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First Look: Xbox LIVE update, Facebook, Twitter, HD Movies
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-10-21 23:41:15
iTWire has had a chance to play with the soon-to-be-released LIVE update for Xbox 360.  Featuring optimised Facebook and Twitter along with insta-play Zune Marketplace based HD Movie rental, with party invite mode.  iTWire also spoke to the Australian/New Zealand Xbox product manager Andrew Jenkins about the update.


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TransACT preparing IPTV upgrade
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-10-21 23:38:57
Communications provider TransACT will upgrade its system to deliver IPTV to customers. The company's fibre network covers Canberra and Queanbeyan.


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BigPond delivers rugby international replay
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-10-21 23:10:46
Highlights of this weekend's rugby league international between Australia and New Zealand will be available online at BigPond.


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'Truss clueless': Conroy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2009-10-21 20:28:29
Another day, another insult. That's life in the capital city for Australia's Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy.


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Axis wins Sydney trains surveillance camera contract
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2009-10-21 19:28:46
IP camera specialist Axis Communications will supply security cameras for Sydney's new Waratah train fleet.
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Satyam picking up the pace in Australia, NZ
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-10-21 01:54:19
Indian IT outsourcer, Satyam, has had more than its share of corporate scandals and all sorts of problems over the past year, but in Australia, at least, it’s getting on with building its business, with the appointment of a new man to head up business development just five months after installing a new country manager for Australia and New Zealand.


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Minchin a 'complete Luddite': Conroy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2009-10-21 01:51:33
Stephen Conroy, Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has branded his Opposition counterpart "a complete Luddite." The Opposition continues to delay telecommunications reform legislation.


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ERP developer welcomes Windows 7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-10-21 00:41:59
ERP vendor Pronto has been testing its software on Windows 7. It's also been running a trial internal deployment of Microsoft's new OS. The verdict? It's all good.


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Go Google, Gone Google: Devnet, Google combine on apps support
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-21 00:05:14
With Google Australia’s launch this week of its Gone Google campaign educating users to the benefits and reasons for adopting its Apps suite, Google partner, Devnet, today weighed in with its own Go Google campaign offering local support for the Aps suite which Devnet says already has more than 500 users in Australia, and continues to grow. 


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PS3 shot at Bravia TV to kick start give-away
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2009-10-20 22:57:02
Sony is ready to relaunch the free PS3 with a BRAVIA LCD TV promotion again.  Giving away 25,000 PlayStation 3’s with select BRAVIA’s.  When Sony says it is doing a relaunch, it means a relaunch with video footage of a PS3 being hurled into an innocent LCD TV at 22 metres per second.


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Security concerns on the rise, Aussie support for better protection with biometrics
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-20 22:54:30
Concerns about Internet security in Australia are growing rapidly, to the point that the majority of Australians now say they are happy for a wider deployment of biometric technology and to use their fingerprint to prove their identity.


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Enterprise Web 2.0 adoptions increasing as market matures
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-20 22:03:33
The Australian market for web 2.0 deployments has picked up considerably, with almost one in three businesses and organisations now having an enterprise web 2.0 or departmental web 2.0 deployment in place. Another nine per cent of companies recently surveyed are already in the process of deployment, and 13 per cent are currently considering how best to implement an enterprise web 2.0 solution.


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IIA 'Family Friendly' internet filter list updated
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-10-20 19:54:09
The latest IIA Family Friendly Internet Filter list has been published. Is your chosen product included?


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New Sybase 365 ANZ head as company chases regional growth
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people

Category: Appointments

2009-10-20 02:58:37
Sybase subsidiary, mobile information services vendor Sybase 365, has appointed a new head of its Australian and New Zealand business, as it looks to grow its enterprise messaging marketshare in the region.


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Capgemini appointment to defence program
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Government

2009-10-20 02:33:05
Capgemini Australia has been added as an associate partner to the Federal Government’s Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation (RPDE) program, a joint defence and industry initiative which looks at solutions to issues and problems faced by Australia’s Defence Force Warfighter organisations.


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Uncertainty on deployment of Windows 7 for CIOs, IT managers
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-20 01:59:15
Australian CIOs and IT managers remain uncertain about deployment strategies, application support, and the impact on end users from deploying Windows 7, although a recent survey found that they do now have a clear understanding of the features and benefits of it.


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Kogan sponsors motor sport series
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2009-10-20 00:32:20
Low-price IT and CE retailer Kogan Technologies is entering the motor sport world by sponsoring the 2009 and 2010 Super X series. Super X is the Australasian supercross championship.


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PSP Go immediate price drop but sales flop
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: Consoles

2009-10-19 23:56:33
The PSP Go is a vanguard for dedicated game machines utilising digital distribution of software.  But despite an immediate price cut of AU$50, sales of the device since launce have been sluggish at best.


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Australia’s energy sector readies for smart grids
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-19 20:35:44
Rolling out smart-grid technology is a “business imperative” for Australia’s energy distributors and network owners, with a new study finding that the key challenges facing the industry as it considers the deployment of smart grids, are the regulatory framework, funding, ICT, people, strategy and the consumer.


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Cybercrims’ scare tactics to force rogue software buys
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-19 19:35:04
Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users to purchase rogue security software, or “scareware” software that pretends to be legitimate security software. 


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