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HD videoconferencing goes portable with LifeSize's compact Passport
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-11 20:39:55
A new HD videoconferencing system is set to go on sale next month. A variant with Skype compatibility will soon follow.
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Victoria University joins state government ICT skills program
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Education and Training

2009-10-11 17:49:05
Two ICT students at Victoria University will benefit from a state government program to promote skills development. Netsolutions is providing the opportunities for industry experience.


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WebSpy looks to acquire Marketboomer group
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-10-10 19:42:31
Australian-based Internet services provider, WebSpy, is set to acquire procurement and materials management system provider, Marketboomer, with its announcement that it has entered into share sale agreements for a full buyout of the Marketboomer Group.


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Game Developer Award nominations open
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-10-08 20:58:35
The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA) has announced the opening up of nominations for the annual GDAA Game Developers awards. Categories include Best Console and PC title as well as a new award for the burgeoning area of Downloadable titles.


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Hitachi Data Systems strengthens ANZ management team
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-10-08 02:07:36
Hitachi Data Systems has appointed two new senior executives and promoted senior employees, in a move which it says will strengthen the company’s Australian management team.


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Aussie kids spending more holiday time online
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Reports & Surveys

2009-10-08 01:46:00
Three out of four Australian children spend extra time online and using mobile phones during the school holidays, with almost half of them devoting an additional three hours or more each day on their mobile or surfing the Internet when they’re not at school.


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ATOM Award video game finalists with social conscience
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-10-07 19:09:34
The 2009 Enhance TV ATOM Awards are almost upon us and in the Video Game category; this year’s finalists show a definitive shift towards highlighting real life issues and a heightened sense of social conscience.


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Greater reliance on temporary, contract workers in ICT industry
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - Recruiters

2009-10-07 03:04:19
There’s an increased reliance by employers in the ICT industry on temporary or contract workers as Australian businesses start to recover from the economic downturn but still grapple with measures taken to reduce overheads in the downturn.


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Kindle e-book goes international
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-06 23:54:53
Amazon is expanding the availability of its Kindle e-book device to more than 100 countries, including Australia. Hundreds of thousands of titles are offered, mostly at prices below the print editions.


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Victorian universities team for green data centre
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2009-10-06 22:58:35
Three of Victoria's universities have announced their plan for a shared, energy-efficient data centre. The project will be carried out in collaboration with Fujitsu Australia.


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Websense signs agreement with Alphawest
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-06 22:34:16
Web solutions provider, Websense, has signed a deal with Optus subsidiary, Alphawest, to deliver Websense hosted email and web security solutions as an on-demand service to its Australian customers.


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Telstra expands Next G coverage
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2009-10-06 00:06:39
Telstra claims that more than 100 locations around Australia now have mobile coverage for the first time as a result of the continuing expansion of the carrier's Next G 3G network.


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SAP takes the cream with contract win
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-10-05 22:18:47
Australia’s largest dairy company, Murray Goulburn Co-operative (MGC), has implemented a SAP ERP solution to transform its loan management systems, which MGC says has increased data clarity, accuracy and transparency, and allowed it to increase the opportunities to offer finance to Australian dairy farmers.


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Internode says new cable link allows data boost, lowers costs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2009-10-05 19:31:42
Internode says it’s taking advantage of a reduction in data transfer costs afforded by the new fibre-optic link between Australia and the Pacific Island of Guam to boost data quotas and lower plan costs to its customers.


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Online Microsoft Store reaches Australia
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Distribution

2009-10-05 18:36:49
Microsoft Store is now open for business in Australia. The online retail site offers downloadable versions of selected Microsoft software.


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SMS says acquisition will add $13 million in revenue
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-10-05 02:22:33
SMS Management & Technology has acquired specialist systems integration provider, Aipex, in a deal which SMS said today will add over $13 million in revenue and in excess of one million dollars in net profit after tax in the first year.


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Woolworths' logo too close to ours, says Apple
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-10-05 00:11:45
Alongside the rebranding of its Safeway supermarkets as Woolworths stores, the retail giant adopted a new logo. But Apple thinks the stylised W is too similar to its own logo, and is opposing the trademark application.


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ICT award for ‘Flight Control’ creator
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-04 23:10:28
The Australian creator of the iPhone game, ‘Flight Control’, Melbourne-based developer and CEO of games studio, Firemint – Robert Murray – has won the Victorian State Pearcey Award from the not-for-profit Pearcey Foundation.



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Runge secures system patent rights
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-04 21:35:45
Mining technology services company, Runge, has secured the patent rights to the methodology of the overall framework - ‘method and system of integrated mine planning’ - for its enterprise solution, Mining Dynamics, which it says has been proven to improve predictability of mining operations that have a high degree of dynamic variability.
 


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Entry level salaries up for ICT industry
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - Recruiters

2009-10-04 20:19:04
Entry level salaries for the ICT industry are up and employers are increasingly looking for staff who are multi-skilled, according to the latest survey of the market by Excom Education.


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