Windows Phone 7 flood to hit Australia

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Three major handset manufacturers this morning revealed plans to release new devices based on Microsoft's next-generation Windows Phone 7 handsets into the Australian market over the next few months through partnerships with Telstra, Optus and Vodafone.

Telstra gets a new CIO

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Telstra has appointed former Seek, Wespac, NAB and Standard Chartered Bank technology executive Patrick Eltridge to be its new chief information officer, following the resignation of John McInerney in June.

ATO clarifies: Lockheed deal worth $283m

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The Australian Taxation Office has clarified that its five-year desktop services contract with defence giant and IT contractor Lockheed Martin actually has a total pricetag of $283.4 million -- not the $380 million it mistakenly published through the Government's tendering system.

Navitaire outage to cost Virgin $15-20m

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Virgin Blue today claimed the disastrous outage which hit its IT systems several weeks ago was estimated to cost the airline between $15 million and $20 million.

Alan Hyde takes NEC Australia’s reins

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Ex-SAP Australia and New Zealand chief Alan Hyde has taken on a new role leading the local operation of Japanese electronics giant NEC.

Google-friendly Telstra CEO pans Apple’s “walled garden”

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Telstra chief executive David Thodey last week said there were problems in the telco's relationship with notoriously demanding manufacturer Apple and criticised what he called the company's lack of openness, in a speech in which he praised Google and demonstrated Telstra's upcoming Android tablets built by Chinese vendor Huawei.

Telstra: No preference on NBN opt-out

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Telstra chief executive David Thodey this afternoon said that the telco had no real preference as to whether Australians should be forced to “opt-out” of the National Broadband Network rather than opt in, in the wake of a decision this week by the Tasmanian Government to pursue such a policy through legislation.

IBM’s hot at Westpac, SAP not so much

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Westpac technology czar Bob McKinnon today praised the bank's long-term outsourcing partner IBM, but didn't appear quite as enthusiastic about its German rival when asked why the bank had settled on CSC's Hogan core banking platform rather than that of SAP.

Westpac is juggling many IT pies

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Banking giant Westpac today laid out a substantial roadmap for technology change within its operations, covering areas as varied as core banking systems, enterprise middleware services and integrated customer information management.

NEHTA releases health identifier plan

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The nation's peak e-health group has released a comprehensive set of documents that outline how the Federal Government's $466.7 million electronic health record/health identifier project will be implemented over the coming years, and how it will work in practice.

Fujitsu + Oakton push as cloud momentum grows

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The Australian market for cloud computing services intensified further this week, with several major IT services firms releasing details of their push to win business from large organisations increasingly demonstrating an appetite for the next generation platform.

Westpac delays core IT overhaul

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Big four bank Westpac this afternoon confirmed a report by the Financial Review that it had postponed migrating to CSC’s Hogan core banking platform, citing the need to focus on other projects first as the reason for the delay.

ACTA hits Australia to Pirate Party derision

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Depending on who you ask, a draft of the global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) released by the Federal Government in Australia today is either a welcome measure which will benefit the the nation’s creative industries — or a draconian control proposal which will cut down our civil liberties.

Qld Opposition calls for IT minister’s head

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Queensland's State Opposition has called for the head of the state's IT minister, Robert Schwarten after a string of delayed and problematic government technology projects yesterday became a fiery issue in parliament.

Turnbull opts out of new NBN paradigm

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Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday said the Tasmanian Government’s decision yesterday to mandate the connection of optic fibre to premises unless residents explicitly opted out was evidence that the National Broadband Network’s business plan depended what he called “compulsion”.

Tasmania mandates opt-out NBN model

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The Tasmanian Government this afternoon revealed it would prepare legislation to mandate an "opt-out" model for the National Broadband Network rollout in the state -- essentially meaning all premises will receive the infrastructure unless they explicitly choose not to.

Business chiefs call for NBN cost/benefit analysis

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A number of senior Australian business leaders have backed Malcolm Turnbull's call for the Government to conduct a cost/benefit analysis into its prized National Broadband Network project.

Telstra’s biggest rivals: Google, Apple, Facebook?

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Telstra's biggest competition in future may come not from traditional telcos, but from innovative players like Google, Apple and Facebook, according to one analyst -- and the big T may not be prepared for what's coming.

$380m baby: Tax’s desktop deal revealed

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The Australian Taxation Office has revealed that its five-year desktop services contract with defence giant and IT contractor Lockheed Martin has a total pricetag of $380 million -- a number 25 percent higher than it had initially estimated.

Telstra unveils Android tablet

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Australia's biggest telco Telstra has flagged plans to launch its own Android-based handheld tablet device into the midst of a market which is about to explode with options from Apple, Samsung, Dell and more.

Telstra to unveil Windows Phone 7 plans next week

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Microsoft and Telstra have scheduled in a ritzy Sydney launch next Tuesday morning to unveil their mutual plans to start selling phones with the software giant's Windows Phone 7 platform.

Conroy to receive secret filter forum report

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The Greens have dug up a handful of further details about Labor's controversial mandatory filter project through the questions on notice procedure, including the fact that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will shortly receive a report on a confidential online forum held by his department on the topic in April this year.

Wong passes AGIMO baton to Gray

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Incoming Minister for Finance and Deregulation Penny Wong appears to have passed responsibility for the Federal Government's peak IT strategy group to Special Minister of State Gary Gray.

Want an iPad? Borrow one from MicroStrategy

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Software giants like IBM and Microsoft might shortly find themselves starting to lose staff to their much smaller business intelligence rival MicroStrategy. The reason? The company is swamped with Apple iPads, according to the chief of its Australian division -- and it's lending them to customers for demos.

Conroy & Intel understand each other

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Giant chipmaker Intel and Stephen Conroy's broadband department this afternoon announced a three-year memorandum of understanding which will see the pair work together to maximise future benefits stemming from the rollout of the National Broadband Network and other initiatives.

Thodey’s hip pocket worse off as CEO

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David Thodey might have taken a step up to become Telstra chief executive a little over a year ago, but the executive's overall remuneration package has not benefited from the jump, according to Telstra's annual report released today.

Android app market opens to Australian sales

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Search giant Google has bowed to developer demand and started allowing Australians to sell software through its mobile applications market.

Adam Internet signs up for FetchTV

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Adelaide-headquartered internet service provider Adam Internet has signed up to use FetchTV's wholesale internet television platform to deliver entertainment to its customers, a move which grows FetchTV's ISP roster to three after iiNet and Internode got on board earlier this year.

iSOFT’s Cohen leaves the building

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Besieged e-health company iSOFT today announced the final departure of former chief executive Gary Cohen from its ranks, scant weeks after he quietly resigned from the CEO role in late August.

Photos: Jennifer Hawkins launches Vodafone bus

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Supermodel Jennifer Hawkins today launched what Vodafone described as "the maiden voyage" of its Bonus Bank Bus, a double decker bus which will travel around Australia and promote the mobile telco's loyalty program. Hawkins was attended by 20 lucky passengers and "Australia's hottest male bus conductors".

Facebook Places hits Australia

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Facebook has launched its 'Places' feature in the Australian market, delivering location functionality to Australian users in a similar manner as existing players Foursquare and Gowalla.

Atlassian snatches Bitbucket

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Australia-headquartered software company Atlassian has made its first buy since taking $60 million in venture capital investment in July -- picking up Bitbucket.org, a web-hosted service that has 60,000 users.

Utilities AGL, Verve, pick outsourcers

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Two of Australia's prominent energy utilities have expanded existing relationships with IT outsourcing partners as they look to wring more value from their IT support arrangements.

Call me, Thodey tells Simon Hackett

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Telstra chief executive David Thodey today said he had not been contacted by Internode managing director Simon Hackett in relation to the smaller telco's ongoing complaint about Telstra's wholesale prices.

Attorney-General rings in Cyber Storm III

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Rung in by Attorney General Robert McClelland, the four day long international cybersecurity exercise Cyber Storm III - a simulation to test response times and show up public and private sector exploits - launched in Australia today. Major Australian private sectors and government sectors joining in the furor as either participants or as passive observers.

Telstra’s next revolution: “Project New”

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The nation’s biggest telco Telstra has outlined plans to drive an extensive internal program of reforms that its chief executive David Thodey believes will...

Telstra “fightback” grows broadband share

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Telstra today revealed it was no longer losing consumer fixed broadband customers -- reversing a trend of market share loss that had been stinging the customer over the past few years.

