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ACS calls for 200 percent R&D tax concessions
By: Stephen Withers

The Australian Computer Society has called on the Rudd Labor Government to give back what the previous Howard coalition Government slashed - R&D tax concessions. What's more, the ACS wants a boost in R&D concessions to levels similar to that of countries like Singapore.


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Microsoft opens doors to Research Labs secrets
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

For the last four years, Microsoft has been doing a “show and tell” at its “Research Labs” facility, a part of Microsoft that helps turn “ideas into reality”. Open not only to students and venture capitalists, a stack of Microsoft competitors including Google showed up at the Road Show event, which by all accounts was tremendously useful to all.


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The tech world’s most highly paid CEOs: Ellison leads the list
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Oracle’s Larry Ellison is officially the world’s best paid technology company CEO according to Forbes magazine, paid a whopping US $192.9 million last year. Who else makes the cut?


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GTA IV heading for the bargain bin?
By: Mike Bantick

The life cycle of entertainment products seems to be getting shorter and shorter today.  In the world of interactive entertainment in particular, a blockbuster title that took years of intense work and tens of millions of dollars to produce could only live for a short flurry of activity only to burn out sales wise, quickly becoming yesterdays news.  How do Developers, and Publishers feel about this state of affairs?  Radioactive IT asked them.


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Game Developers double team Government for tax breaks
By: Mike Bantick

The Game Developers' Association of Australia (GDAA) is teaming up with their equivalents in Europe Tiga, to increase the calibre of the push for Federal government tax breaks in the industry.


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Internode finds going ‘naked’ is very popular... for ADSL2+
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Consumers keen to strip away the shackles of line rental by going naked with ADSL2+ have ogled Internode’s Naked ADSL2+ offerings with well over 1000 sign-ups. It seems that Internode shown that things can look better... naked – and is now offering the service to those with existing phone lines, too.


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The non-sniffable OPEL smell of WiMAX
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.


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Tom Clancey’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 publisher raises earnings forecast
By: Mike Bantick

Ubisoft, publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancey’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 amongst others are positive about the up coming year, upping their expected income forecast.


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Outraged Telstra says court loss threatens future broadband investment
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

The High Court of Australia has ruled against Telstra’s assertions that allowing competitors inexpensive access to Telstra’s network sees those competitors unfairly acquiring Telstra’s assets without just compensation – and Telstra is not happy!


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Wow: Microsoft decides now is the time to lower Vista pricing
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Could it be that after years of Windows pricing remaining steady, then going dramatically up with Vista (as hardware prices declined) – that Microsoft has finally learned cheaper prices can actually increase profits?


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Shocked Telstra labels Conroy "unprecedented" demand as risk to national security
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

A clearly shaken Telstra has described a demand by the Australian Labor Government to reveal details of its entire network to competitors as unprecedented and a possible risk to national security.


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5 reasons why a R18+ game rating is needed
By: Mike Bantick

So the Attorneys-General Standing Committee is finally going to look at the question of introducing an adults on R18+ classification for interactive entertainment in Australia.  Here are some reasons for doing so.


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Revenge of the Sol: Telstra empire strikes back
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Telstra’s striking success in growing profit, raising ‘ARPU’ numbers, gaining more mobile customers and low churn in ‘key product areas’ has caught the attention of international analysts and no doubt competitors across the globe wishing to emulate Telstra’s success.


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IDC says Opel, Optus 3.5G and Vodafone 3.5G could be dead in Australia
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Now that Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, has finally decided to switch on their wired ADSL2+ network in over 900 exchanges across the country, analyst firm IDC predicts that WiMAX provider Opel, along with Optus and Vodafone’s upcoming 3.5G networks, could now be dead in the water thanks to the new Federal Government’s ‘razor gang’ chopping expenditure left, right and centre.


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Telstra set to finally switch on ADSL 2+ in over 900 telephone exchanges
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Telstra has finally ‘done a deal’ with the new Federal Government to switch on ADSL 2+ in over 900 telephone exchanges across Australia, giving more Australians access to high speed broadband than ever before – without the regulatory threats Telstra has so dearly wanted to avoid.
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Aussie Game Developer options on offer at GDC 08
By: Mike Bantick

The Australian Game Developers Association will head over to GDC 08 (Game developers Conference) in San Francisco later this month in a bid to woo business partnerships with the benefits of Aussie game development.


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New CEO for ACS
By: Stephen Withers

The Australian Computer Society has appointed Kim Denham as its chief executive officer.


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Record results for EMC
By: Stephen Withers

EMC has notched up record fourth-quarter and full year revenue figures.


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