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Aspect channels Bowtell
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2008-03-30 23:31:09
Unified communications specialist Aspect Software has appointed Anita Bowtell as channel manager for Australia and New Zealand.


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Minister’s decision on R rated games?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-03-30 18:43:54
The Australian Attorneys-General have met and discussed the possibility of introducing an R18+ classification for video games.  Their decision?  Let the public decide.


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South Park: online, free and legal
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-03-26 15:58:00
Full-length episodes of the popular - if sometimes controversial - South Park animated series are now available on the web with the backing of the copyright holders.


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Qantas in-flight email and SMS at sky high prices?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-25 05:51:44
Qantas has announced that it’s finally delivering SMS and email services to passengers on selected domestic Australian flights by the end of 2008. Alarmingly they have issued no prices (suggesting it will be expensive), while US airlines will introduce in-flight broadband this year – on the cheap!

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Another Australian first: sex?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science

Category: Biology

2008-03-24 10:27:55
Australia is the lucky country, but more than 500 million years ago, it was the sexy country, according to new research from the University of California in Riverside, following the discovery of a complex fossil in what is now South Australia.


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WiMAX trashed – and praised – in Australian trials
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news

Category: Telecoms

2008-03-24 09:55:14
Two WiMAX operators in Australia are telling very different stories of their experiences at a WiMAX conference underway in Bangkok, according to an online report.


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APAC Halo 3 Tournament announced
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2008-03-17 20:44:14
Think you are pretty hot at Halo 3?  Live in the Asia Pacific region? Want to win a spanking new Samsung TV? Check out the official tournament then.


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Local JD Edwards users form property SIG
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-03-16 18:59:20
Australian users of Oracle's JD Edwards software in the property and construction industries have formed a special interest user group (SUIG).


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Has Telstra accidentally confirmed it’s getting the iPhone?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-03-14 05:51:16
Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, has had its Yellow Pages and mapping division, Sensis, place an online job application looking for a business analyst to help it develop a “cutting-edge search application for the iPhone”. Has Telstra been sprung, and if so, will Apple be happy about it?


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ABC launches 1, 2 and 3 new online TV channels
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-12 11:37:23
Just like the BBC in the UK, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has launched a range of online channels. The first will let you ‘catch up’ on broadcast programs, the second has a range of documentaries while the third will offer to sell you digital media – but it’s all still in ‘beta’.


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Internode goes for the mother lode: Naked ADSL2+
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-03-12 07:23:42
Internode now supplies Naked ADSL2+ bundled with a VoIP service to 350 phone exchanges in Australia thanks to an agreement with Optus Wholesale. Also promised is ‘long range’ ADSL to directly compete with 3.5G wireless networks for rural and regional customers within Internode’s reach.


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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-12 02:25:41
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.

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Is nanotechnology a toxic food nano poison in Australia?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-03-11 10:26:14
A new report from the Australian arm of the Friends of the Earth warns of 104 food and food-related products on sale around the world using questionable nanotechnologies which could put our health at risk, with no local labelling laws or safety checks in place to keep Australians safe from the tiny nano threat.


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Pitcairn Islands a cesspit of spam, Australia in 85th spot
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news

Category: Spam

2008-03-11 09:58:55
The US, Russia and China aren’t in the top 10 countries ‘relaying the most spam per capita’, with the Pitcairn Islands rocketing to number 1, as Australia drops from 33rd spot to the vastly lower 85th position – but not as low as China.


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Australian site under IFRAME attack, along with Wired and History.com
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-03-10 22:02:36
The University of Melbourne is suffering an IFRAME attack, along with a military site, other .edu sites, a couple of torrent sites and two big sites: Wired.com and History.com, with the Russian Business Network showing no signs of going out of business.


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Yahoo! "most abused" web mail service
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Spam

2008-03-07 00:05:26
Yahoo! Mail is the source of almost nine out of ten spams coming from web mail services, a security provider has claimed.


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Kristoffersen's great southern Quest
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - People

2008-03-06 21:57:09
Quest Software's Australian operation has appointed Bo Kristoffersen as southern region sales manager.


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

Category: Policy & Regulation

2008-03-06 00:38:39
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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Aussie SmartAsset grabs Microsoft award
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-03-05 21:03:13
KDR Creative Software (soon to be known as The Online Workshop) has picked up the Office Business Application (OBA) of the Year award at the Microsoft Office Developers Conference.


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Winemaker chooses BEA
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2008-03-04 22:52:03
Australian Vintage has chosen BEA Systems' WebLogic Integration to automate its stock control processes.


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