Tag: second

Telco/ISP

iiNet targets 16 NBN points of interconnect

By Ry Crozier | May 10, 2011 | Comment Now

Eyes fibre market share.

Security

Firefox gets second release candidate

By Tom Brewster | Mar 22, 2011 | 3 Comments

Invalid HTTPS certificates blacklisted.

Telco/ISP

NBN rollout: Broadband battlers get their dues

By Ry Crozier | Jul 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

NBN Co listens to Gungahlin, Springfield residents.

Networking

Bell Labs breaks data transmission speed record

By Iain Thomson | Sep 29, 2009 | Comment Now

100 petabits per second per kilometre.

Software

Westpac Web 2.0 whiz quits

By Brett Winterford | Mar 17, 2009 | Comment Now

Outspoken Westpac technology executive David Backley has resigned from the bank.

Software

Westpac reality check on Web 2.0

By Brett Winterford | Feb 24, 2009 | Comment Now

Westpac has revealed that changing business conditions and poor adoption forced it to abandon or shelve some of its highest-profile Enterprise 2.0 projects.

Software

Despite reports, Telstra and Second Life remain inseparable

By Kathryn Small | Nov 28, 2008 | Comment Now

It’s a match made in heaven: Telstra is Australia’s biggest telco and ISP, while Second Life is one of the world’s hottest social networking tools. So when the media reported ...

Hardware

Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops

By Liz Tay | Oct 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Researchers are re-examining the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a bid to manage heat from laptops and other miniaturised electronics.

Software

Researchers find racial bias in virtual worlds

Sep 11, 2008 | Comment Now

Real-world behaviours and racial biases could carry forward into virtual worlds such as Second Life, social psychologists say.

Software

BigPond expands Second Life presence

Sep 1, 2008 | Comment Now

Telstra BigPond has opened a customer support kiosk in Second Life, populated by avatars who can answer queries by text and voice.

Software

VIC government shuts down Second Life presence

By Ry Crozier | Aug 29, 2008 | Comment Now

The virtual bulldozers have moved in on Melbourne Laneways on Second Life’s ABC Island, after Multimedia Victoria said it would not renew the lease.

Finance

China VCs raise US$3bn in second quarter

By Simon Burns | Jul 24, 2008 | Comment Now

Chinese venture capital firms had a record US$3bn in funds available to invest during the second quarter of 2008, according to a new survey.

Security

Spam surged in second quarter, US remains biggest culprit

Jul 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Spam significantly increased in the second quarter of 2008, security vendor Sophos reported today.

Software

Mobile web's second coming heralded

By Phil Muncaster | May 26, 2008 | Comment Now

Mobile experts have argued that application developers are vital to the future success of the mobile web, but some warned that content must be presented simply in order to ...

Finance

HP posts strong second quarter

By Shaun Nichols | May 22, 2008 | Comment Now

HP has released its latest quarterly financials, reporting an 11 percent boost in revenues..

Software

IBM to build corporate Second Life

By Shaun Nichols | Apr 7, 2008 | Comment Now

IBM is to team up with Linden Lab to develop an in-house version of Second Life for businesses..

Training & Development

Google loses second exec to Facebook

Mar 31, 2008 | Comment Now

Google has lost its second high-profile employee to Facebook in less than a month..