Telstra has announced a number of requirements for its three key NBN rollout contractors about handling asbestos in pit remediation.

Millions of users were locked out of Facebook on Wednesday morning, after an "internal issue" caused the social networking giant to crash temporarily.

Severe economic problems in some countries have pushed down worldwide total IT spending by government organisations this year over last year, with forecast spending in 2013 expected to be around US449.5 billion, a decrease of just 0.1% over 2012. In Australia, however, modest but steady increases in IT spending are forecast for this year and beyond.

For most people, the advantages of sharing data and contact details online outweigh concerns about privacy – Australians more than most.

The Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has said it is ‘open’ to the idea of buying the troubled mobile phone maker Nokia. Then a another executive from the company issued denial that the acquisition. What's going on?

The ANZ tablet market more than doubled last year. Most of the growth was in cheap Android devices. Tablets are now a commodity and the market has gone ballistic.

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Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire