Technology - Primus Telecom

Technology

Breaking News

Kicking in for cup
TECHNOLOGY companies in Victoria have rescued the Melbourne Homeless World Cup's ICT plan from a cripplingly small budget allocation.

Dolby buys local games voice system
DIGITAL entertainment giant Dolby Laboratories has paid millions of dollars to acquire Australian-made technology for online games.

Cut-rate financing as downturn hits
LOCAL technology vendors have been forced to sharpen their pencils and offer cut-rate financing packages to stimulate sales.

Microsoft on the outer
IT'S one of the best Christmas parties the IT industry could ask for, but Microsoft may not receive an invitation.

Software change hits aged care
MICROSOFT Australia has accused aged-care services providers of illegitimately buying software through a discount licensing program.

Cut-rate financing as downturn hits
LOCAL technology vendors have been forced to sharpen their pencils and offer cut-rate financing packages to stimulate sales.

Dolby buys local games voice system
DIGITAL entertainment giant Dolby Laboratories has paid millions of dollars to acquire Australian-made technology for online games.

MYOB tells shareholders to reject takeover
MYOB has rejected a $400 million takeover offer from a private equity consortium and says it is talking with other potential suitors.

Adelaide gets Google Transit
ADELAIDE Metro has given its blessing to Google to launch an online transport application that helps commuters find their way around the city.

NSW students will get netbooks
Every NSW public school student in years 9 to 12 will get a lightweight, mini laptop or netbook by mid next year.

Top Stories

Microsoft on the outer
IT'S one of the best Christmas parties the IT industry could ask for, but Microsoft may not receive an invitation.

ACCC probes Telstra ADSL2+ agreements
THE competition watchdog has begun probing claims that Telstra attached anti-competitive conditions to its wholesale ADSL2+ agreements.

Software change hits aged care
MICROSOFT Australia has accused aged-care services providers of illegitimately buying software through a discount licensing program.

Kicking in for cup
TECHNOLOGY companies in Victoria have rescued the Melbourne Homeless World Cup's ICT plan from a cripplingly small budget allocation.

Telstra call centres in crisis
TELSTRA is losing call-centre staff fed up with what they describe as a culture of bullying brought on by a new system.

Dolby buys local games voice system
DIGITAL entertainment giant Dolby Laboratories has paid millions of dollars to acquire Australian-made technology for online games.

Skills demand defies economic pressures
MOUNTING economic pressures driving the move to streamline costs will not dampen demand for technology professionals.

Cut-rate financing as downturn hits
LOCAL technology vendors have been forced to sharpen their pencils and offer cut-rate financing packages to stimulate sales.

Adelaide gets Google Transit
ADELAIDE Metro has given its blessing to Google to launch an online transport application that helps commuters find their way around the city.

Govt gives consumers voice with new telco group
CONSUMERS will have a greater voice in the telco sector with the federal government announcing funding for a new representative group.

Telecoms

Technology

Adelaide gets Google Transit
ADELAIDE Metro has given its blessing to Google to launch an online transport application that helps commuters find their way around the city.

NSW students will get netbooks
Every NSW public school student in years 9 to 12 will get a lightweight, mini laptop or netbook by mid next year.

Phone apps the new battleground
APPLE will have sold over 1 million iPhones in Australia by the end of next year, sparking a battle by developers to lure new users.

Acacia offers fresh start
FORMER Telstra No 2 executive Doug Campbell says Australian broadband users would be best served by having a new broadband network.

Sun unveils discount program
SUN Microsystems will offer free and discounts of up to 65 per cent on products and services to local start-ups.

Harvey Norman Q1 sales down
RETAILER Harvey Norman says it expects conditions to remain tough after reporting a 31.5 per cent drop in first quarter profits.

IT glitch hits 200,000 CBA customers
A COMMONWEALTH Bank customer has told of his shock after $17,000 disappeared from his account due to a widespread computer bungle.

Motion capture for lords and ladies of dance
MOTION capture technology responsible for lifelike characters in video games and films is being applied to dance.

Nokia to add Lotus Notes to smartphones
NOKIA smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month.

British accents baffle Google iPhone software
A NEW voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents.

Internet

YouTube goes widescreen
YOUTUBE has expanded the size of its screen, adopting a widescreen format.

Film giants pursue file sharers
THE film industry's copyright watchdog may begin prosecuting individuals in Australia who use the internet to illegally share files.

Movies on PC plan put on hold
EZYDVD'S attempt to resurrect ReelTime Media's commercial internet movie service has been aborted.

Broadband blog
THE first Australian IT Super Blog continues this week at australianit.com.au.

Optus promises integrated Zoo
OPTUS is relaunching its Optus Zoo content portal with new technology that gives people personalisation options.

Canberra calls net filter trial
THE federal Government has released details of its long-awaited call for expressions of interest on live ISP content filtering trials.

IT Super Blog
ON Thursday The Australian IT section will publish on australianit.com.au our first Super Blog in the run up to the deadline for the national broadband network.

E-commerce advocate setting up in Australia
E-COMMERCE advocate NetChoice, which counts the internet's most-recognised names as members, has established an Australian chapter.

Museum gives brush-off to old art storage methods
OVER the next three years, Euan Upston will be focused on his pet project, bringing the works at the Museum of Contemporary Art to the online world.

Net too loose, says security guru
INTERNET use will have to be "strictly regulated" if global authorities are to have any chance of slowing the growth of cyber-crime, warns Russian anti-virus guru Eugene Kaspersky.