Nuclear attack: Anonymous targets AFACT

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The loose-knit confederation of internet activists who organise under the banner "Anonymous" appeared to hit Australia again this morning, with Operation Payback targeting a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).

HTC Aria debuts on Optus

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Consumer electronics giant HTC today launched its latest Android-based smartphone handset in Australia -- the Aria -- with exclusive distribution through Optus.

Telstra declines “public battle” with customer Internode

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The wholesale arm of Australia's biggest telco Telstra has declined to engage in what it described as a "public battle" with its customer Internode, in the midst of delicate negotiations that are slated to affect Internode's ADSL broadband pricing around the nation.

BlackBerry PlayBook: No Aussie details

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BlackBerry maker Research in Motion was today unable to confirm when its new PlayBook tablet device would reach Australia, or what expected local pricing was.

iPad trials hit Tasmanian schools

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The Tasmanian Department of Education and Training has revealed over 30 iPads are being trialled in a number of schools across the state, with plans in the works to also examine the potential for Android- and Windows-based tablets to be used as an education device.

Conroy: We’re not walking away from filter

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy last night remained stalwart in his support for Labor's controversial mandatory internet filtering scheme in a heated debate on the ABC's Q&A program with representatives of the public, the Coalition, the Australian Sex Party and more.

Telstra unveils machine to machine portal

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It's not just humans who use Telstra's Next G mobile network to place calls and share data. Increasingly, inanimate objects -- cars, vending machines and even digital photo frames are doing the same. And Telstra hopes they will do it even more.

iiNet changes routing tables for StarCraft II

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Two months after the release of the most anticipated real-time strategy game to date, national broadband provider iiNet has amended its network routing path to make the experience of playing StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty better for Australians connecting to regional Battle.net servers in South-East Asia.

City of Melbourne out to mark new CIO

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The City of Melbourne (CoM) has advertised on employment website Seek.com.au for a chief information officer position with a 3 year contract at $216,300 annual package.

Telstra playing favourites, Internode claims

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Internode late last week speculated that Telstra's wholesale division was giving some retail internet service providers better deals because they hadn't built out their own competitive broadband infrastructure as some like Internode, iiNet and TPG had.

Centrelink issues $40m storage as a service tender

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Centrelink has kicked off a major technology purchasing initiative worth between $30 million and $40 million, as the national welfare agency continues its drive towards shifting its storage architecture towards being used as a service.

Video: Dell Streak flashmob takes over Circular Quay

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Looks like Dell organised a wee little flashmob to take over Circular Quay to promote its new Streak smartphone/tablet, which launches on Optus on October 1. Good effort or extreme marketing gone too far? You be the judge.

Navitaire outage strands Virgin Blue passengers

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Virgin Blue this afternoon blamed Accenture subsidiary Navitaire for a disastrous hardware failure that took down its reservations systems and resulted in lengthy queues at Australian airports today as the airline was forced to check in passengers manually.

NBN opposition not pointless, says Turnbull

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Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday denied his party was attempting to “wreck” Labor’s National Broadband Network project, insisting opposing the project was the right thing to do, despite apparent widespread support for the project from both the public and critical minor parties and independents in parliament.

50 iPads to be trialled in Qld schools

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Queensland's Department of Education and Training has confirmed centrally controlled trials of 50 iPad devices in two state schools will begin in October, adding that some schools are already independently trialling Apple's tablet device, as well as the smaller form factor iPod Touch.

Dell Streak exposes itself for Optus

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It's been a long courtship, but Dell has finally found a match made in Heaven for its Streak mini-tablet and combination smartphone, with Optus set to launch the device in Australia with a three month exclusive starting from October 1.

Internet banking bites Suncorp

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Tier two banking and insurance giant Suncorp today acknowledged it had suffered some internet banking problems over the past week flowing from an upgrade conducted over the weekend, with some customers concerned about a loss of functionality from the service.

Salesforce.com fires back at Oracle launch

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Software as a service vendor Salesforce.com has delivered a backhander to its big brother Oracle following the decision by Larry Ellison's baby to start providing its on-demand customer relationship management tools from a Sydney datacentre for the first time.

Oracle plans Aussie CRM on-demand hosting

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Technology behemoth Oracle has become one of the first multinational software giants to buck the trend and start offering software as a service from an Australian datacentre.

$999 November launch for Samsung Tab on all carriers

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Korean electronics giant Samsung announced tonight that its hyped iPad rival -- the Galaxy Tab -- will be available to Australians in November this year through all the major mobile carriers.

Education departments go wild for the iPad

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Schools and universities right around Australia have jumped headfirst into trials of Apple's hyped iPad tablet as they rush to discover exactly what the device's use will be in the educational field -- sometimes with the support of their overarching education departments, and sometimes without.

Optus still thinking about NBN Tasmania offering

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The nation's second-largest telco Optus has again stated it is still considering whether to provide retail fibre to the home services over the Tasmanian leg of the fledgling National Broadband Network, despite its biggest rival Telstra joining the party.

Video: Melbourne startup 99designs

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In this video, Techfluff.tv talks to Melbourne-based startup 99designs for The Next Web’s Melbourne Silicon Beach series on local technology startups. 99designs is an online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design.

Our growth is blitzing iiNet, claims TPG

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National broadband provider TPG today claimed it was signing up customers faster than any of its rivals, including fast-growing iiNet, as well as the nation's two major telcos Telstra and Optus, with the upstart telco on track to crack the half a million customer level by the end of September.

Asciano nicks Boral CIO

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Ports and rail giant Asciano has established a new overarching chief information officer position, pinching the IT chief of Boral to fill the spot.

Telstra offers free NBN trial in Tasmania

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The nation's largest telco Telstra has revealed plans to hold a three-month free trial of fibre to the home services over the fledgling National Broadband Network rollout in Tasmania, bringing the total number of ISPs to sign on in the state to five.

SA Govt issues $432m PC, server tender

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The South Australian Government has kicked off a sizable procurement process which will see it establish a new purchasing panel for desktop PCs, laptops and servers, in a move that puts its $48 million combined annual spend in the area up for grabs.

Renewtek buy brings Vietnam capability to SMS

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SMS Management & Technology has delivered on its promises to continue growing through acquisition, picking up local enterprise content and business process management group Renewtek in a purchase that will bring it 140 staff, $17.3 million in annual revenues and an offshore facility in Saigon, Vietnam.

Foxtel plans full 3D TV channel

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Foxtel announced today that Australia's first 3D channel will be launched on the 1st November, 2010, along with four high definition channels.

Toyota goes Windows 7 in Fujitsu renewal

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Toyota's Australian division has revealed it will upgrade its desktop fleet to Windows 7 as part of a new four-year IT services deal with its incumbent supplier Fujitsu.

Delimiter Christmas Party: 25 November

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Keep the night of the 25th of November free for Delimiter's first ever Christmas Party!

Internode comes to Call of Duty’s Aid

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National broadband provider Internode has called a cease fire in the ongoing battle between video game fans and the publishers of the popular Call of Duty franchise of games, setting up a deal with GameServers.com that will see local servers delivered for the game's newest Black Ops iteration.

Federal Govt issues datacentre migration tender

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The Federal Government has finally kicked off one aspect of a long-awaited purchasing initiative that will see it establish new panels of datacentre services providers, with the aim of saving $1 billion in future datacentre costs.

EMC, HP, DiData win big in Queensland

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EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Dimension Data and Communications Design Management have picked up major contracts to aid the Queensland Government in consolidating its technology infrastructure under its state-owned ICT services provider CITEC.

We’ve got no competition, claims Avaya MD

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The managing director of Avaya's Australian division has thrown down the gauntlet to rivals like Cisco, claiming his company has no competition when it comes to the next generation of unified communications solutions.

Internode cuts terabyte pricing by $30/month

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Internode has cut the prices on its new terabyte broadband plans by $30 a month, bringing them into closer in line with what the national broadband provider's competitors are charging, although it will no longer offer the plans to customers using Optus' wholesale infrastructure as it had previously planned to.

VHA snares HTC Desire HD

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Mobile telco VHA has secured an exclusive deal with HTC to launch the Asian manufacturer's new HTC Desire HD handset in Australia, one-upping Telstra's existing control of the original Desire.

