February 3rd, 2010 in Government 2.0 by Ben Grubb Comment Vote

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Jerry Yang reflects on Microhoo deal

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, John Battelle of Federated Media Publishing questions Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang about Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo for $33 dollars a share earlier in 2008. Yang says the companies weren't far from agreeing on terms of a deal. He adds that Microsoft has made it clear that is no longer interested in buying Yahoo.

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Google Wave: Screenshots

Sydney developer Lars Rasmussen has done it again. Check out the first screenshots of Wave, Google's new centralised collaboration tool that mashes together emails, instant messaging and wiki-style communication into one open-sourced service.

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Notice how he didn't tell us when the "honeymoon" will end. It's all very convenient a NBN success story = artificial honeymoon, lol, but...

2 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Oh look it's the multiple banned, multi named fool alain... back from the dead. How many blogs are you banned at (not just one, eh - the...

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

LOL, you wanted the money I was going to donate to the "bubububu please stop the nbn waste fund" Since I was only going to donate somethi...

55 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

I think everyone is missing the big picture here and that is the anti-NBN zealots have effectively admitted defeat by complaining about t...

1 hour ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

Internet users certainly want the speed once they can get it#NBN

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

It will be intersting to know what residences will sign up for when the NBN Co stops subsidising it all. 'NBN Co, the public-private par...

2 hours ago by advocate on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

RT @zdnetaustralia: NSW outs datacentre deal details: http://t.co/DmebN1on

Australian NBN subscribers are opting for 100/40 over 12/1 speeds: http://t.co/QsWk7u6Y That's the least surprising news I've ever read! :)

UK 'cookie law' takes effect: What you need to know http://t.co/u7LZZ1oM

RT @juhasaarinen: NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Poor Oracle, poor, poor Oracle, I feel so sorry for them. I really hope they don't go bust, for at least another 5 or 6 months. Sucked in...

5 hours ago by Rex Alfie on Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents: jury

The point of pilot schemes is to determine the best practice and save money in the broader picture. The Tasmanian rollout planning actua...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

I think that a CBA is unlikely because with the high proportion of customers now electing for the highest rate (50% of connections in Apr...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

Pentaho adds native integration with MongoDB http://t.co/uJCqDA9B

RT @pussyeatingclub: Why you should pay for porn. A good read. http://t.co/PfhedCQs

DDoS works because you have enough compromised machines to clog the pipe or servers of the victim. If, the victim's pipe is widened by a ...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

Please stop with the analytical, common sense and facts, Gregory. Those opposed to the NBN don't want to hear such things, which is why ...

5 hours ago by Beta on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

Not much point running fiber back to the exchange if that exchange itself is connected by copper. It is access to fiber backhaul that de...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

+1

6 hours ago by Beta on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

So instead you want these estates wired up with fiber and then left, unconnected with no service, until the fiber rollout reaches them in...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

@paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

RT @joshgnosis: @paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

Water, roads and electricity were all rolled out by government because there private companies weren't interested as the ROI in the early...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Chrome beats Internet Explorer in global Web browser race | ZDNet http://t.co/3XfMdUXM

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

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

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...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Malaysia held up as NBN king

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

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

Qld govt IT to be cleaned up by audit http://t.co/r4oNuNW8 #qldpol

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/7ZfXZk19

Microsoft is serious about open source: 10 proof points | ZDNet http://t.co/2OtDR11D

Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

7 hours 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.

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

Sex Tech: Faceporn win, Parental revenge porn, Google: No Porn ...: Google opposes UK porn filters, a fake porn ... http://t.co/0OR87oEt

Q&A of the Week: 'The current state of the cybercrime ecosystem' featuring Mikko Hypponen http://t.co/6lUYFs0X

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

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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19 hours ago, NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

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

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

Exploring: http://t.co/rT7RPZLA

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

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

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

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