IT workers in Australia are either a group of "slackers" or especially prone to peer pressure at work.
According to a survey by recruitment specialist Morgan & Banks, almost one third of information technology (IT) workers face coercion by colleagues to slack off at the office.
When businesses think about making their organisation 'disability-friendly', ramps for wheelchairs and accessible toilet facilities usually spring to mind.
However, companies now need to turn their attention towards ensuring their Web sites are accessible for people with disabilities too.
According to Patrizia Mercuri, employment and industrial relations partner for Minter Ellison, failure to do so could mean possible discrimination claims and damages payouts.
Clarification that Internet audio and video streaming are not broadcasting services, is just "one little victory for the Internet industry out of the digital industry licensing disaster", according to telecommunications analyst Paul Budde.
In a determination issued by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, a service that provides television programs or radio programs through the Internet - other than a service that delivers television programs and radio programs using the broadcasting services band - will not fall within the definition of a broadcasting service.
IT workers in Australia are either a group of 'slackers' or especially prone to peer pressure at work.
According to a survey by recruitment specialist Morgan & Banks, almost one third of information technology (IT) workers face coercion by colleagues to slack off at the office.
For most people the idea of buying a new car is quite exciting, but in practice quite exhausting and frustrating. A new Web site offering consumers the opportunity to buy a car over the Internet may not deliver just that, but goes part of the way by giving consumers the opportunity to peruse new and used cars online, and to complete the sale the old fashion way.
Top directors believe that information technology (IT) and e-business will not be the most crucial elements impacting future business, according to a study by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Clarification that Internet audio and video streaming are not broadcasting services, is just "one little victory for the Internet industry out of the digital industry licensing disaster", according to telecommunications analyst Paul Budde.
Using the excuse that you were 'in mid-flight" and couldn't retrieve your e-mails until "just this minute", may be redundant if trials by Singapore Airlines (SIA) of a global in-flight e-mail system prove successful.
The Australian government should create a secure and customised Web page for everyone in Australia through a myaustralia.gov.au portal, says Sun Microsystems' chairman and CEO.
Speaking at The National Press Club, Scott McNealy said the government owed it to its citizens to provide information from a browser and that there was a huge opportunity for the government to use messaging and the Internet.
Australia needs a digital tag line and identity such as Silicon Alley in New York if it is to become a net importer of information technology 'brains'.
Speaking at The National Press Club, Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, said a media centre for excellence would be a good idea to set up due to the number of "very interesting media companies in Australia".
"Australia could become planetary experts in digital media."
As part of an "evolution in technology", BankWest has finalised plans for a complete overhaul of its existing call centre system.
The official Olympic credit card company, Visa, has processed more than $9.7 million in transactions from Homebush Olympic Park alone since the beginning of September.
People unable to get to Sydney for the Olympic Games will be able to enjoy virtual tours of Games sites and interactively view images of Sydney via roving digital cameras and video cameras mounted on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The stalling of the Olympic cauldron on its way to the top of the Olympic Stadium at Friday's Opening Ceremony was due to a small micro-switch problem.
Novell in Australia and New Zealand has escaped relatively unscathed from the recent US-based staff retrenchments and company-wide cost savings.
In an effort to bring the cost base in line with current revenues, Novell head office in the US announced a reduction in its worldwide workforce by 16 per cent (about 900 positions) and the write-off of certain assets. Globally the transition from a packaged service to a Net services business has taken longer than expected, reducing revenues.