Turnbull just opposes everything, claims Conroy

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy this afternoon returned fire back on his new shadow, Malcolm Turnbull, accusing the Liberal heavyweight of mindless opposition on the National Broadband Network issue.

Froyo imminent for Telstra HTC Desires

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Telstra today promised customers the long-awaited Android 2.2 update (Froyo) would be introduced to its flagship HTC Desire handsets within the next four weeks.

NEHTA issues core e-health tender

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The Federal Government today delivered the health sector a much clearer picture of how its giant $466.7 million electronic health records project will be delivered, with the initiation of a major purchasing initiative for the project through the nation's peak e-health body.

Ludlam warns Turnbull: Don’t be a “NBN wrecker”

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Greens Communications Spokesman Scott Ludlam today welcomed Malcolm Turnbull's appointment as Shadow Communications Minister but warned the Liberal heavyweight against "wrecking" Labor's National Broadband Network project.

RMIT loses IT chief to Southern Cross

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Melbourne's RMIT University has lost its long-standing executive director of Information Technology Services Allan Morris to rival Southern Cross University.

Federal Police in nation-wide piracy crackdown

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The Australian Federal Police yesterday embarked on a major crackdown of counterfeit goods, including pirated software, computers and CDs and DVDs, in a move hailed by as a victory by software companies like Microsoft and representatives of the music and film and TV industries in their war against copyright infringement.

NBN: Abbott sicks Turnbull on independents

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott this morning said one of Malcolm's roles as the new Shadow Communications Minister would be to expose problems with Labor's National Broadband Network project, with the aim of wooing independent MPs back to the Coalition's camp.

“Internet junkie” Turnbull comes out swinging

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Mere hours after he was appointed Shadow Communications Minister, Liberal stalwart Malcolm Turnbull has come out swinging in the portfolio, slamming Labor's National Broadband Network and filter projects and describing himself as "an internet junkie".

CONROY’S NEW NEMESIS: Malcolm Turnbull

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Former Opposition Leader Malcom Turnbull has been appointed Shadow Communications Minister, taking over the portfolio from Tony Smith who has been demoted to parliamentary secretary. Turnbull will now face Communications Minister Stephen Conroy on the National Broadband Network (NBN) battleground.

Optus puts price on VCE cloud

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Optus's business division and its subsidiary Alphawest today announced the launch of a new scalable commercial enterprise 'cloud' service -- Optus Cloud Solutions -- which will be available to enterprise customers from October 1st.

VHA loses CTO Reeves

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Vodafone Hutchison Australia is set to lose its chief technology officer Andy Reeves shortly, with the mobile telco confirming this morning that the executive had resigned his post.

Telstra pledges T-Hub fixes

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Telstra has promised a bug fix this Thursday to customers upset with the patchy performance of its T-Hub next-generation fixed telephone system.

Qld Education CIO seeks deputies

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The chief information officer of the Queensland Department of Education and Training has advertised for a clutch of deputy executives as the department looks to bulk up its strategic IT management talent.

Does e-tax 2010 have a security hole?

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The denizens of global security mailing list Bugtraq have started discussing whether the Australian Taxation Office's e-tax 2010 software -- currently being used by millions of Australians to submit their tax returns -- has a security hole in it, due to the way it deals with remote Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates.

Borders gets into bed with Foursquare

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Borders has recently been making waves in the Australian market for its strong push into eBooks. But it turns out the giant book retailer also has another technological card up its sleeve: A partnership with location sharing platform Foursquare.

Video: Melbourne startup Skitch

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In this video, Techfluff.tv talks to Melbourne-based startup Skitch for The Next Web’s Melbourne Silicon Beach series on local technology startups. Skitch is a Mac application which allows users to easily capture and edit images. It’s garnered rave reviews and also has a web service associated with it.

Perth VC pumps $1.5m into agriculture IT startup

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Perth-based venture capital firm Yuuwa Capital has injected $1.5 million worth of investment into data capture and management player Agworld, which focuses specifically on the agricultural industry.

Adelaide Uni gives students free iPads

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The University of Adelaide is calling it quits with paper-based textbooks and will hand out free iPads to students enrolling in a science degree in 2011, claiming the new Apple tablets will revolutionise the way science is taught at the institution.

Tech.Ed attendees talk Windows 7

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We didn’t quite get around to embedding this videos from Microsoft’s Tech.Ed conference several weeks ago on the Gold Coast, but here they are! Attendees including James Bannan, who we’ve previously profiled on Delimiter. These videos were put together by the Tech.Ed EyeForce team.

That’s a lot of elephants

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Optus has published the advertisement on YouTube for its re-branding effort of its mobile networks, which will see them collected under the ‘The Open Network’ name. All we can say is … that’s alotta elephants.

Conroy retains broadband portfolio, Wong takes finance

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Senator Stephen Conroy has retained the portfolio of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in the new Gillard Labor Government and been slightly promoted, while former Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has taken Lindsay Tanner's role in Finance and Deregulation.

ATO inks Lockheed Martin desktop deal

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The Australian Taxation Office has signed contracts with Lockheed Martin – a US technology giant more known for its strengths in the construction of fighter jets and missiles than in enterprise IT services – to provide desktop PC and other end-user computing services, in a deal estimated at $60 million a year.

Fight! Next G vs ‘The Open Network’

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Optus this afternoon revealed it would re-badge its mobile networks 'The Open Network' in an effort to position the network as "an essential resource" for customers.

Jump On It makes founders overnight millionaires

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Think Australia doesn't have what it takes to build a new Google or Facebook? Think again.

Wireless a focus as NBN Co ramps jobs

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The National Broadband Network Company this week advertised several dozen new jobs as it dramatically ramped up hiring in the wake of political certainty over its future, including several wireless roles that will play a key role in its rollout of next-generation wireless infrastructure around the nation.

NBN Co now a wireless telco: Slattery

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Labor's deal with the independents to roll out the National Broadband Network to regional areas first means it will now necessarily have to place a big emphasis on the wireless component of the network's construction, according to Pipe Networks managing director and long-time NBN critic Bevan Slattery.

REA Group moves email to Telstra’s cloud

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Online real estate giant REA Group has migrated its in-house staff email system to Telstra's T-Suite platform, purchasing 750 Exchange Online accounts in what Telstra said was its biggest T-Suite cloud computing deal so far.

Archer Capital makes Keycorp offer

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Australian private equity firm Archer capital has swooped on payments technology group Keycorp, making a cash offer for the struggling company that its board has recommended shareholders accept.

ACCC calls Optus into the principals’ office

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SingTel Optus has been called to the principals office by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission again after alleged breaches of the Trade Practices Act for misinformation in its 'Think Bigger' and 'Supersonic' broadband plan promotional campaigns.

MyGuestList.com.au gets Carosa capital

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One of Australia's most prominent web 2.0 investment groups, Future Capital Development Fund (FC) has invested in MyGuestList.com.au, an online guest and client relationship management tool for the hospitality industry.

NBN Co kicks operations back into gear

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor victory yesterday opened the boom gate for the National Broadband Network Company to get back into full gear after it put a freeze on tender awards and restricted spending in the limbo that was the post-election period.

WHAT THEY SAID: The NBN reaction

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The major players in Australia's telecommunications and IT industries were out in force yesterday to comment on the news that Labor would win Government and its flagship National Broadband Network project would go ahead. Most welcomed the news, although several had already started to look forward to the next step of the debate and rollout.

God help Australia, says Linton on NBN

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The outspoken chief executive of internet service provider Exetel has issued a blunt reaction to the news that the National Broadband Network project is likely to go ahead: “God help us all”.

Abbott pledges sleepless NBN vigilance

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Tony Abbott has warned Julia Gillard's government-in-waiting that the Opposition will be "hyper-vigilant" in its monitoring of Labor's National Broadband Network project for screw-ups.

Gillard pauses to reflect on NBN victory

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard this afternoon invited Australians to reflect on the significance of Labor's National Broadband Network project going ahead, with its potential to deliver equivalent telecommunications pricing for the bush with metropolitan Australia.

Labor wins: NBN TO GO AHEAD

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The broadband policy which the Coalition has repeatedly described as a "white elephant" gained its freedom today with the long-awaited news that Labor will form government with the support of the Greens and three independent MPs.

Little difference on broadband policies, claims Katter

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Federal Independent MP Bob Katter today claimed that there was little difference between the broadband policies of the two major parties at a press conference this afternoon, where he announced his support for the Coalition.

