ITWire
- + On the NBN: Yes, I drank the Kool-Aid—To the many readers who printed out my last column just so they could set it on fire, I confess: In relation to the National Broadband Network, yes, I...
- + Child protection week starts today—Commencing today on Fathers' Day, Australia's National Child Protection Week promotes the belief that it is everyone's responsibility to make their co...
- + Americans popping more prescription drugs—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug use in the United States has been steadily climbing over the past ten o...
- + Stephen Hawking writes: No gods required—In The Wall Street Journal, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking writes, "There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world...
- + NASA Solar Probe Plus mission to plunge into Sun—NASA announced on September 2, 2010, that it will be developing a mission to the Sun over the next few years that will be the closest we have ever gon...
- + Will Apple’s Ping pong?—Will there end up being a big stink over Apple’s attempt to create a social music network inside of iTunes, or will Ping bring Apple the social networ...
- + Wii Party removes video from video game—The latest WIi mini-game collection from Nintendo hopes to redefine what a video-game means in a family situation. To do this, Nintendo are taking th...
- + TransACT nets its 1000th FTTP customer—It's not exactly an NBN-scale milestone, but TransACT has connected its 1000th FTTP (fibre to the premises) customer.
- + Ovum ogles ovicide of NBN ‘consensus’—Ovum’s research director, David Kennedy, has astutely analysed the actions of Australia’s politicians and telcommunications companies in fracturing th...
- + LaCie cuts flash drives down to size with MosKeyto—Have you ever wondered why USB thumb drives are so large? Someone at LaCie has.
- + Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 network shouldered the load—Sydney might have hosted the 'best ever' Olympic Games back in 2000, but Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 held last week on the Gold Coast was the best ever as ...
- + Broadband not on Katter's wish-list—Rural independent MP Bob Katter has made public his 'wish-list' of issues he wants addressed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard or Opposition leader Tony...
- + Rock Band 3 complete set list—Electronic Arts has revealed further details and the complete set list of songs for the upcoming Rock Band 3. Five decades of music will be covered b...
- + Skype extends videoconferencing to 10 users—Skype has released a new beta version of Skype for Windows that supports videoconferencing with up to 10 participants.
- + No LUV in the air as polls approach—It's election time at the bigger of the two Linux user groups in Melbourne. There normally wouldn't be any need to write about it as this is something...
- + BigPond gets 40,000 music tracks from Valleyarm—Telstra is to make tacks from Valleyarm Digital's music catalogue available for sale through BigPond Music.
- + Telstra launches IPO for SouFun stake—Telstra has filed a registration and preliminary prospectus for an initial public offering of American Depositary Shares (ADS) in its Chinese web prop...
- + Huawei launches Google-branded Android smartphones—Huawei has launched a new smartphone, the Ideos, based on the latest version of Android, v2.2, known as Froyo, with an in-built WiFi modem router and ...
- + 3PAR goes to HP—HP has outbid Dell for storage provider 3PAR. A cash offer of $US2.35 billion did the trick.
- + Apple’s new iThings for 2010 are all pretty cool!—Yep, as expected, there’s an iPhone 4-esque new iPod Touch with Facetime and Retina Display, there’s a snazzy new iPod Nano with a multi-touch screen ...
- + Seven Telco Dwarfs seek wireless distopia—I feel blessed to live in a society where even the most disingenuous are allowed to have their say, unmolested by thoughts of the common good.
- + Older adults like bad stories of young people—An American-German study found that older adults showed higher self-esteem after reading negative stories about young adults. Conversely, young adults...
- + Insomnia is bad news for men: Early death—According to U.S. research from Pennsylvania State University, men who have chronic insomnia, and sleep less than six hours per night on average, have...
- + Windows Phone 7 finalised—Microsoft has put the finishing touches on Windows Phone 7, so handsets will be on sale in time for the Christmas shopping season.
- + Social networking and mobile devices call for right policies—IT infrastructure provider Dimension Data is advising its clients to formulate appropriate policies about the use of social networking and mobile devi...
