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IBM Australia workers vote to strike

Workers at IBM's Flightdeck in Baulkham hills have voted to strike for better pay and conditions, according to the Australian Services Union, which counted the vote today.

Tags: ibm, flightdeck, strike, asu, union, yes, vote, unlimited number

Realestate CEO picks up $600k

New Realestate.com.au CEO Greg Ellis will get paid the same as recently departed CEO Simon Baker — $600,000 plus bonuses.

Tags: ceo, rea group, realestate.com.au, real estate, richard freudenstein, simon baker, greg ellis, elli

Microsoft slams Google on privacy

Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview.

Tags: google, security, microsoft, privacy, scott charney, trustworthy computing, peter cullen, street view

ActewAGL CIO to focus on TransACT

ACT energy utility ActewAGL has begun the search for a new chief information officer after incumbent Carsten Larsen left last Friday.

Tags: actewagl, larsen, transact, cio, role, managed service, insource

People launches Telstra's ADSL2+

Business-focused internet service provider People Telecom today said it had launched ADSL2+ broadband services based on Telstra's network, making it the first firm in Australia to do so.

Tags: adsl2+, broadband, people telecom, telstra, wholesale, adsl2, telecom, people

Freshtel's VoIP dreams turn into a nightmare?

Australian internet telephony minnow Freshtel, a consumer player that recently started providing enterprise services, today revealed to the ASX it had depleted around half its cash reserves over the past year.

Tags: engin, freshtel, internet telephony, voip, vonage, million, telephony, year

Defence cuts $268m IBM stealth deal

Just weeks before the Gershon review of the government's $6 billion IT spending was delivered, the Department of Defence has quietly inked a massive five-year deal with IBM worth $268 million.

Tags: cio, defence, greg farr, microsoft, procurement, reseller, ibm, data

Gershon hands in IT review

British efficiency expert Sir Peter Gershon has handed the Rudd Government his final review, recommending sweeping changes to the government's use and $6 billion procurement of technology.

Tags: gershon, government, ict, procurement, razor gang, tanner, procure, review

Lazarus Tcard lives again

The NSW Government this morning released an "expressions of interest" document to try and find suppliers to resurrect the failed Tcard project, an electronic ticketing system for NSW public transport.

Tags: tcard, goverment, tender, john watkins, transport, ticket, expression, project

iiNet to offer mobile phone services?

Broadband ISP iiNet is considering reselling mobile phone and mobile data services. The company also hopes to replace Optus as the second largest broadband player in Australia, according to Greg Bader, the company's chief technology officer.

Tags: cell, data, iinet, isp, mobile, naked, dsl, broadband

Videos

		Microsoft slams Google on privacy

		bsod the easy way

		With characteristic humour, Microsoft happily supplies a screensaver which mimics the blue screen of death. - Posted by Anonymous on How to create a Blue Screen of Death

		How fitting...

		How fitting ... A washed up comedian to plug their washed up joke of an operating system. - Posted by Anonymous on Microsoft hires Seinfeld for ads

		:-)

		Why employ another comedian when Ballmer is already on the books? - Posted by Anonymous on Microsoft hires Seinfeld for ads

		News: Rudd defends broadband delays

		Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended the lack of progress in building a national broadband internet network, saying the government was committed to the so-called digital revolution.

		News: iPhone issues caused by power chip?

		Another plausible scenario for the iPhone 3G reception problems primarily experienced in the US has emerged: it's related to faulty power-control software.

		News: Bloomberg publishes Jobs obituary

		An electronic gaffe at news outlet Bloomberg mistakenly sent an incomplete obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the wire on Wednesday afternoon in the US.

		News: Mozilla's Google deal extended

		Mozilla and Google have extended a search deal through 2011, providing some financial security to the backer of the open source Firefox Web browser.

		News: Apple in touch-screen Mac patent

		Rumors of Apple working on a touch-screen Mac have been circulating for years, and will only grow with the revelation that the company is hoping to patent similar technology.

		News: Google's Android gets app market

		Google on Thursday in the US announced Android Market, an online center similar to the iPhone application store that will let people find, buy, download, and rate software and other content for mobile phones equipped with the open source operating system.

		News: Nasa hacker loses legal challenge

		UK resident Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations.

		News: Best Western details hotel hack

		The Best Western hotel chain has given details of a hack involving one of its hotels, but downplayed reports that eight million customers have been affected.

		Review: Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox

		If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.

		News: Users report IE8 Beta 2 issues

		One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, users have started to report issues with its installation and sites and services that are incompatible.

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