Telstra ups customer service offerings

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Telstra today delivered a handful of fixes and updates to its BigPond broadband services to include faster shaped speeds, transferrable email addresses, free customer service calls and up to 15 free mailboxes.

NSW Housing loses CIO Leonas

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New South Wales Department of Housing this morning confirmed its long-standing chief information officer after Dr Vladas Leonas resigned from his position late August after holding the position for more than four years.

Video: OzTV iPhone app review

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In this video, MacTalk.com.au reviews OzTV, an Australian TV guide for the iPhone, which was released recently.

Video: Melbourne startup Eventarc

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In this video, Techfluff.tv talks to Melbourne-based startup Eventarc for The Next Web’s Melbourne Silicon Beach series on local technology startups.

Want to run Google Australia? Send in your resume

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Google has publicly advertised the job leading its Australian and New Zealand operations, following the imminent promotion of its current local chief Karim Temsamani...

Cisco wins Vic Education deal

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Networking giant Cisco has won a major contract with Victoria’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, which will see the public sector titan standardise on Cisco equipment throughout its operations.

Court extends ban on PS3 modchip sales

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Australia’s Federal Court has extended a ban on a handful of local retailers selling or importing hardware — commonly known as 'mod chips' — that allows unauthorised software to run on Sony’s PlayStation 3.

Independents firm with NBN favour

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Australia might still be waiting to find out which of the major parties will form Government following the election two weeks ago, but one thing appears clear: The three independents yet to make up their mind which side they will support are still giving off signs they view Labor's National Broadband Policy with enthusiasm.

Internode joins terabyte brigade

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Internode has become the latest internet service provider to launch an ADSL broadband plan featuring a terabyte of broadband quota.

Samsung Tab to reach Australia for Christmas

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The Android invasion on Australia is set to push on with a new wave of stormtroopers -- Samsung's Android 2.2 Froyo-operated tablet. The company this morning announced that its Galaxy Tab device is set to arrive in Australia in the last quarter of the year and rival Apple's iPad tablet.

iSOFT to chop 800 jobs

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Australian e-health giant iSOFT late yesterday revealed the full extent of the drastic action it will take in an attempt to halt its sliding financial fortunes, confirming plans to lay off 800 staff, constituting 17 percent of its total workforce, over the next financial year.

Huawei plans first Android phone for Australia

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Chinese manufacturer Huawei late yesterday said it was talking to carriers in Australia and New Zealand about local distribution of its new IDEOS mobile phone, which runs the latest version of Google's Android operating system.

Wilkie wins poker machine tech restraints

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Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie has won a commitment from Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Labor would enforce an overhaul of poker machine technology if Labor takes Government, involving what is called "pre-commitment technology" being applied to the gambling devices.

Sony eReaders to hit Australia this month

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After some time hinting it would do so, Japanese electronics giant Sony has finally committed to bringing several of its eReader line-up to Australia, partnering with giant retail chain Borders to do so.

NBN: How core is self-interest to the debate?

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One of the signatories to a national broadband proposal unveiled at the eleventh hour to rival Labor’s own long-running NBN project has accused vendors and telcos of stirring up hype for a fibre-optic cable future in line with a view to serving their own interests in generating massive contracts and gaining operating certainty.

Treasury costings scant on NBN details

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You might have expected that the Treasury's costings of the two major party's election policies -- released to the Independents and the media late yesterday -- would contain a fair amount of detail about how much each party's wildly differing broadband policy would cost.

New iPods to hit Australia next week

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Apple's new line-up of iPod music devices unveiled overnight in the US will hit Australia next week, the company announced this morning, although the nation will have to wait a little longer for the revamped Apple TV.

The Android five: Acer plays Australian hand

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It's the first day of Spring -- a fresh start -- and a new line up of Android-based mobile phones has been announced for the Australian market. Acer revealed today that an army of five new Android handsets -- the Liquid E, Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition, Stream and the beTouch E120 and E130 -- is headed our way this month.

vividwireless picks RightNow web CRM

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US-headquartered cloud software player RightNow Technologies has picked up a contract to provide fledgling wireless player vividwireless with its web-based customer relationship management software.

Pollenizer receives best job application ever

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Melbourne’s James Goldie sent this video to Australian startup consultancy Pollenizer to apply for a job as a project/product manager. It just might be the best job application ever.

PlayStation lawsuit first of many, says lawyer

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Sony's PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many gaming giant-initiated cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year.

Slattery + Rebel Alliance propose NBN 3.0

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A splinter group of rebel telecommunications players has broken with their Australian brethren's long-standing support for Labor's National Broadband Network policy, publishing its own, "NBN 3.0" model in an apparent attempt to influence the independent members of parliament who may help decide the next Federal Government.

iSOFT CEO silently falls on sword

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The long-time chief executive of troubled e-health giant iSOFT, Gary Cohen, has resigned without a statement and is refusing to take calls from the press, in the face of disastrous annual results over the past year that have seen revenues shrink.

Defence reviews system integration strategy

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The Department of Defence's peak technology strategy arm has started running the ruler over its cohort of technology suppliers as it considers establishing a new procurement panel for applications and systems integration services.

Adelaide backup startup seeks expansion funds

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Adelaide-based startup Memory Box Backup has revealed it is seeking to raise $1.5 million in capital to take its technology onto the world stage, and believes it has the potential to list on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Internode unveils fetchtv trial

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National broadband provider Internode will follow its larger rivals Telstra and iiNet into the brave new world of online entertainment, revealing plans tonight to kick off an internet television trial in late September.

Professionals first for doubled Next G speeds

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Telstra today unlocked significantly higher speeds on its Next G mobile broadband network. But consumers will have to wait a little longer to take advantage … with business and government customers first in line.

Nationals blast Labor’s NBN project

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Nationals leader Warren Truss has blasted Labor's National Broadband Network project as increasing signs continue to build that the clutch of independent MPs who will decide the next Federal Government are highly concerned about telecommunications and broadband as an issue.

Ageing Australia doesn’t want 1Gbps: Linton

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The fiery chief executive of internet service provider Exetel has opened fire on the National Broadband Network's support for 1Gbps speeds, saying those excited by the higher speeds are "unthinking and just plain stupid", with wireless broadband waiting in the wings.

Tony King helps Bartlett grow the Apple isle

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Tasmanian premier and former IT industry staffer David Bartlett has hosted a roundtable involving the reclusive chief executive of Apple Australia, Tony King.

Our first Delimiter sponsor

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VHA more than doubles mobile data caps

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The latest shot in Australia's mobile price war has been fired -- and it's not a good one for Telstra and Optus.

Video: Telstra tests ‘Ultimate’ Next G modem

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In this video, Telstra wireless engineer, Jared King, speed tests the telco's Ultimate USB modem around Melbourne. The modem isn't on sale yet, but when it is released it should provide a significant speed boost through its use of dual-carrier technology.

Federal Court halts PS3 modchip sales

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Australia's Federal Court has slapped a temporary ban on a handful of local retailers selling or importing hardware -- commonly known as "mod chips" -- that allows unauthorised software to run on Sony's PlayStation 3.

Computershare’s infrastructure turns Azure

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Australian investor services giant Computershare this week revealed that it had rebuilt its most highly trafficked sites on Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform, sending...

Parallels opens Australian office

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Virtualisation specialist Parallels -- best known for its software which lets Mac users run Windows applications on their Apple desktop -- has opened an office in Australia, on the back of strong local interest in its products.

Brisbane Girls Grammar orders Windows 7 & the lot

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Brisbane Girls Grammar School (BGGS) was the first private Australian education body to undertake a roll-out of Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint across a whole organisation. The IT team recently upgraded 1, 150 desktop PCs, laptops with Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Exchange 2010.

Coca-Cola Amatil’s journey: Lotus Notes to BPOS

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Beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is halfway through the massive task of migrating its over 8,000 employees off Lotus Notes and onto Microsoft's hosted Business Productivity Online Suite, the company revealed in a presentation at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference on the Gold Coast this week.

Tech.Ed 2010 in pictures

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Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference kicked off this week on the Gold Coast with a bang. This photo gallery gives you a hint of what the 2,700 attendees are experiencing -- it's a big week!

Bartlett launches Tasmanian digital economy strategy

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Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett (pictured above, second from the left) yesterday released a new innovation strategy for the state, including a segment on how the state government can invest to promote Tasmania’s digital economy.