- + Cisco teams with Itron to tackle smart grid market—Cisco has formed an alliance with smart metering company, Itron to incorporate IPv6 based communications technology in products for the smart grid mar...
- + Adobe veteran Treloar joins Ooyala—Video platform provider Ooyala has appointed former Adobe executive John Treloar as managing director for Australia and New Zealand.
- + Jobs launches new Apple TV – a new reali-tv?—It’s that time of the year again, with Apple launching a new Apple TV, new iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Touch, a new social-music-network-aware iTune...
- + ICT salary growth drops back—Salary growth among ICT professionals is slowing, particularly in the private sector where growth slumped to 3 per cent in the 12 months to the end of...
- + Alcatel-Lucent targets mobile apps market with OpenPlug acquisition—Alcatel-Lucent has followed up its acquisition of ProgrammableWeb with the acquisition of mobile software and applications development tools vendor Op...
- + NBN Co cops a (unfair) blast from Lib senator Macdonald—COMMENT - Queensland Liberal senator Ian Macdonald has branded the NBN a 'farce' on the strength of NBN Co's lack of any pricing structure, but he is ...
- + Software Freedom Day to be marked in Melbourne—Software Freedom Day, a day observed worldwide to spread the message of free and open source software, will be marked in Melbourne on September 18 fro...
- + Study: Less sleep means more depression—An Australian-U.S. study has shown that young adults getting less than five hours of sleep each night are at greater risk of depression and other psyc...
- + FDA ponders genetically engineered salmon—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon to be the first such animal sold ...
- + ANZ Bank launches phone to phone payments—ANZ Bank today officially launched its goMoney iPhone application that allows ANZ customers to monitor and manage their money, and send a payment to a...
- + Designing Halo: Reach was like filming Titanic—Interview: Halo: Reach Lead Campaign Designer, Chris Opdahl. At a recent Microsoft event, iTWire had the chance to sit down and briefly chat with Hal...
- + Acer smartphones arrive in Australia—Acer's new range of smartphones - including Android-based models - go on sale in Australia this month. There's even a Ferrari special edition phone fo...
- + Moreton Bay goes wireless for video surveillance—Moreton Bay Regional Council is augmenting its existing surveillance camera system with HD cameras linked by a wireless mesh network.
- + Do-not-call scammers back in business—Consumers are again being warned to beware of unscrupulous telemarketers offering to list consumers' phone numbers on the Do Not Call Register for a f...
- + One million iPhones tune in to the ABC—The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeing "unprecedented" access to its web site from mobile phones - with one million iPhone app downloads in...
- + If NBN 3.0 can promise "up to 100Mbps" by wireless why can't NBN Co?—We now have two new acronyms in the every growing lexicon of telecommunications - NBN 3.0 and AAB, the Alliance for Affordable Broadband - along with ...
- + TechnologyOne upgrade moves council services online—The City of Port Adelaide Enfield has given its ratepayers 24/7 access to 35 additional online services and reduced the number of enquiries to its cal...
- + Hands on Xbox Kinect: Pricing and release date—At a press event today in Sydney, Microsoft has announced pricing options and release date for the Xbox 360 Kinect motion sensing controller. iTWire ...
- + Internode on-the-ground QLD market challenge—Internode has established its first on-the-ground presence in the Queensland market with the opening of a Brisbane office and plans to accelerate what...
- + Canon claims CMOS image sensor record—Canon has developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor - a huge 202 by 205mm chip.
- + Panasonic provides smaller signage plasmas—Panasonic has released a new range of plasma displays designed for digital signage applications.
- + Vividwireless deploys RightNow CRM for customer service support—vividwireless has deployed RightNow's CX customer relationship management system to support the delivery of its customer service across multiple inter...
- + NASA tests largest heavy-lift motor ever—NASA announced on August 30, 2010, that it and ATK, the motor’s manufacturer, had successfully tested a five-segment solid rocket motor, which is desc...
- + Debian developer Frans Pop passes away—The Debian GNU/Linux Project is in mourning following the untimely death of a senior developer, Frans Pop, who died in the Netherlands on August 20.
