The Australian operations of Yahoo and Microsoft online – the unusually constructed joint-ventures Yahoo7 and Ninemsn – are not yet sure how the 10-year search and advertising deal involving the Bing search engine will play out in the local market.
'Inevitable' ICT skills crisis looms
Even as unemployment in the wider economy grows, Australia will face critical ICT skills shortages as soon as next year, with the public sector expected to be worst hit, according to research group Intermedium.
AIIA proposes 'opt-out' plan for eHealth card
Government may need to include an opt-out mechanism with its plans to assign an individual healthcare number to all Australians as the best way to address legitimate privacy security concerns, Australian Information Industries Association chief executive Ian Birks said.
Regional backhaul: Good start, but too little
The Federal Government’s $250 million regional backhaul program would improve broadband competition in the bush, but the investment needed to be four to eight times larger to be effective, Southern Cross Equities telco anayst Daniel Blair said.
NICTA presses Australia, Asia research links
Australian ICT research centre of excellence NICTA has secured Microsoft’s top Asian R&D excecutive Yan-Qin Zhang as keynote speaker at its TechFest open house in Sydney next month.
Conroy staffers join Carr's Innovation Council
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy continues to claw back portfolio responsibility for industry development in the ICT sector, even as Industry Minister Kim Carr names his new ICT Innovation Council.
NBN: Foundation for a new industry?
The National Broadband Network could provide the foundation for building an industry generating new export dollars for Australia – or it will be a foreign debt millstone for taxpayers, a Senate inquiry into the project has been told.
Fake followers: Prime Minister drowning in Twitter spam
As federal Labor gets its social media strategies in place ahead of next year’s election, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has a direct line to more than a quarter of a million followers through Twitter. And yet most won’t vote for him.
ICT Careers: Willy Wonka and the Google factory
In what must be a kind of Geek version of the Willy Wonka tale (as if the chocolate factory weren’t geeky enough), Google is offering 40 students and their parents a rare look behind the scenes at the company’s Sydney Googleplex.
SA Techport fibre opens up defence precinct
The not-for-profit South Australia Broadband Research and Education network (SABREnet) has completed its dark fibre infrastructure extension into Adelaide’s Techport naval industry precinct.
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