Optus suffers Q1 earnings slide
Optus has suffered a slide in earnings and revenue during the first quarter of its financial year.
View ArticleNo cubicle blues for IT gurus: survey
You might think decades of "never mind, I've just realised it wasn't plugged in" might have turned the average IT worker off his fellow office inmates.
View ArticleQueensland government justifies 400 IT sackings
The Queensland government has justified axing almost 400 information technology workers by announcing the move will save taxpayers $40,000 an hour.
View ArticleFirms face a 'big bang' of disruption
Australian companies face a race against the clock to deal with the significant impact of digital technology on their businesses.
View ArticleScott Technology to buy conveyor systems
Dunedin-based industrial automation firm Scott Technology has taken a stake in a Western Australian developer of a patented conveyor belt technology of use in the mining, bulk handling and automated...
View ArticleIndia to train experts as cyber-warriors
India aims to tackle a rise in cyberattacks by training up to 500,000 computer specialists over the next five years, officials said on Tuesday.
View ArticleGoogle slammed by disappointing earnings
Google has reported a 20 per cent drop in third-quarter profits, announcing disappointing results that sent the internet giant's stock price tumbling.
View ArticleEssential users guide to Windows 8
With the launch of Windows 8, people are about to discover a computing experience unlike anything they've seen before.
View ArticleTelstra chases 'holy grail' in mobile data
Telstra chief executive David Thodey has said strategic decisions the company makes in the next two years will determine its future in a dramatically changed telecommunications market.
View ArticleGovernment gives up plan for Internet filter
Labor has abandoned its controversial plan to introduce an internet filter, but is banning all websites related to child abuse.
View ArticleTelstra works to fix Vic phones after fire
Thousands of Telstra customers in Victoria's southwest can expect to get mobile phone reception back in the next 24 hours after a fire damaged a local telephone exchange, but it will be few days before...
View ArticleAdelaide to introduce free wi-fi in city
Adelaide is set to become Australia's first capital to offer free wi-fi outdoors in the city centre.
View ArticleRadio telescope already matches best data
Preliminary data from the $51 million Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope in Western Australia's outback is already on a par with the best results ever achieved, Special Minister of State...
View ArticleApple request to ban Samsung phones denied
A federal judge has rejected Apple's demands that its chief rival in the global smartphone market cease selling models a jury found illegally used Apple technology.
View ArticleSA ambulances get mobile communications
Every ambulance in South Australia will soon have access to high-speed communications on the move.
View ArticleNew Lego robots can talk to iPhones
Lego will become compatible with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit.
View ArticleVic's police chief to meet Facebook rep
Victoria's top policeman will meet with Facebook over concerns the site's users incite hatred and undermine the criminal justice system.
View ArticleDon't rely only on bushfire SMS: Vic govt
People caught in bushfire zones should not rely on SMS warnings alone, said Victoria's acting premier Peter Ryan.
View ArticlePolice tensions with Facebook 'inevitable'
Tensions between Victoria Police and Facebook will always exist, but a working relationship has been established after a meeting with the site's management, the state's police chief says.
View ArticleTwitter move to Australia 'imminent'
Social networking giant Twitter is being tipped to "imminently" open its first Australian corporate office as part of plans to help combat cyber bullying and deepen ties with the federal and state...
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