Aussie technology delivers first Wi-Fi town in Australia

The TUPS Company in conjunction with the Gunnedah Shire Council today officially launched the Gunnedah Community Wi-Fi at the Gunnedah Shire Council Depot delivering fast, cost-effective internet connectivity.
 

Xirrus signs up ANZ distributor

Network vendor, Xirrus, has appointed Distribution Central as its distributor for its range of high performance Wi-Fi products in Australia and New Zealand through its specialist networking business unit, NetWorld Systems.
 

Doubts, shmouts – great hope for hoverbike’s reality

With the stability of Chris Malloy’s Hoverbike in question and in its prototype form needing to be tethered for safety, perhaps the idea of transforming it into hoverquad instead is a better answer.
 

Dell dangles devices, tips tablet, pumps price

Dell has put together what it claims is its largest ever product refresh, officially launching 15 new business computers today – and promising another 24 during the year including a 10 inch Windows 7 based tablet.
 

Google correctly escapes prosecution over Street View privacy breach

Australian authorities have decided not to prosecute Google for the 'inadvertent' collection of personal data by its Street View cars. Quite right too.
 

NBN Co’s $400m Big Kahuna Burger goes to Nokia

The National Broadband Network Company has awarded an extensive contract to Nokia Siemens Networks which will see the Finnish networking giant supply up to $400 million worth of optical transmission equipment to the national fibre rollout over the next ten years.
 

Turnbull to fight NBN 'icon of waste'

Former Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has returned to the Coalition front bench as shadow communications minister with instructions "to hold the Government ferociously to account" over the National Broadband Network.
 

Election 2010: Campaign hits IT bottom line

With the Australian Government now in 'caretaker' mode ahead of the August 21 poll, the shutters have come down on hundreds of federal technology projects and the high pressure hose of Commonwealth IT procurement dollars has slowed to a trickle.
 

Google’s 2009 Aussie Zeitgeist results zoom into the room!

Google’s top list of Australian searches for 2009 has been revealed, showing the ideas and spirit of the times as they were down under, and as you can imagine, many of the major Australian and international events of the year such as Twilight, Susan Boyle and stimulus packages all definitely make the cut!
 

Aussie developer BigTinCan hits the big time with Blackberry app

They’ve done what our cricketers and tennis players couldn’t… Blackberry developer BigTinCan are on top of the world, literally, after reaching the number one spot on the Blackberry App World chart.