Technology

Peabody to shift Macarthur Coal onto SAP 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 19, 2012 | Comment Now 
Flags future IT system swapout.
 
CSIRO's GPU cluster to reach 130 TFLOPS this month 
By Liz Tay | Apr 19, 2012 | Comment Now 
Doubles computing power in $1 million upgrade.
 
ACMA cold on revised customer service code 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Regulator threatens direct intervention.
 
Fisheries WA to revamp ICT network 
Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
First pieces of work in infrastructure overhaul.
 
Vic Human Services stuck with 'ad-hoc' info management 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Government rejects $8 million project.
 
NBN Co reaches to ITU for satellite assurance 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Updated: Attempts to dislodge Coalition criticisms.
 
US judge sends Apple, Samsung to settlement talks 
 
Oracle considered making own smartphone 
Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Or just buying RIM and Palm.
 
ASX shares new data centre with Singaporean firm 
By Liz Tay | Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Slashes leasing bill for co-location facility.
 
Gmail suffers hour-long outage 
By Liam Tung | Apr 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Hits up to seven million users.
 
New Zealand agencies months away from IaaS 
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Uptake could exceed forecasts, department claims.
 
NSW Health eyes cloud in data centre reform 
By Ry Crozier, Brett Winterford | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Recruitment points to long-awaited action.
 
Microsoft to release enterprise Windows 8 flavour 
Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Builds on features in 'Pro' x86 edition.
 
Cloud play a plus in Primus buy 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Data centres and fibre connectivity boost M2 plans.
 
Downer warns on Chinese paranoia 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Chinese investment, R&D vital to Australian telecomms.
 
Oracle says Google's own emails show its guilt 
By Dan Levine | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
First barbs in Android hearings.
 
Microsoft to bring Skype to browsers? 
By Liam Tung | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Job ads say yes.
 
Anglo American splits ICT outsourcing contract 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Renews network portion for $213m.
 
Google fined $24,000 for impeding FCC investigation 
Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Web giant says it wasn't deliberately uncooperative.
 
Review: HTC One X 
By Nic Healey | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
A true powerhouse of a phone that puts competitors to shame.
 
NBN Co faces secrecy probe on commercial sensitivity 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
First review targets transparency.
 
Web freedom faces greatest threat 
Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Google's Sergey Brin rails against state of the Internet.
 
Quigley plays down satellite concerns 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Coalition highlights risky business.
 
Govt to spend more to stimulate NBN use 
By John Hilvert | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
New round of training and education grants.
 
CrimTrac bolsters controls for anti child abuse database 
By Liz Tay | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
To pool data from state and federal police.
 
SAIC to build Melbourne security R&D centre 
Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Research to focus on defence, search, deep packet inspection.
 
Intercept laws hamper local user privacy 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Analysis: Is a surveillance-free ISP possible in Australia?
 
Oracle to patch 88 vulnerabilities 
By Greg Masters | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Quarterly fix covers hundreds of products.
 
Apple patch to purge Flashback infections 
By Dan Kaplan | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Disables Java by default.
 
M2 snaps up Primus Telecom Australia 
Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Takes customers, network assets for $192m cash.
 
J.P. Morgan adopts Agile in Australia 
By Liz Tay | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Imports tools from global team.
 
US Govt irked by MegaUpload's legal team 
By Liam Tung | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Conflicts of interest?
 
Rio Tinto prepares mine for driverless trucks 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Vehicles moved out of trial into production mine.
 
ICANN 'glitch' let gTLD rivals see user details 
By Liam Tung | Apr 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Was aware of glitch in March, thought it was fixed.
 
Greens target mobile tower emission audits 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Department of Broadband cold on Brown’s bill.
 
High Court iiTrial judgment set for next week 
 
IBM steps up to integrated stacks 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Third-party app ecosystem to sidestep Oracle-Sun rival.
 
TransACT secures Canberra upgrade path 
By James Hutchinson | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Cherry-picking exemption granted.
 
Sydney universities to co-locate primary data centres 
By Liz Tay | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Joint tender seeks host for 36 racks of gear.
 
Software glitch delays ICANN's '.brand' deadline 
By Liam Tung | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
On application deadline day.
 
Boeing to launch defence-grade Android 
By Liam Tung | Apr 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Not a plane, nor a satellite, but a phone.
 
BlackBerry tops enterprise mobile security survey 
By SC Staff | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Researchers find BlackBerry 7.0 most compatible for enterprise use.
 
MegaUpload host demands compensation 
By Liam Tung | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Carpathia still stuck three months after Mega takedown.
 
Sydney, Melbourne make 'top 25' startup hubs 
By Liam Tung | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Access to funding still perceived weakness.
 
Malware shipped with HP switches 
By SC Australia Staff | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Dirty flash cards could infect computers.
 
Review: Motorola Xoom 2 
By David Bayon, Nic Healey | Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Good enough to keep the impending quad-core brigade at bay.
 
RIM to update BlackBerry apps 
Apr 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Adds Messenger connectivity.
 
Large cloud deals to stick with Federal sourcing rules 
By John Hilvert | Apr 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
AGIMO's low-risk, low-value list targets 72 percent of deals.
 
Agencies adopt email security revision 
By John Hilvert | Apr 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Minor 2012 revision in the wings.
 
Microsoft brings core Office apps to Symbian 
By Ry Crozier | Apr 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
As close to PC capability as possible.
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