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PayPal backdown blow for eBay
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Julian BajkowskiOnline auction giant eBay has dumped its controversial bid to force buyers to use its wholly owned subsidiary, PayPal, as the sole means of electronic payment for purchases on its website.
Plugger keep tabs on directors' links
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Renai LeMayAustralian web start-up Plugger has launched an online tool that tracks board-level connections between companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
iPhone ignites Optus, Telstra pricing war
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Tracy LeeThe battle for mobile subscribers eager to sign up to the new iPhone when it hits Australian shores next Friday has sparked a mini pricing war between carriers.
Vic may drop its e-conveyancing system
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Property Matthew DrummondVictoria's $30 million electronic conveyancing system is likely to be shelved following yesterday's agreement by all states and territories to push ahead with a national system for transferring land online.
Downgrade as BSA loses traction
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Michael SmithTelecommunications services contractor BSA has issued its second profit downgrade in less than three months after losing major contracts, a move that has slashed its shares by a quarter and prompted a strategic review.
Seniors to get internet kiosks
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Christopher JayJust as its program of computers for schoolchildren runs into choppy waters, the federal government is embarking on a drive to install about 2000 internet kiosks around Australia to provide broadband for seniors.
Playing by the rules pays off big time
04 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Christopher JayAn Australian concern that specialises in rules-based decision making for government agencies is expanding briskly after a takeover of its main global rival, a United States-based company called Haley.
Optus unveils iPhone pricing
03 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Renai LeMayOptus has released its pricing plans for Apple's 3G iPhone, which is scheduled to land in Australia on July 11.
$8 million for better mobile in the bush
03 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Chris JenkinsTowns in Western Australia and the Northern Territory have been placed at the top of queue in the federal government's program to improve mobile coverage in the bush.
eBay backs down over PayPal
03 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Julian BajkowskiA chorus of critics has forced eBay to back down on its bid to force PayPal on its Australian customers, with the company saying it would continue to offer all current means of payment and withdraw its notification with the ACCC.
Calls for Telstra split get louder
03 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Tracy Lee and Julian BajkowskiAlmost all states, along with several rival bidders for the national broadband network, have called on the federal government to consider a structural split of Telstra if it wins the infrastructure tender.
e-Security under review
03 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Michael CrawfordASIO, the Defence Signals Directorate and the Australian Federal Police will lead a national review of government e-security practices to protect the private and public sector against online terrorism threats and develop a national framework for security of agency networks.
Carr bemoans project funding
03 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Julian BajkowskiFederal Industry Minister Kim Carr has fired a shot across the bow of the banking sector and other large businesses reliant on information technology.
Profit downgrade clouds Bravura buy-out
03 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Ben WoodheadBravura Solutions has defaulted on one of the conditions of Ironbridge Capital's proposed $272 million takeover of the finance software maker after it said it would miss its full-year earnings target.
Deal adds perk to flattened Coffey
03 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Michael SmithRoger Olds admits engineering consultancy Coffey International has some way to go before winning back investors' trust after last month revealing it had overstated its 2007 earnings by as much as one-third because of computer problems.
Watertight front may be about to crack
03 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | David Crowe, Mark Ludlow and Tracy Ong with AAPThe premiers have prepared the ground for a brawl over federal funding for state water projects at a meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Sydney today that is also expected to canvass reforms to business regulation and reach a provisional agreement to install computers in schools.
NBN submissions made public
02 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Renai LeMayThe federal government has made public more than 80 submissions to its review of regulatory issues associated with its plans to build its $4.7 billion National Broadband Network.
RailCorp puts Fujitsu under the microscope
02 Jul 2008 | MIS.Online | Renai LeMayNew South Wales' state-owned train corporation RailCorp has flagged plans to benchmark the its three-year technology with Fujitsu as it decides whether to extend the deal.
Vectis throws in dividend for Espreon
02 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Ben WoodheadSan Francisco investment firm Vectis Group has sweetened its takeover offer for Richard Pratt-backed Espreon under an $87 million proposal that leaves the door open for a carve-up of the business between Vectis and accounting software maker Reckon.
Government seeks crucial online data
02 Jul 2008 | The Australian Financial Review | Julian BajkowskiCommunications Minister Stephen Conroy has given the strongest signal yet that he will return to using in-house economic modelling to supply him with indicators used to underpin technology policy decisions after the Department of Broadband Communications and Digital Economy invited bids for crucial new statistical research.
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