Gillard promises independents Quigley briefing

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has invited the group of three returning independent MPs to meet directly with NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley, as the trio continue to push for more information about Labor's National Broadband Network policy.

Telstra launches HD movies on demand

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The nation’s biggest telco has thrown a spanner in the works for rivals hoping to compete with its BigPond Movies video on demand service, announcing today it had switched on high definition downloads on some platforms for some content.

Surprised MS apologises for Meter Maids’ bikinis

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Microsoft has apologised to any attendees at its Tech.Ed conference on the Gold Coast who were scandalised by its use of Meter Maid girls...

Virtualised desktops gain Aussie traction

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Virtualisation giant VMWare has put together a specialist crack team to tackle the opportunity of converting legacy “fat client” PC desktops in Australian organisations to slimline virtualised environments, as more virtual desktop rollouts continue to emerge around the country.

Telstra teases Windows Phone 7 release

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Telstra and Microsoft gave journalists tantalising glimpses this week of how and when the software giant's upcoming range of Windows Phone 7 handsets might...

Terabyte war: Internode in plan changes

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Just weeks after Internode revamped its broadband plans, managing director Simon Hackett has revealed the national broadband provider is again considering its options, as Australia's ISP industry continues to be shaken up by massive download quota increases.

Is IBM’s Flight Deck union debacle over?

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IBM today said it had concluded long-running talks with the Australian Services Union that saw the pair front up earlier this year before workplace...

Tech.Ed 2010 kicks off in Queensland

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TechAU.tv has posted the following video of the opening keynote at Microsoft's Tech.Ed 2010 conference on the Gold Coast this week. Let the games begin!

Seek CIO wins 168k pay rise in strong year

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The chief information officer of SEEK has picked up a $168,000 more over the past year than he did before, as the online employment giant's revenues and profits soared over the past year.

NBN Co freezes spending, hiring

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The National Broadband Network Company has put the freeze on some of its spending and will not hire any new staff until parliament has resolved its current deadlock over a new Federal Government.

Data#3 claims “best ever” financial result

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Diversified IT products and services outfit Data#3 this morning claimed to have experienced its "best ever" financial result over the past year, with both revenues and profits increasing. However the good news hasn't resulted in extra bonuses for its top executive -- although others picked up bonuses.

Fed Govt issues ISP tender

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The Federal Government has issued a tender for internet-based network connection services, in a whole of government procurement effort that will add to a similar effort earlier this year for internet services.

Govt chaos: Has NBN Co stopped the rollout?

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The National Broadband Network Company would not confirm this morning whether it would continue to roll out optic fibre around the nation while Australia’s Parliament attempts to resolve whether the Coalition or Labor would form Government.

Ray White IT manager in Ingenero shift

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Real estate giant Ray White has lost its IT manager Steve Berg to growing solar power company Ingenero.

iiNet launches terabyte NBN plans

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Just 70 customers might have signed up to the National Broadband Network in Tasmania so far in total, but iiNet today revealed it would provide them with a terabyte data quota and full 100Mbps speeds on all plans to truly get the benefit out of the fledgling fibre service.

Krome puts staff on notice

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Local video game studio Krome this morning confirmed staff at its Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane studios have been issued a notice, with the fate of studios and staff to be decided at the conclusion.

Now TPG offers Terabyte broadband plan

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TPG has become the latest internet service provider to launch a broadband plan featuring a total of a terabyte of monthly quota, following launches by iiNet and Primus this week.

Google Australia chief promoted to Mountain View

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Two and a half years after he left Fairfax Media to lead Google down under, the search giant's Australian chief Karim Temsamani has been promoted to be Google's head of Global Mobile Sales in its Mountain View headquarters in the US.

Australia gets its own Y Combinator-type fund

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A close-knit group of Australia's technology startup elite has formed a new seed fund that will offer small investment rounds and up-close mentoring to local technology startups, in a similar model to famed US incubator Y Combinator.

Video: Quigley talks the election + Coalition

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With the fate of his company hanging in the balance depending on who wins the Federal Election this Saturday, NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley took a range of questions from the media yesterday after a landmark speech slamming the Coalition's broadband policy.

Primus one-ups iiNet with 1.1 terabyte plans

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Just hours after iiNet claimed to make history with Australia’s first terabyte broadband plans, rival Primus has launched a new 1.1 terabyte offering – upping iiNet’s new deal by 111GB per month.

SMS in due diligence on two acquisitions

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Australian IT services company SMS Managament & Technology today said it was in due diligence with two potential acquisition targets as it looked to continue to bolt on other companies to its already growing base.

Quigley openly slams Coalition’s broadband policy

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NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley has delivered a stinging attack on the Coalition's broadband policy, publicly backing Labor's rival National Broadband Network project just days before the Federal Election due on Saturday.

iiNet launches terabyte broadband plans

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National broadband provider iiNet today unveiled an extensive revamp of its broadband plans, including what it claimed was Australia's first plan with a terabyte of included download quota.

Sony and Yahoo!7 add soap to PS3

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The IPTV market in Australia has increased yet again with Sony Computer Entertainment Australia and Yahoo!7 partnership to provide PS3 console users with further television content via Yahoo!7s PLUS7 catch up TV service starting at the end of this month.

ASG inks $80m WA shared services renewal

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Perth-based IT services group ASG today said it had inked a 5-year shared services contract renewal with the Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance, although it is unclear how the deal relates to a previous ten-year arrangement inked in 2006.

Brumby creates pro-NBN Facebook group

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Victorian Premier and Labor stalwart John Brumby yesterday issued a statement noting he had created a new Facebook group where Victorians concerned about the Coalition’s broadband policy could make their feelings known.

E-Health records become a reality for three sites

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The Federal Government's $466.7 million e-health records scheme will shortly start to surface in patients lives in the real world, with Health Minister Nicola Roxon this morning announcing three trial general practitioner networks that will start to implement the technology.

Gillard launches Townsville as NBN debate intensifies

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard today intensified Labor's election focus on the National Broadband Network through a trip to examine the start of construction of the network in Townsville, as the Coalition continues to face questions from the community about its own broadband vision.

Four ISPs left — and Internode’s the point five, says Malone

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There are only "four and a half" meaningful players left in Australia's internet service provider market, iiNet supremo Michael Malone said today -- with companies like Primus, Eftel and others just not relevant any more in terms of providing competition.

Greens unveil rival cyber-safety policy

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The Australian Greens has released its own cyber-safety policy to rival that of the two major parties, with the central planks being an obligation for ISPs to offer PC- or modem-based filtering technology to customers, stronger cybercrime law enforcement and better research and education in the field.

Customers, ISPs praise NBN Tasmania launch

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Some of the first customers and ISPs to use the fledging National Broadband Network fibre rollout in Tasmania have praised the network in promotional videos distributed last week by NBN Co as part of the infrastructure's official launch.

NBN Tasmania launch: Photo gallery

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Last Thursday morning, the National Broadband Network was officially launched in Tasmania by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett.

Coalition promises $120m IT schools fund

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The Coalition has pledged to allocate $120 million towards a fund that would allocate grants to technology for schools around Australia, replacing Labor's computer for schools project.

Panasonic accidentally misled customers with Wii promotion

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The Federal Court has found that consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic misled customers in a 2008 promotion in which it had offered a free Nintendo Wii console for customers who purchased one of a certain range of televisions.

1Gbps demand years away, says Thodey

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Telstra chief executive David Thodey said today demand in the average home for the 1Gbps speeds now planned under Labor’s National Broadband Network policy was “a good few years away”, although he welcomed NBN Co’s commitment to providing the upgraded speeds.

Optus hints at Android-based tablets

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Optus hinted today that it may launch tablet in the Australian market based on Google Android, as the popularity of the mobile operating system continues to take the SingTel subsidiary by storm.

Quigley denies giving Labor free 1Gbps kick

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NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley this afternoon denied his revelation today of National Broadband Network speeds up to 1Gbps had anything to do with supporting Labor’s election chances, in the face of a Coalition policy that would see his fledgling broadband company shut down.

Conroy promises 1Gbps NBN speeds

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy confirmed today that the National Broadband Network NBN would reach speeds of up 1Gbps, ten times faster than the originally announced speeds of up to 100Mbps.

