The newly-formed political party Gamers4Croydon has nominated its first two candidates for the South Australian election and has not ruled out running candidates in the Federal election later this year.
Queensland drives $10m in Microsoft savings
Queensland ICT Minister Robert Schwarten reckons his newly-negotiated software licensing agreement with Microsoft will save the state's taxpayers about $10 million over the three-year life of the deal.
Greens press for open source software policy
Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam has called for the Commonwealth to better audit its software licensing and support costs and to encourage the adoption of open source software where a robust alternative exists.
Jobs growth: All eyes on interest rates
The tech sector has enjoyed a 12 per cent increase in online job advertisements in the past six months as the recovery in Australia from the full effects of the global financial crisis sets in.
Clinton shines light on Aussie filter
It's not everyday a humble Communications Minister from Australia finds himself on the wrong side of comments made by a US Secretary of State. But that's where Stephen Conroy landed last week.
EFA's anti-filter campaign dumps No Clean Feed slogan
Electronic Frontiers Australia will relaunch its anti- internet filter campaign in two weeks to broaden its appeal among non-technical Australians, and will dump its No Clean Feed slogan in favour of a message with more mainstream appeal.
AGIMO hands Tanner strategic data centre plan
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has taken receipt of the Australian Government Information Management Office strategic plan for the Commonwealth’s data centres and will consider plans for infrastructure consolidation as part of the Budget planning process.
Comms Alliance unveils handbook for NBN premises equipment
As the National Broadband Network project approaches a build stage on the mainland, the Communications Alliance has released a draft technical handbook of guidelines for the installation and operation of customer premises equipment.
Why the anti-filter campaign is failing
The anti- internet filtering campaign has been hijacked by zealots and ideology-driven windbags and has consistently failed to articulate to moderate Australians what we stand to lose if the policy proceeds.
Some cyber attacks on Govt from offshore: Faulkner
The ultra-spooky Defence Signals Directorate responded to about 200 network security incidents a month last year, including some attacks that may have originated from overseas, Defence Minister John Faulkner has revealed.
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