Apple bruised as buyers opt for Microsoft

Ben Woodhead

Consumers are showing that the global financial crisis is dulling their appetites for premium information technology products with sales of Apple computers in the US flatlining last month.

Targets a starting point for clean tech

Paul Smith

Australian venture capitalists have given a cautious welcome to the government's emissions trading white paper, saying it provides a framework by which fledgling clean-technology companies could seek to gain a foothold in the market.

Another decade wait for e-health

Ben Woodhead

State and federal health ministers have endorsed an eagerly-awaited national e-health strategy but Australian patients could face a 10-year wait before they have access to potentially life saving electronic health records.

Telstra shares hit two-year low after broadband exclusion

AAP

Shares in Telstra fell to a two-year low after the company was kicked out of the bidding process for a national high-speed broadband network

BlackBerry Storm

John Davidson

What is it about touch-screen phones that makes manufacturers start selling them before they're ready to be sold?

Telstra excluded from NBN bidding process

AAP

Telstra says it has been excluded from the bidding process for the construction of a national broadband network by the federal government for ``trivial'' reasons

Electricity readers get smart with meters program

Chris Jenkins

Victorian energy distributors United Energy Distribution and Jemena have plans worth about $345 million to install smart electricity meters in hundreds of thousands of homes in the state over the next four years.

Filter plan a waste, says security group

Michael Crawford

The Australian Information Security Association believes the federal government's proposed mandatory ISP-level internet filtering plan will be little more than a waste of taxpayer money.

Malicious code triples in 2008

Michael Crawford

Internet security company F-Secure says the total amount of malicious computer code it found during 2008 was triple that discovered during 2007.

Digital radio's fate up in the air

Brian Corrigan

There could be more than 100 digital radio stations available in Australia next year when the technologies enabling transmission are switched on

iPhone surges past Windows Mobile

Chris Jenkins

Apple's iPhone has overtaken Windows Mobile in the global market in the third quarter of 2008 despite the weakest level of smartphone sales growth on record, analyst group Gartner has reported

Apple backpedals on anti-virus

Michael Crawford

Apple has removed a posting on its support page suggesting users download extra anti-virus software, claiming the information was considered old and inaccurate.

Smart meters set to do a power of good

Michael Crawford

Country Energy will switch on two pilots of smart energy meters next year as it explores technology the power industry believes will give it better control over energy consumption and pricing.

US woe puts brakes on BlackBerry

Chris Jenkins

Smartphone maker Research in Motion has dropped its third quarter revenue guidance, blaming currency movement and poor economic conditions in the US that produced lower than expected shipments of its BlackBerry handhelds

TiVo boss defends player

The chief of digital media device company TiVo has defended the player's entry into the Australian market after suggestions that sales were slow.

Apple takes rare anti-virus step

Michael Crawford

Apple has taken the comparatively rare step of recommending Mac users install antivirus programs.

Clean tech gets $27m boost

Paul Smith

The New South Wales clean technology sector has received a welcome boost in the form of $27 million worth of government funding for renewable energy projects.

Intelligent networks outsmart the spikes

Chris Jenkins and Ben Woodhead

In England, electricity suppliers live in fear of football, but the development of intelligent networks in the power system may help them cope.

Inmarsat cranks up coverage

Chris Jenkins

Global satellite group Inmarsat is set to crank up its efforts in Australia in 2009 following the August launch of a new orbiter that will provide full coverage across the Asia Pacific for the first time

It's sleigh bells that are ringing not expensive mobiles

Ben Woodhead with Chris Jenkins

Big kids hoping for a new high-end mobile phone this Christmas should prepare for disappointment - Santa's packing pre-paid.