Telstra continues financial stagnation

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The nation’s biggest telco Telstra today unveiled another lackluster financial result, with its overall sales revenue declining by 2.2 percent over the past year and net profit after tax also slumping 4.7 percent.

Abbott pledges R18+ gaming review

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott tonight said he would be happy to examine the issue of an R18+ classification rating for video games if the Coalition won the upcoming Federal Election, although he admitted he did not know there had been a debate on the issue.

NBN Co rejects Coalition’s ‘talentless’ cheap shot

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Senior NBN Co executive Kevin Brown (pictured) has used an internal company-wide email to reject the Coalition's slur that it will be unable to find high-quality staff and is a “stodgy government bureaucracy”.

CommBank IT spend blows out past $1 billion

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's technology spend rose 12 percent over the past financial year to shoot past the $1 billion mark, with spending in almost all technology areas increasing and the bank as yet providing no explanation of the rise.

Stallman slams filter as ‘human rights attack’

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Labor's controversial mandatory internet filter project is an attack on human rights, and Australians should beware of the project and other tyrannical government policies, free software luminary Richard Stallman has said in an interview ahead of a visit to Australia in October.

Internode revamps broadband plans

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Following BigPond's lead, national broadband provider Internode has trimmed some fat off its ADSL broadband plans, aligning its plans delivered through Optus' network with those delivered through its own.

Coalition policy “lacks vision”, says telco sector

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Various prominent sections of Australia's telecommunications industry have declared the Coalition's broadband election policy revealed yesterday underwhelming and without vision.

“I’m no Bill Gates,” says Tony Abbott

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott last night declared he was “no Bill Gates” in a lengthy interview on the ABC's 7:30 Report in which he appeared to display a lack of understanding of the Coalition's new broadband policy unveiled yesterday morning and repeatedly explained he was “no tech-head”.

Abbott is a Luddite, says Conroy

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy this afternoon opened fire on Tony Abbott, labelling him a "luddite" for not having appearing to have anything to do with his party's technology policies, on a day in which the Canberra press gallery also criticised the Opposition Leader on the issue.

Coalition policy “a blast from the past”, says Conroy

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Both the Labor and Greens parties this afternoon opened fire on the Coalition's rival broadband policy revealed this morning, in an ICT sector election debate that at times saw Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his shadow Tony Smith at each others' throats.

NSW publishes shared services blueprint

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The New South Wales State Government has published a complex blueprint that will inform its future shared services strategy -- including the provision of ICT services.

Coalition unveils rival $6bn broadband policy

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The Coalition this afternoon unveiled its rival, $6 billion broadband policy to Labor's National Broadband Network project, with the central planks being a competitive backhaul network, regional and metropolitan wireless networks and an ADSL enrichment program that will target telephone exchanges without ADSL2+ broadband.

NSW State Library seeks CIO

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The State Library of New South Wales has advertised for a chief information officer role that will see an executive take charge of the institution's digital infrastructure.

VHA cuts prepaid mobile broadband prices

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Mobile telco VHA today cut the price of its prepaid mobile broadband starter pack from $79 to $49, including 1GB of data.

Filter will be “exorcised” if it returns, says Turnbull

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Liberal MPs Malcolm Turnbull and Paul Fletcher flayed Labor’s mandatory internet filter project at an anti-filter forum held by the former Opposition Leader on Saturday in Sydney, where not a single voice was raised in praise of the controversial policy and Turnbull claimed the idea was now in the past.

Australia doesn’t want 100Mbps internet, says Turnbull

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High-profile Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull has slammed Labor’s National Broadband Network Policy in an impassioned speech, describing it as “a gigantic torching of taxpayers’ money” and claiming most of Australia doesn’t want 100Mbps fibre internet.

Filter an example of Rudd’s Whitlamesque stupidity, says Linton

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Reactions to Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey's startling revelation last night that the Coalition would vote against Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy -- likely dooming it to fail -- continued to roll in this morning, including one from outspoken filter opponent and Exetel chief John Linton.

Christian lobby slams “incomprehensible” filter block

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The Australian Christian Lobby has slammed as "incomprehensible" a revelation by Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey late yesterday that the Coalition would vote against Labor's controversial mandatory internet filtering project if associated legislation made it into parliament.

Qantas tech chief becomes Jetstar CEO

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The executive who has described himself as Qantas' "quasi-chief information officer" has been promoted out of his role to head up the Australia and New Zealand operations of the airline's JetStar subsidiary.

‘Please explain’, Conroy tells Hockey on filter

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The office of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy tonight challenged Shadow Treasurer to explain the Coalition's opposition revealed this afternoon to Labor's controversial internet filter policy.

IT’S DEAD: Opposition to block Labor’s filter

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Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey tonight revealed the Coalition would block Labor's mandatory internet filtering policy in parliament, in a move that will signal...

Video: Five ways to defeat the filter

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Digital rights lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia has published this video consisting of five easy ways to defeat the Labor Federal Government's mandatory internet filtering scheme. The technology has not yet been implemented, but has already been trialled.

Mana Bar expands to Sydney, Melbourne

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"After only four months of being open, I can confirm that we will be expanding and opening up Mana Bars in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as internationally," said owner Guy 'Yug' Blomberg today.

Gillard Govt dips into Gershon honey pot

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A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will put its hand into the $1 billion dollar Gershon-funded honey pot -- a fund reserved for government Information and Communications Technology (ICT) projects -- to fund other election promises.

Turnbull to hold anti-filter forum

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Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull has revealed plans to host a forum against Labor's mandatory internet filter policy this Saturday in his electorate, dragging in an old colleague -- former OzEmail and Telstra chief Justin Milne -- to help with proceedings.

iPhone 4 party was worth it, says VHA chief

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VHA chief executive Nigel Dews today reported a clean slate for iPhone 4 customer service complaints to date on the company's Vodafone and 3 brands, and said the company's glamorous launch party at the Ivy bar in Sydney was well worth it.

Optus revamps mobile broadband plans

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SingTel subsidiary Optus today released a range of revamped mobile broadband plans, promising better value during peak times as well as off-peak data allowances.

BlackBerry Torch to hit all Australian telcos

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BlackBerry maker Research in Motion this morning revealed its new Torch 9800 handset and BlackBerry 6 operating system — unveiled overnight in the US — would be available on all of Australia’s major mobile telcos.

Carosa’s baby funds CheapHotels’ future

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Domenic Carosa's Future Capital Development Fund last week revealed it had made a Round A investment in online hotel booking website CheapHotels.com.au. Future is Australia's...

Optus quadruples HFC cable speeds with DOCSIS 3

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Optus has completed a substantial upgrade of its HFC cable network in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney that will allow residents in supported areas access to speeds up ranging up to around 80Mbps or more, using the improved DOCSIS 3 standard.

Fuji Xerox buys Upstream Print Solutions

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Japanese printing giant Fuji Xerox has bought out Australian managed printing services company Upstream Print Solutions for an undisclosed sum.

Sydney iPhone 4 launch: Photos by Optus

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In these photos, Optus takes us on a tour through its iPhone 4 launch in Sydney last night — including a special performance by former Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland.

iiNet on the AAPT buyout: Audio Q&A

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This afternoon iiNet chief financial officer David Buckingham took questions from the media on the telco's $60 million acquisition of the retail customers of Telecom New Zealand subsidiary AAPT. You can listen to the conversation in this audio file of the teleconference.

iiNet buys AAPT’s consumer division for $60m

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National broadband provider today confirmed – after a week filled with speculation that it would do so – that it would buy the retail customers of Telecom New Zealand subsidiary AAPT, in a move that also resolves long-standing questions about AAPT's shareholding in iiNet.

Sydney iPhone 4 launch: Photos by Delimiter

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In this last photo gallery of the Sydney iPhone 4 launch last night, Delimiter journalist Jenna Pitcher goes behind the scenes at Telstra to meet the crew from Masterchef -- and witnesses the cutting of a giant iPhone-shaped cake. Jenna also checks out the (lengthy) queue outside Optus' store down the street.

Sydney iPhone 4 launch: Photos by Vodafone

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In these photos, Vodafone take us on a tour through its iPhone 4 launch in Sydney last night -- including its party for customers at the famous Ivy bar in the Sydney central business district.

Sydney iPhone 4 launch: Photos by Mark Matthews

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Sydney's central business district exploded with Australians trying to buy an iPhone last night. Some of the most spectacular photos we've seen came from professional photographer Mark Matthews.

