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Telstra adds first EDA to Next G range with MC75

Telstra adds first EDA to Next G range with MC75

Telstra has introduced the first Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) on the Next G network, the Motorola MC75.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2008 12:03PM Hardware
Hansen grows local business, expands into USA

Hansen grows local business, expands into USA

Hansen Technologies has acquired the Peace utility customer information system business from First Data Corporation in a move expected to increase the company’s base in Australia and globally.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2008 5:30AM Software
Open Text gets NSW government panel status

Open Text gets NSW government panel status

Open Text has been awarded panel contract status by the New South Wales Government to provide an Information Asset Management System (IAMS) to government departments and agencies throughout the state.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2008 5:20AM Software
Terria dances on Telstra’s NBN threats

Terria dances on Telstra’s NBN threats

Terria has jumped on threats by Telstra that it would not bid for the NBN if structural separation remains on the table, claiming its rival is only interested in 're-monopolising fixed line voice and Internet services in Australia'.
Staff Writers Oct 25 2008 1:09PM Telco/ISP
RIM to launch online store for BlackBerry apps

RIM to launch online store for BlackBerry apps

A new online storefront will allow BlackBerry application developers to reach users worldwide from March 2009.
Staff Writers Oct 24 2008 2:54PM Software
Hybrid atomic memory stores quantum data

Hybrid atomic memory stores quantum data

A newly developed quantum computing technique has been used to store quantum information in silicon for a record-breaking length of time.
Staff Writers Oct 24 2008 11:46AM Hardware
Rudd Government launches virtual children's hub

Rudd Government launches virtual children's hub

The Rudd Government today launched a Web site that provides access to health, early learning, child care and parenting support information to parents and carers.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 2:18PM Software
Newly created robot musician interacts and improvises

Newly created robot musician interacts and improvises

An Australian PhD researcher has created musical software that has the ability to listen to music and improvise musical rhythms and melodies to accompany it.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 2:17PM Software
Vendor experience is key in technology evaluation, survey finds

Vendor experience is key in technology evaluation, survey finds

CIOs expect their IT vendors to help them make informed choices about products and technologies, IDC has found.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 1:28PM Hardware
SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

Embedded anti-malware scanner designed to curb data losses.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 9:58AM Security
The SC Reader Survey concludes, and the winner is . . . .

The SC Reader Survey concludes, and the winner is . . . .

Over fifty percent of our readers believe identity theft is a big issue and requires further industry discussion, according to the results of SC Magazine’s Online Reader Survey.
Staff Writers Oct 22 2008 2:51PM Security
Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register

Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register

Telco upstart Dodo has been fined $147,400 after an offshore call centre it used called numbers listed on the Do Not Call register.
Staff Writers Oct 22 2008 2:50PM Telco/ISP
How to manage employees in a time of change

How to manage employees in a time of change

Managing expectations and supporting employees during a period of organisational change can only enhance the ability to cope with the associated uncertainty.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 4:12PM Security
Australians support HECS for businesses, survey finds

Australians support HECS for businesses, survey finds

A majority of Australians believe that a system similar to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) should exist for business research and development founding, a survey has found.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 2:18PM Financial Services
Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

The Australian Industry Group has called on both the federal Government and industry to get pricing and access regimes for the national broadband network right the first time in order to derive maximum economic benefit.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 1:42PM Telco/ISP
Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Web sites that match kidney donors with recipients may facilitate social worth judgements, researchers say, raising concerns of socio-economic discrimination.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 6:25AM Software
NICTA slashes hosting costs for MMO P2P networks

NICTA slashes hosting costs for MMO P2P networks

NICTA has released a beta version of its massively multiplayer online (MMO) peer-to-peer (P2P) network engine, Badumna.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 12:01AM Networking
Telstra dumps excess fees on some broadband plans

Telstra dumps excess fees on some broadband plans

Telstra has revamped its BigPond wireless broadband plans for the second time in two months, increasing the limits of its 3 GB plan and dropping its contentious excess usage charges on high-end plans.
Staff Writers Oct 20 2008 1:00PM Telco/ISP
Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints

Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints

‘Impecunious’ Brisbane-based ISP, We.net.au, has been fined over $8,000 for trying to charge fees to customers that complained about them to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO).
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 3:56PM Telco/ISP
Economic effects on IT strong but mixed, IDC predicts

Economic effects on IT strong but mixed, IDC predicts

Hardware will be the main casualty of the Australian economic downturn, while IT services will have most to gain, recent research from IDC predicts.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 11:36AM Financial Services

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