- + Staying in front with on-demand CRM for pharmaceutical—Global CRM provider, StayinFront, has launched what it claims is a ‘revolutionary’ new on-demand CRM and analytics solution developed specifically for...
- + WA expansion for Entity Solutions—Professional engagement services organisation, Entity Solutions, has expanded its Western Australian operations with the appointment of additional sta...
- + Fluke-matcher: Humpback whales have their pictures taken—Australian scientists are excited about a new way to ID humpback whales. They have developed a computer program that identifies them through tail mark...
- + Two space companies test for NASA at edge of space—NASA announced on Monday, August 30, 2010, that Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems will test their experimental vehicles “near the edge of s...
- + SUNA use growing; service improvements coming online—A raft of improvements to the SUNA Traffic Channel service are arriving at a time when the number of compatible navigation devices is exploding.
- + Telco leaders unite to pan NBN & lobby for ubiquitous wireless 'NBN 3.0' - UPDATED—Executives from seven of Australia's telcos have united to lobby against the NBN, claiming Australia's broadband future is best left to the market, an...
- + VMware foreshadows major strategy shift—VMware is promising to launch - at its annual customer event VMworld 2010 in San Francisco - a new IT-as-a-service strategy along with what it says wi...
- + GCAP 2010 joins forces with EB Games for mini Australian E3—It is turning into a somewhat Annus Horribilis for many in the Australian video game industry, or perhaps it is just the shifting of demand that has c...
- + Huawei corporate social responsibility fund to target Pacific Islands—Huawei Technologies has created a $A100,000 fund for corporate social responsibility work in the Pacific Islands, with a volunteer school in the Solom...
- + Skype Connect (Skype for SIP) makes Skype a serious business telco—Skype has launched Skype Connect 1.0 - previously available in beta as Skype for SIP - a service that enables a business' IP PBX or unified comms syst...
- + Google Priority Inbox - auto-sorting the sheep from the goats—Google’s Gmail service is the email service of choice for millions of people and it’s spam filtering is one of the reasons many like it so much. Googl...
- + Telsyte plans expansion with new appointment—Australian converged communications research and consulting firm, Telsyte, has appointed a new commercial director who the company says is responsible...
- + Citrix acquires VMLogix, expands OpenCloud platform—Citrix has acquired virtualisation management solutions vendor, VMLogix which it says will further accelerate its OpenCloud strategy, and, at the same...
- + TransLogix solution for WA logistic group—Western Australian logistics company, All Earth Group, has successfully deployed TransLogix’s integrated sapphire transport management software suite ...
- + Hitachi new ANZ sales appointment—Hitachi Australia will look to further build its sales and market share in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment of a new sales executive.
- + Easier website access for vision-impaired—Disabled and vision-impaired web users will have easier access to Salmat’s retail advertising portal – Lasoo.com.au - with the awarding of a triple A-...
- + Apple to kill iPod classic?—Apple has never been scared to kill off products - even when they seem to be successful. When the iPod nano was introduced it resulted in Apple killin...
- + Local councils keen to deliver info to smartphones—Australia's citizens rely heavily on the services and facilities provided by local councils, and on access to information about those services. Counci...
- + Twitter becomes the new oracle of the media—The well known axiom that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the media has found a new adversary in online social blab network Twitter. Well...
- + Google and AP reach rights agreement—The Associated Press and Google have reached a new agreement giving the search giant rights to use AP's news stories.
- + IT salaries stuck in neutral—While demand for IT skills is on the rise, salaries are proving tough to budge – and significant increases aren’t now expected until mid 2011 accordin...
- + Test your knowledge of current events!—The PEW Research Center has eleven questions that test your knowledge of current events around the world. See how you do compared with other people!
- + Energy drinks flop in antioxidant health—According to a report made by University of Illinois researchers, many energy drinks have a whole bunch of caffeine but very little health benefits.
- + Finite firms as skills surge—National recruitment firm Finite has announced record group revenues of $235 million for the year to the end of June, up 4 per cent on the previous ye...
- + Internode to offer Fetch TV to selected early adopters—Internode says it will offer access to its FetchTV IPTV service to "a select group of keen Internode customers using its Extreme or NakedExtreme ADSL2...