Video: Vodafone iPhone 4 Sydney launch

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In this video, Vodafone takes us on a tour through its iPhone 4 launch in Sydney last night -- including its party for customers at the famous Ivy bar in the Sydney central business district. There are Vodafone dancing girls, bands and customers get massages and drinks from Vodafone staff!

Video: Telstra talks iPhone 4 launch

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In this video filmed before the launch of the iPhone 4 in Sydney last night, Telstra's group manager of corporate affairs Peter Taylor discusses what the handset means to Telstra, and what the big T has in store for customers at its midnight launch last night.

Victorian hospitals get 500 iPads

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The Victorian State Government has unveiled a program where 500 iPads will be delivered to a number of hospitals in the state, as the Brumby Labor government continues to show a great deal of interest in the Apple platform.

Telecom NZ sells Macquarie stake

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Former Kiwi monopolist Telecom New Zealand has sold its minority stake in Australian telco Macquarie Telecom to an un-named party at a price of AU$9.9 million.

ninemsn searches for CTO idol

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ninemsn -- the online joint venture with media and entertainment group PBL Media and Microsoft partnership -- has advertised for a chief technology officer position on specialist emerging technology and media recruitment firm MitchelLake’s website.

Video: Optus customers queue for iPhone 4

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With only scant hours to go before the launch of the iPhone 4 in Australia, we spoke with the gentlemen first in line outside Optus' flagship store in the Sydney CBD.

Conroy promises “more of the same” ICT policy

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy did not outline any new significant election policies in the technology field during a speech to the cream of Australia’s technology sector in Melbourne today – promising instead “more of the same”.

Telstra boosts iPhone, Desire + N97 mini data caps

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In just eleven hours' time, Apple's hyped iPhone 4 handset will launch in Australia. But Telstra hasn't yet finished tweaking its launch plans for the device and other smartphones.

Virgin Mobile releases iPhone 4 plans

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Scant hours before Apple's latest hyped handset is slated to go on sale at midnight tonight in Australia, Optus subsidiary Virgin Mobile has released its pricing for the device.

First in line for a Telstra iPhone: Photo

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According to Telstra, the first person in line for an iPhone 4 in the queue outside its flagship Sydney T-Life store in George St is Sam Dunster. Dunster has apparently been in the Telstra line since 2AM Thursday morning, and is from regional NSW -- Minnamurra (near Kiama).

Details: iPhone 4 launch parties around Sydney

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On the eve on the Apple iPhone4 launch in Australia, we round up all the events planned for midnight tonight around Sydney by the big three telco providers -- with events ranging from the left field to the glamourous.

iiNet halts share trading as AAPT rumours swirl

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Speculation about a deal that could see national broadband provider iiNet pick up a chunk of embattled Telecom New Zealand subsidiary AAPT is likely to rapidly intensify this morning with the news iiNet has halted trading of its shares.

Conroy backs NBN opt-out model

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy appears to have backed a so-called 'opt-out' model for the National Broadband Network where Australians would be required to choose not to have fibre internet connected to their premises -- as opposed to the current model where they must opt-in.

Fiserv to rejuvenate Westpac’s online banking

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Top-tier Australian bank Westpac has chosen Fiserv’s online individual, business banking and corporate services for it’s online transformation program, where the bank aims to update the online services currently available to its customers.

Optus CIO quits as telco abolishes role

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An extensive restructure of Optus' technology divisions has seen its chief information officer Lawrie Turner resign from the business.

Australia’s Aconex wins huge Panama Canal deal

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Australian company Aconex this week announced a deal that has the potential to put it squarely on the global stage in its role as a provider of software as a service-based project collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering sectors.

Pacnet joins NZ Pacific Fibre consortium

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Asian telco Pacnet has joined the Pacific Fibre consortium which is aiming to build an undersea fibre telecommunications cable between Australia, New Zealand the Unites States.

$18.5m slug: Telstra fined for exchange caps

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The Federal Court today hit Telstra with a $18.55 million fine for denying rivals access to its telecommunications exchanges in the period between 2006 to 2008.

Apple reveals Aussie pricing for new Macs

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Apple this morning released Australian pricing on its refreshed iMac and Mac Pro lines, as well as a new multi-touch trackpad peripheral. However, it has not yet released Australian pricing for its new 27" LED display, saying only that "international" pricing would be available in September.

VHA releases iPhone 4 pricing

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Mobile telco VHA released its local iPhone 4 pricing this afternoon for its Vodafone and 3 brands, at the end of a day which has been packed full of announcements about how and at what price Apple's latest handset will launch in Australia late on Thursday night.

StarCraft II trivia + first Aussie sales: Video

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The official launch was in Brisbane, but last night many keen video game fans rocked up at EBGames' George St store in Sydney at midnight to pick up a copy of Blizzard Entertainment's latest flagship game StarCraft II.

Tech23 finalists revealed

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On 19 August, 23 young and innovative Australian companies will have the chance to present their products and services to a Sydney audience composed...

Telstra, Optus, Apple release Aussie iPhone 4 pricing

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Telstra, Optus and Apple itself this morning released their respective local pricing details for the iPhone 4, with the big T also confirming it would open its stores around Australia at midnight on Thursday night to give full access to customers keen to pick up the hyped Apple handset as soon as humanly possible.

auDA re-inserts cork in Bolton’s Bottle

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Australia's domain name regulator has once again terminated the Australian accreditation of domain name registrar Bottle Domains – which is owned by flambuoyant entrepreneur Nicholas Bolton.

Lotus Notes dumped in AMP cloud email move

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Financial services giant AMP this afternoon revealed that it would ditch its Lotus Notes/Domino installation as part of a shift to Microsoft's Outlook/Exchange platform hosted by CSC Australia.

BigPond price cuts anger Internode, iiNet

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National broadband providers Internode and iiNet have cried foul with regards to a massive price cut unveiled yesterday by Telstra's BigPond internet service provider...

Ballarat’s BitTorrent study “horribly wrong” says TorrentFreak

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Global BitTorrent news source TorrentFreak has ridiculed the veracity of a study on the legality of BitTorrent usage published by the University of Ballarat last week, labelling some of its claims “horribly wrong” and that “mistake after mistake” was made during its preparation.

Govt to extend NBN’s fibre reach to 93 percent

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The Federal Government will extend its planned fibre rollout under the National Broadband Network from an initial 90 percent of Australian premises to 93 percent – covering an additional 1.6 million extra premises.

Optus confirms midnight iPhone 4 launch

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Optus this morning confirmed plans to launch Apple's latest iPhone 4 handset at midnight launches around the country on Thursday night, despite Apple itself publicising plans to open its stores from 8AM Friday morning.

No Australian midnight launch for iPhone 4?

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Apple appears to have quashed speculation that its new iPhone 4 handset might be launched at midnight on Thursday night in Australia, with its local web site stating its own retail stores will start selling the hyped device at 8AM Friday morning instead.

AMP moves Exchange, SharePoint into CSC’s cloud

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CSC's heavy push into cloud computing services earlier this year has already paid off, with financial services group AMP this morning revealing it had selected the IT services giant to host its Microsoft-based email and collaboration needs.

BigPond massively cuts broadband plan costs

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Telstra's BigPond internet service provider arm has dramatically cut prices on a range of its broadband plans, including a massive chop on its 200GB Elite plan which will see monthly prices drop from $179.95 to $89.95.

$6,500 StarCraft II tournament hits Australia

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It's been more than 12 years since Blizzard Entertainment launched the first game in its extremely popular StarCraft franchise. Version 2 will hit Australia at midnight on Monday night -- and the nation's gamers are ready.

Bligh’s technology speech ‘bland and disappointing’

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One of the state's main technology industry associations has labelled a speech by Premier Anna Bligh in front of the cream of Queensland's technology sector as being "bland" and "an opportunity squandered".

BSAA, Microsoft want Aussie software piracy cops

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The Business Software Alliance Australia -- a group which represents software companies on intellectual property issues -- has called for Australian governments to create specialised cyber cops who would track down software pirates and bring them to justice.

Blizzard unlocks US StarCraft II servers for Australians

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Video game giant Blizzard Entertainment has reversed an unpopular decision to block Australians from being able to play its upcoming StarCraft II game on American servers.

