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Monetise or move on
Ben Woodhead
I don't know what it is about technology fads that sends some in the media into such paroxysms of stupidity.
Someone else's problem
Paul Smith
Many Australians don't like the idea that we could soon be held up as one of the internet bad guys.
Thodey and the state of the unions
Julian Bajkowski
Just a year ago, it was unthinkable that one of the most openly belligerent companies in Australia would be looking to strike a peace deal with unions to secure certainty around its workforce.
Sales cycle stuck
Chris Jenkins
If there's one problem the nation's technology services companies are having at the moment, it's that customers are taking a long time to make up their minds
Winter discontent
Julian Bajkowski
Strutting his stuff for the cameras, the cop brandished a very bright yellow case, the sort of vessel used on shows like CSI to create the impression that something profoundly technical is going on.
Breaking up is hard to do
Chris Jenkins
Consolidation in the telecoms equipment space is set to continue, with Nortel deciding to hawk itself in pieces rather than fight back from bankruptcy.
A fine downloading mess
Paul Smith
Wow, I thought iTunes was expensive, but $US80,000 per song?
Lofty aspirations
Brian Corrigan
A code of conduct certificate on your wall has nothing to do with the development of improved working relationships between government and the industry.
The network we have to have
Julian Bajkowski
The Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio has essentially become a single-message propaganda machine for the virtues of the digital plumbing industry.
US makes DTV switch
Chris Jenkins
In what should be a heartening sign for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, the US appears to have made a relatively smooth switch to all-digital broadcast TV.
Mobile wars
Brian Corrigan
Taking on Apple's marketing machine, or indeed those of Microsoft and Intel, is a big ask
The Canberra shuffle
Julian Bajkowski
There's nothing quite like an unexpected federal reshuffle to shake-up technology matters in Canberra, and the latest round of portfolio roulette has delivered in spades.
What to do with Flu 2.0?
Paul Smith
Hurry up Flu Tools 2.0 - I can't hold my breath much longer.
Windows 7's false dawn
Brian Corrigan
The release of Windows 7 could well prove to be a false dawn for PC makers
The old card trick
Julian Bajkowski
There's been plenty of friendly advice from banks and payment services about how to keep online transactions safe over the past year.
Bing searches for answers
Chris Jenkins
Right from the off, there are plenty of questions for Bing to answer, largely because it has been given such a big job to do.
Downloaders French-fried
Ben Woodhead
So earlier this month we saw the French were at it again, caving to the imperialist interests of Hollywood and passing a law that lets the government boot chronic BitTorrenters off l'internet.
Eating the dogfood
Brian Corrigan
Every CIO or IT manager has had to resist the temptation to roll their eyes in a vendor meeting where the sales pitch revolves around 'doing more with less'
Taking out the garbage
Julian Bajkowski
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has copped plenty over the past year for his less voluble contributions to ecological policy, but he still knows how to take out the political trash.
Struggling with power
Chris Jenkins
How do you make the big investments in technology to bring electric grids into the 21st century, while at the same time keeping retail power prices down to politically acceptable levels?
Share the stupidity
Ben Woodhead
Maybe Stephen Conroy can take time out from the 14 speeches a day he's giving touting the NBN to explain why the government thinks it's a good idea to stifle innovation.
Converting contractors
Brian Corrigan
Broadly speaking, these are not good times to be an IT contractor
Cleaning out the conmen
Julian Bajkowski
One of the biggest con jobs ever foisted on companies and the public sector was the notion that technologists inherently made poor business leaders and could not be trusted to run corporate strategy.
Shaping for a fight
Chris Jenkins
It's been predicted for years, but it looks like the GFC has finally given the tech sector the go-ahead to turn itself into the Land of the Giants
Learning online
Brian Corrigan
It isn't every day that a 17-year-old student gets to have a face to face conversation with the chief executive of a $US60 billion enterprise.
Beige or backbone?
Chris Jenkins
Is David Thodey Telstra's "Kim Beazley" choice?
MIS TV
Chris Jenkins
MISaustralia.com's multimedia has a new look and a new name.
Common gauge for green IT
Brian Corrigan
These are strange days indeed when an industry group ends up on the same side as the environmentalists in a recycling debate
e-Health, Dr Strangelove style
Julian Bajkowski
Welcome to e-health from the Dr Strangelove era.
Pandemic cliches impossible to mask
Ben Woodhead
I might not speak Mandarin, but recent history clearly shows that the Chinese word for crisis is also the Chinese word for video-conferencing