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Rudd: NBN to reduce carbon emissions by 5 per cent
AAP
The roll-out of nationwide fast broadband will reduce Australia's carbon emissions by five per cent, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
Telstra rejects claim ducts could be 'unusable'
Rachael Bolton
Telstra has rejected claims that its underground duct system, used to convey copper cabling to Australian homes and a desirable asset for the National Broadband Network, could be degraded to the extent that it is unusable.
Counterfeit software on the rise
Paul Smith
Software giant Microsoft has warned that the volume of virus riddled counterfeit software available has doubled over the past two years.
Qantas check-in meltdown causes major delays
AAP
A three-hour crash of Qantas' check-in system caused delays to domestic and international flights across the country last night, with passengers having to be manually processed.
New phone will link up with Playstation 3
Rachael Bolton
Sony Ericsson has announced the release of a new phone that will allow users to access their PlayStation 3 media content by employing the same software utilised by the PlayStationPortable (PSP) Go.
Google issues Wave invites
Rachael Bolton
Google has started inviting people to play with its new Wave collaboration system, which combines instant messaging, social network and email.
Microsoft offers free antivirus software
Rachael Bolton
Microsoft has released new security software, free to download for users running a Windows operating system.
Ministers to develop online guide for international students
AAP
Australian education ministers have committed to developing an online guide to studying in Australia for international students
Warner makes peace with YouTube
Rachael Bolton
Warner Music Group has reached an agreement with Google subsidiary YouTube to return its intellectual property to the video hosting site.
Sony targets independent authors
Rachael Bolton
Sony has launched a new facility for its online digital book retail portal, The eBook Store, which allows individual authors to self-publish their works.

news

Sensis under strain as iGen falls short
Dominic White
The $2.3 billion directory business owned by Telstra has found itself under immense strain due to faults with a $400 million component, purchased under former chief executive Sol Trujillo...
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Al Jazeera offers reality check for the Twitterverse
Julian Bajkowski
Regulators give Bing the tick
Paul Smith
Telstra signs first Google Android deal
Brian Corrigan

research

Google Latitude
Jeremy Green and Michele Mackenzie, Ouvm
With Google starting to make its own moves, the operator-centric model for mobile location services may be past its use-by date..
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Google Apps total cost of ownership
Guy Cranswick, IBRS
Stateless desktops: looking beyond the VDI hype
Dr Kevin McIsaac, IBRS
Are private clouds pies in the sky?
Madan Sheina, Ovum

magazine

Let it reign
Rachael Bolton
Cloud computing may be the latest incarnation of an on-demand computing model that has been doing the rounds for a decade but it looks like its time has finally come...
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Need for speed
Paul Smith
Market mobility
Mark Jones
Reading ready
John Davidson

multimedia

Weekly Wrap - January 29
Rachael Bolton
This week: All hail the iPad..
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MIS Round Table - National Broadband Network
Brian Corrigan
The $43 billion national broadband network should help Australia defeat the tyranny of distance and make better use of scarce resources..
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Keeping things moving
Chris Jenkins
A couple of events last week showed why technology companies can never afford to sit still...
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whitepapers

Adaptive networks: your competitive edge
ProCurve Networking by HP
Things change so rapidly, it's like a Darwinian struggle to keep up..
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Advancing the economics of networking
Juniper Networks Inc
OS impact on enterprise network performance
Juniper Networks Inc
What's behind network downtime?
Juniper Networks Inc

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current edition

Game on
Brian Corrigan
With buy-outs part of the action plan again, Brian Corrigan says CIOs must be prepared if they are to play a strategic role in making new integrations work...
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