Greens slam “extraordinary” OzLog secrecy

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Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam has described as "extraordinary" a decision by the Federal Attorney-General's Department to black out the majority of its response to a freedom of information request filed by the Sydney Morning Herald on its controversial data retention proposal, known as 'OzLog'.

Ballarat Uni claims 89% of BitTorrent is illegal

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The University of Ballarat has published a research paper claiming 89 percent of BitTorrent files it studied during a certain period were confirmed to infringe copyright, a result immediately hailed by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft as a victory in its war against file sharing.

Finance issues $57m whole of govt MFD tender

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The Federal Department of Finance and Deregulation has gone to market for multi-function devices such as printers and faxes, in a purchasing initiative which will cover the majority of the Federal public sector.

NBN Co nicks Westpac IT sourcing guru

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The National Broadband Network Company has scored another hiring coup, nicking senior talent from Westpac to bulk out its skills in dealing with technology vendors.

Which Victorian schools will get iPads?

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Education Minister Bronwyn Pike this morning revealed the full list of seven Victorian Government schools -- five colleges and two primary schools -- and one children's hospital that will participate in the state's iPads in education trial.

Abbott’s cuts are reckless, says Conroy

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has described Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as "reckless" and election promises to save millions by dropping a training fund for Telstra employees and other sections of NBN Co's deal with Telstra as "senseless cuts".

APRA dumps ColdFusion for Sharepoint 2010

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One of Australia's chief financial regulators has revealed it is engaged in a substantial migration off Adobe's ColdFusion platform and onto Microsoft's latest SharePoint 2010 offering, in a move that will affect both its external and internal web systems.

Video: Behind the Aussie Battle.net server news

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In this video, we go behind the past several days of news to explain how and why we've has been covering the issue of whether video game manufacturer Blizzard Entertainment will stop region-locking on its upcoming StarCraft II game and whether it will set up an Australian Battle.net server.

Telstra cutting dead management wood

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Telstra this afternoon confirmed it was conducting a review of its management structure that could reportedly see up to 330 senior staff lose their jobs -- many of whom are believed to be on six figure salaries.

Australia, Japan reach broadband accord

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Australia and Japan appear to have signed a bilateral agreement relating to broadband, with NBN chief executive Mike Quigley and other government officials having met with Japanese Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi this week, according to reports.

Video: SEO expert analyses Delimiter syndication

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When an article is published on Delimiter, it often spreads out quickly across the web as other publications -- which licence our content -- pick up the article as well. In this video a SEO expert analyses the phenomenon.

EB Games was wrong: No Aussie Battle.net server

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Blizzard have dug their heels in yet again - an Australian spokesperson has declined to comment on the speculation of Australian servers for the Battle.net online gaming platform and instead re-released a statement from April this year of the intention of region locking Australians to South-East Asian servers.

Kogan launches $189 eBook reader

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Taking a page out of Apple supremo Steve Jobs' book, Melbourne-based Kogan Technologies this morning launched what it dubbed as a "magical and revolutionary" eBook reader with a 6" e-ink screen.

Blizzard to launch Aussie Battle.net server?

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After many years of waiting and praying, parched Australian fans of video game giant Blizzard Entertainment might finally be about to taste a drop of video game heaven, with speculation intensifying tonight that the maker of the World of WarCraft, Diablo and StarCraft franchises might finally launch a local server for its Battle.net online gaming platform.

Who will host an iPhone 4 launch party?

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Despite a report to the contrary, none of Australia's major telcos will confirm whether they are planning to host a midnight launch party when Apple's new iPhone 4 goes on sale in Australia on Friday 30 July.

eWAY looks for IT manager

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Canberra-based online payments business eWAY is looking to hire an IT manager to assist its chief information officer with a range of IT support tasks.

Aussie author society backs 35% eBook royalties

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The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has published an extensive analysis of how the onset of electronic books changes the publisher contractual landscape, including a recommendation that Australian authors attempt a return of 35 percent of royalties from eBooks – much higher than traditional paper books.

Lockheed Martin wins ATO desktop deal

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The Australian Taxation Office has awarded Lockheed Martin – a US technology giant more known for its strengths in the construction of fighter jets and missiles than in enterprise IT services – preferred tenderer status for a contract estimated at $60 million a year for the provision of desktop PC and other end-user computing services.

Ericsson wins VHA backhaul deal

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Ericsson has won a contract worth an undisclosed amount to build a nationwide transmission network for mobile telco VHA, involving the construction of thousands of upgraded microwave radio and optic fibre links around the country.

Pirate Party can’t contest Federal election

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The Australian wing of the libertarian digital rights group the Pirate Party has had to abandon its stated aim of contesting the imminent Federal Election due to election regulations.

Open Govt declaration attracts filter dissent

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The Federal Government's use of its fledgling blog to publish its declaration of open government last week has stimulated a vigorous debate about the initiative -- with some commenters offering their congratulations, and others condemnation over what they see as the contrasting mandatory internet filtering initiative.

iPhone 4 to hit Australia July 30

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Apple’s flagship iPhone 4 handset will be launched in Australia on Friday July 30, the company’s chief executive Steve Jobs revealed in a press conference in the US earlier in the weekend.

How many staff have already left NBN Co?

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As the sun rises, so must it also set. Just as promotions inside the ranks of the National Broadband Network Company have taken place speedily over the past year since it was formed, so have departures.

Optus demos Nokia Siemens Networks LTE

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Optus and Nokia Siemens Networks successfully demonstrated Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile technology at a Thai restaurant in Gordon today, but did not make clear exactly when the upgrade to its 3G network would take place.

Optus: We’re fixing our 3G network

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The nation's number two telco Optus today defended the performance of its 3G mobile network and said it was working to improve customers' experience on it.

Atlassian takes $60m venture capital round

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Fast-growing Australian software company Atlassian this morning revealed it had taken a US$60 million minority investment from US-based venture capital firm Accel Partners, with a long-term view to a public listing in the US.

DiData/NetApp to deliver CenITex cloud storage

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Dimension Data and storage vendor NetApp have won a deal to provide storage, backup and recovery services to Victorian IT shared services agency CenITex, in what is being described as a private cloud computing deal.

Richard Stallman to hit Australia

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Controverisal free and open source software luminary Richard Stallman will hit Australia for an unknown period of time in October, with a keynote scheduled to be held at the University of New South Wales.

Telstra spied on union calls, claims CEPU

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One of Telstra's main unions has accused the telco of listening in on its conference calls with unionised staff in an attempt to pick up intelligence on its industrial action and bargaining plans.

Trujillo speechwriter joins NBN Co

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A speechwriter for Telstra's controversial American former chief executive Sol Trujillo has joined the company charged with building and operating the National Broadband Network.

AAPT completes Gmail journey

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Australian telco AAPT today switched the remainder of its 1200 staff off Microsoft's Exchange collaboration platform and onto Google's rival Gmail offering after running a trial of 250 staff on Gmail for the past two months.

Telstra to launch HTC Wildfire in August

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Telstra and HTC this afternoon revealed that the telco had won an exclusive deal to launch HTC's Android-based Wildfire handset in Australia in August -- but details remain scant as to pricing and availability.

Inside the NBN Co promotion track

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NBN Co might have only been properly operating for less than a year -- with chief executive Mike Quigley stepping on board as its first employee in late July 2009 -- but a handful of promotions have already rippled through its ranks.

No iPads for you, SA Health CEO tells staff

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The chief executive of South Australia's health department issued a sternly worded letter to all staff in late May warning them off corporate purchases of Apple's flagship iPad device until the department's IT team could properly assess the device.

Qld Premier progresses Corptech review

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Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today released the terms of reference for the wide-ranging review planned of state government IT shared services agency Corptech, as unionised nurses in the state intensify pressure on the Government over its disastrous health payroll systems upgrade.

Defence picks Global Switch datacentre

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The Department of Defence yesterday revealed it had inked a new ten-year lease agreement with datacentre specialist Global Switch that will kick off its wide-ranging datacentre consolidation project.

Video: Full Conroy press Q+A on Thurs 8 July

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At this press conference on 8 July 2010, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy discusses the National Broadband Network, the internet filter, the "campaign" to create a separate IT portfolio and why the Government doesn't trust internet companies. NBN Co chief Mike Quigley also takes quite a few questions from the press about the next rollout sites planned for the NBN. The event was held at NBN Co's headquarters in North Sydney.