Microsoft shuts Silicon Valley R&D centre

By Bill Rigby

Research hub falls victim to second round job cuts.

Victoria looks to automate the dispatch of bushfire aircraft

By Allie Coyne

Seeks system to get firefighters in the air faster.

DSL remains Australia's main business broadband option

By Juha Saarinen

Only big business taking up FTTP.

Juha Saarinen

@juhasaarinen

Defence eHealth project blows out by $77 million http://t.co/1FFMUgBzZR via @itnews_au

Metamark Metanewton

@NewtonMark

Say it isn't so. RT @juhasaarinen: Defence eHealth project blows out by $77 million http://t.co/ZcVVDHbpPf via @itnews_au

Colin Ellis

@colindellis

$77 million for #change management...really? http://t.co/qTamH6VyBc Again, lessons learnt by others not heeded #pmot via @iTnews_au

Juha Saarinen

@juhasaarinen

@NewtonMark @iTnews_au "This is just one in a long litany of blow-outs that we have to look at," he said".

Metamark Metanewton

@NewtonMark

@juhasaarinen @iTnews_au It's as if they've never rolled out a program of change in Defence before. "Nobody could have predicted..."

John Sheridan

@sherro58

Can't hack your way to social change RT @johnlsheridan: A lot I agree with here: http://t.co/4hAYnXEaHt #gov2au #bigdata

Allan

@AllanBarger

.@sherro58 @johnlsheridan in my mind the value of hackatons are not solutions on the day but the spark created and inspiration fomented.

NASA JPL

@NASAJPL

Targeting Mars: Watch live as @NASA's @Maven2Mars enters orbit at the Red Planet http://t.co/EmJME4snt7 http://t.co/IQWBWvBmtH