Property developer spams itself in the foot
Sydney company Meriton Investments is facing a public relations disaster after a spam-handed attempt to drum up new customers went seriously awry.
Stories by Pete Young
Stallion, Digi dispute hits Supreme Court
A legal tussle between Australian networking company Stallion Technologies and Nasdaq-listed rival Digi International has spilled onto Australian shores.
Software upgrades on the cards, seriously
IT managers are perkily optimistic that their organisations are ready to pump resources into serious software upgrades this financial year.
Qld e-security vendors unite to lift profile
Impressed by growth rates in the IT security sector, the Queensland Government is helping a constellation of small e-security companies create a higher, collective profile.
Knives come out for Brisbane Council portal
Ourbrisbane.com, an ambitious new Web site by Australia's largest local government, has drawn more kicks than kudos from professional developers.
Triton Secure on the auction block
Biometrics business Triton Secure is on the auction block following the slide of parent company Triton Corp into voluntary administration this week.
Thelma cleans up health care paperwork
A hopeful young thing called Thelma is wielding an electronic broom with growing effect in the paper-clogged corridors of Australia's health industry.
Public sector lights up PKI's horizon
A worldwide spate of government tenders and the corporate rollout of Windows 2000 is giving battered vendors in the public key infrastructure (PKI) space new hope.
Cybersquatters learn to beat the system
Loopholes in the Internet domain name dispute-resolution system are helping professional cybersquatters win cases, says an experienced mediator.
Site exposes security risk
Poor communications between an event management company and an ISP may have exposed credit card details of some customers.
News Corp plays white knight to QSI
A company associated with News Corp is riding to the rescue of secure e-payments specialist QSI Payments by agreeing to invest up to $35 million in it.
Qld Govt focuses on IT&T training
The Queensland Government has launched the state's first training advisory body focused exclusively on the IT&T industry.
Qld public sector poll shows IS planning cycles shrinking
The first large survey of Queensland IS user organisations shows networks, staff training and customer-oriented applications top their spending plans.
ADSL users seek failure options for patchy connection
The patchy reliability of Telstra's ADSL service is forcing business users to seek out failover options for their high speed Internet connections.
Roadshow to spotlight Aussie IT talent
An Australian company is teaming up with US media and marketing partners to showcase Asia-Pacific region companies in front of key US technology executives.