- + Telstra's 42Mbps Next G broadband goes live—Telstra has become the first telco in the world to launch dual carrier HSPA+ services offering downstream speeds up to a theoretical maximum of 42Mbps...
- + Garmins get too hot to handle—Garmin Australia has issued a recall for some of its most popular GPS devices as they have the potential to overheat, despite the cold Australian wint...
- + Review: 100 Rogues for iPhone—There is nothing like a Rogue-like to blow on the twenty minute commute. And the iPhone makes a great platform for a game like 100 Rogues, just don’t...
- + Vocus reports 500 percent profit hike - UPDATED—Recently listed wholesale telecommunications services provider Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) has reported a 501 percent increase in net profit and 2...
- + Commonwealth Bank moves to protect customers' (online) bacon—The Commonwealth Bank has announced additional security measures to protect online purchases by its customers. As well as extending the use of secure...
- + Open Text primes secure social network—Canadian content management specialist Open Text is edging closer to releasing a commercial version of a system it first trialled at the G20 meeting i...
- + HP ANZ moves to exploit 3Com acquisition—Following its acquisition of 3Com in April HP has revamped its networking product line and, in Australia, has announced new appointments as it merges ...
- + Broadband now a utility like power and water?—Should we now consider Broadband a necessity of life, a utility in the same way we consider water, electricity and gas? According to a newly released ...
- + VHA ups data quotes on 3 and Vodafone capped phone plans—VHA has raised the bar in the increasingly price-competitive mobile services market by significantly increasing the amount of data included in its mo...
- + Could part of Space Station go to an asteroid?—If some NASA scientists have their way, part of the International Space Station may end up being sent as part of a manned spacecraft to a nearby aster...
- + New Citrix XenDesktop release extends virtualization—Citrix has released a new version of its XenDesktop that it says extends the benefits of desktop virtualisation to millions of enterprise laptop users...
- + Middle East contract for Melbourne BI company—Space-Time Research, a small Melbourne business intelligence solutions company, has snared a contract which will see its SuperSTAR analysis and dissem...
- + Salmat’s strong earnings, profits up—Outsourced services provider, Salmat, has reported strong double digit growth in earnings and net profit for the 2009/10 financial year and has passed...
- + CDC launches SaaS solution for Australian NFPs—Hybrid enterprise software provider, CDC Software Australia, has launched CDC gomembers, a SaaS and on-premise enterprise and association and membersh...
- + Review - Toshiba Portege R700—Having recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the laptop, Toshiba has delivered a clutch of new notebooks to the market. The Portege name has lon...
- + PS3 hack banned in Australia—Sony Australia has managed to get a temporary ban against the sale and distribution of the PlayStation 3 hack device the PS Jailbreak dongle.
- + Set up your own virtual Linux LAMP server on Windows—Even the most Microsoft-ardent developer will know web hosts favour Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP over Windows, IIS, ASP.NET and SQL Server. Thanks to ...
- + Need more antioxidants? U.S. study says try black rice!—A preliminary study performed at Louisiana State University found that black rice has more antioxidant punch than blueberries. Find out what else it c...
- + IBM X-Force Report says security threats have reached record levels—This week, IBM released its half-yearly X-Force Trend and Risk Report - a detailed analysis of the state of security threats and vendors responses to ...
- + Sophos: Don’t underestimate the bad guys—Security firm Sophos has recently returned its 2010 mid-year Security Threat Report, and whilst many things remain the same, there are plenty of new s...
- + World's main crop wheat is genetically decoded—British scientists have finally unraveled the genome (genetic sequence of chromosomal information) for wheat – a structural code that is much more com...
- + Kepler finds 2 exoplanets crossing star—In a first for the astronomy community, NASA scientists working with the Kepler spacecraft have identified two planets transiting (crossing in front o...
- + ACMA takes the measure of the digital economy—The ACMA has produced a timely analysis of major developments in information and communications technologies that explores the implications of these c...
- + Microsoft cozying up to open source community—Microsoft is preparing for an expected rapid growth in the use of open source software. Hint: open source is not synonymous with Linux.
