Stories by Mitchell Bingemann

Aussie developers provide Sage advice for CRM package

The age-old maxim, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," does not exist in the vocabulary of the developers from Adexio, a Victorian-based systems integrator. Although a satisfied business partner of Sage Software's CRM SalesLogix software for the past 10 years, Adexio thought the software could be more useful if it interoperated with Microsoft's .Net platform.

Spam's most wanted list published

Spamhaus has published a list of the world's 10 worst spammers. And with inboxes bursting full of Viagra offers, penis pumps and sexual performance enhancers, is it really any wonder that they are all men?

Telstra's ADSL2+ finally arrives, access limited

On the tenth anniversary of BigPond's launch, Telstra has finally flicked the switch for uncapped high speed ADSL and ADSL2+ broadband services. However, its new 24Mbps capable ADSL2+ will only be sold in locations where competitors already offer the same service.

Wotif.com makes a booking with open source

When Paul Young joined Australia's leading accommodation website, Wotif.com, as CIO four years ago, he was faced with a company whose explosive growth had rendered the incumbent enterprise architecture redundant. So he did what all qualified engineers are trained to do, he built his own solution, utilizing J2EE and open source software.

Dell wins $6m NT government tender

Dell has won a $6 million tender with the Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) to supply over 40,000 school children with new PCs.

Early Firefox release takes a bite at servers

Contrary to news reports, the Mozilla Foundation has not prematurely released version 2.0 of its popular Firefox Internet browser and has instead warned users to not download the file from its FTP servers until the official public release.

Virus poisons Apple iPod

Apple Computer has issued a warning to customers that some of its latest Video iPods have shipped with a Windows virus.

Online ordering delivers more for Dominos

Dominos Pizza is nearing completion of an Australian-first online ordering system which has helped the company move away from dial-a-pizza pranks and towards growing sales and streamlining business processes.

Council cuts comms costs with broadband upgrade

Internode has completed the final stage of its hybrid network that uses a solar-powered microwave backbone and wireless technology to bring faster speeds and lower prices to the Coorong region of South Australia.

Veridas customers given final deadline

Telstra Wholesale has given official word that it has suspended Veridas ADSL services and is giving customers 10 calendar days to transfer services to another supplier.

Wireless broadband rental with a Spin

On the back of launching its iBurst wireless broadband service in August, Spin Internet Services is taking its wares to road-warriors with a new broadband rental program.

Viagra spammer gets a rude shock

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has raided a residential premise in relation to allegations that the occupant had sent billions of unsolicited spam emails.

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