Stories by Andrew Hendry

Mailes resigns as SA CIO

The South Australia Government's Chief Information Officer (CIO), Grantly Mailes, tended his resignation late last week, leaving the role after almost three years in the job.

iiNet DSL gets naked

Perth-based iiNet launched its naked DSL broadband service today, making it the first Australian ISP to offer the service nationally through its ADSL2+ network, according to the company.

AWISE change of guard leading women into IT future

The Australian Women in IT and Science Entity (AWISE) has announced its key leadership roles for 2008, in preparation for the national launch of several projects aimed at boosting the significance of women in the nation's IT industry.

Australia stuck in e-waste dark ages

This year marks the twelfth anniversary of Planet Ark's National Recycling Week (12th-18th November), and the problem of e-waste in Australia is growing bigger and badder with each passing year.

Australian IT skills shortage here to stay

The current shortage of skilled IT workers in Australia is at an all-time low, and is a crisis the industry and the government must tackle collectively, and quickly, according to industry experts.

Chaser's funnyman looks to Internet publishing to deliver serious message

Charles Firth is renowned for his satirical treatment of current affairs, and his talent for capturing the stupidity of people in comedy shows such as CNNNN and The Chaser's War on Everything. More recently he has resurfaced as publisher of thirty-something news site Manic Times.

Before all of this Firth was a budding IT operator and programmer. He still dabbles in programming today and is exploring how the Internet can help deliver his message. Andrew Hendry finds out more.

Browser-based GIS boosts Bayswater Council's efficiency

The City of Bayswater, located north of Perth and with a population of roughly 56,000 inhabitants, has implemented a new spatial viewer called 'CitySpatial', delivering access to multiple corporate databases for all council staff via a browser-based Web interface.

ACCC drops case against Google subsidiaries

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has discontinued proceedings against two of the four respondents in it's case against Google and the Trading Post Australia which alleged that Google failed to distinguish between sponsored and 'organic' search results.

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