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

Category: Policy & Regulation

2008-02-28 23:07:19
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
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-02-25 20:06:40
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
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-21 19:22:53
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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Telstra set to finally switch on ADSL 2+ in over 900 telephone exchanges
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-02-05 23:08:19
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
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2008-02-04 17:05:43
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - People

2008-01-30 20:20:37
The Australian Computer Society has appointed Kim Denham as its chief executive officer.


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Record results for EMC
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Financial News

2008-01-29 23:49:54
EMC has notched up record fourth-quarter and full year revenue figures.


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Scott takes CIO role at Microsoft
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - People

2008-01-20 14:22:35
Microsoft has appointed Tony Scott as its new chief information officer  and corporate vice president. He will take up the role in February.


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Oracle adds document capture to shopping list
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2008-01-16 23:43:19
Hot on the heels of announcing it will buy middleware provider BEA, Oracle has announced and agreement to acquire document capture specialist Captovation.


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Much more to sustainability in IT than being green, says AIIA
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing

2008-01-12 21:35:39
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is leading the charge to make 2008 'the year of the sustainable workplace' but says the concept of a sustainability in IT must be much wider than environment or 'green' issues and must address the threat posed to the industry's long term viability by a diminishing pool of human resources and increased competition for those resources.
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Optus boosts cable speed but 'lowers' Fusion download limit
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-12-17 19:39:01
Optus has announced cable speeds of up to 20Mbps download and 512kbps upload, but only for certain customers, while deciding to copy Telstra by counting uploads towards the download limit.


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NetComm signs African distribution deal
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Contracts

2007-12-16 22:30:57
Communications hardware specialist NetComm has secured a three year distribution deal for Africa with a $US1 million minimum buy during the first 12 months.


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Capital injection for BitDefender
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Financial News

2007-12-10 18:26:51
Security software vendor BitDefender has received a capital injection of $US7 million from a group of Romanian and American private investors in a deal that values the company at over $US100 million.


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Leading Solutions, ComputerCORP merge
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-10 18:10:36
IT infrastructure services and business solutions providers Leading Solutions and ComputerCORP have agreed a merger.


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Online banking, transactions and security – how safe are we really?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-12-02 04:41:04
As online criminals and hackers develop ever more sophisticated Trojans, spyware, botnets and attack vectors, are the banks, online stores, social networking sites and others really doing enough to keep their customers safe and secure?

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First TAFE joins SAP training program
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Education and Training

2007-11-28 21:37:53
Holmesglen Institute of Technical and Further Education has become the first TAFE to join the SAP University Alliance program.


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ACS announces new leadership team
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people

Category: Shakers & Breakers - People

2007-11-28 21:25:58
The Australian Computer Society has elected Kumar Parakala as its president, along with other incoming senior officeholders.


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Lower investment in ICT led to lower productivity in EU than US
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2007-11-27 22:58:54
A new report has found that the EU has fallen way behind the US in productivity over the past 12 years because of a significantly lower investment by companies in IT and telecommunications. Among other things, the report found that productivity in the US has grown about twice the rate of the top 15 EU nations since 1995 and now these nations are collectively only a bit more than 90% as productive as the US.


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Greenpeace sinks the slipper into Nintendo
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2007-11-27 20:50:25
Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics gives Nintendo an unprecedented score of 0 out of 10. So what?


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Naughty Nintendo: ranked top for toxicity by Greenpeace
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2007-11-27 17:25:36
Nintendo has been added to Greenpeace's quarterly ranking of leading IT manufacturers according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling and has debuted as the first global brand to score zero across all criteria.
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