- + CSC to build cloud computing on Cisco, EMC & VMware's Vblock—CSC is to embrace Vblock - the server, storage and networking 'packages' produced by Cisco, EMC and VMware - as the preferred technology stack for clo...
- + The first rule of data protection—Disaster recovery starts with moving your data off the premises, according to a senior technical specialist.
- + Training the key to avoiding software security flaws—The same types of exploits have remained the most common for at least three years. Are developers slow to learn?
- + iPad becomes notebook with PADACS Bluetooth keyboard case—If you’ve been hankering for an iPad case that came with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard, iPad accessory company “PADACS” has just released one for the ...
- + IT reorganisation reduces cost, improves service at design firm—Architecture and design firm Hassell has dramatically improved the effectiveness of its IT operations by reorganising it around a service desk with se...
- + Roxio goes 3D—Jumping on the 3D bandwagon is Roxio. With the release of Creator 2011, the digital media editor, Roxio is allowing creative families to convert 2D i...
- + Solar System: We may be older than we think—Solar system researchers at Arizona State University think our solar system could be up to 1.9 million older than its currently accepted age, which st...
- + Remember: Berries are good for the memory—A U.S. study has shown that berries, such as strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, contain polyphenols, which are natural substances that these...
- + Microsoft Australia makes Meter Maids ‘apology’—Microsoft Australia has been forced to apologise for choosing to use the Australian Gold Coast’s “Meter Maids” during its Tuesday-night welcome party,...
- + Apple set to distort reality again at Sept 1 iEvent?—Apple has sent out invitations to a “special event” on the 1st of September at which a new Apple TV, a new Facetime compatible iPod Touch, 99c TV show...
- + Apple set distort reality again at Sept 1 iEvent?—Apple has sent out invitations to a “special event” on the 1st of September at which a new Apple TV, a new Facetime compatible iPod Touch, 99c TV show...
- + Microsoft dials up devs for Windows Phone 7—Windows Phone 7 has been getting a very public airing at Microsoft’s Tech.Ed 2010 in Australia, with demo handsets aplenty for attendees and journalis...
- + The Internet in 2025, according to Cisco—Cisco and the Monitor Group's Global Business Network have published "The Evolving Internet, a report that "examines the driving forces and uncertaint...
- + Why can't I have broadband too? A bush dweller perspective—With all the talk about the NBN, most of the discussion and analysis has been based on “city folk” from what I have seen. So in the interests of balan...
- + Hosting hoists Macquarie Telecom's bottom line—Macquarie Telecom has delivered a strong result buoyed by greatly increased contribution from its high margin hosting business.
- + New colours for DSi XL—The Nintendo DSi XL originally came out in the very sensible colours of Burgundy and Bronze. Though it is aimed at a more sensible and mature audienc...
- + Windsor pings Abbott; asks for NBN costings—New South Wales independent MP Tony Windsor says he would be surprised if Opposition leader Tony Abbott doesn't submit his election promises to Treasu...
- + MYOB cloud/desktop model will provide opportunities for developers—MYOB officials have explained how the company's forthcoming hybrid cloud/desktop accounting software will include APIs that can be exploited by third-...
- + Tripping through tasty tech at Microsoft Australia’s Tech.Ed 2010—With over 2700 attendees at Microsoft’s annual Australian Tech.Ed conference, there’s clearly still huge support for Microsoft’s software and services...
- + NetComm confident despite revenue and profit drop—Netcomm has posted full year revenues and profit well down on FY09. However FY09 was a year of spectacular growth, and the company has so far maintain...
- + The maths of deciding who governs—If nothing else politics is a game of numbers, and Victoria University mathematician Professor John Zeleznikow has cranked the numbers in the final th...
- + Look Brigadier! It’s a Doctor Who game—From the Why Haven’t They Done This Before department comes news of a couple of new Doctor Who based games for the Nintendo Wii and DS. Will Doctor W...
- + Google to take on Skype in voice calls—Google has thrown its hat into the Internet telephony ring with a new a product that will compete with the well established Skype juggernaut. For the ...
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