Ambitious Brisbane portal yet to make an appearance
Building a big-budget Web site is not all beer and skittles, as the Brisbane City Council (BCC) has discovered.
Stories by Pete Young
Tomorrow never comes for Bos
Ex-Sausage Software CEO Wayne Bos is severing his 12-month connection with investment group Tomorrow, which is changing course away from technology plays.
It's open sesame at the help desk
Lack of security training among help-desk staff is handing passwords on a platter to info-thieves, according to Malcolm Fry, an IT service management expert and help-desk consultant with 30 years experience in the field.
ASP earns success, no money
ApplicationStation presents itself as aN application service provider success story even though it is losing money.
Mincom option could stymie Bos' board tilt
Software company Mincom has triggered a complex process which could block Melbourne businessman Wayne Bos from forcing his way onto its board.
Contractors eye umbrella group
The Federal Government's tax assault on thousands of IT contractors may spark some positive outcomes for the contracting industry. It is strengthening the resolve of cross-industry groups representing self-employed contractors to band together for mutual protection.
Local broadband charges 'ridiculous'
Web-hosting king Lloyd Ernst says the "horrendous" broadband pricing regime is choking attempts to create a Knowledge Nation.
Cybersquatters warned as pressure builds for new domains
Signs warning off cybersquatters are being hung out by new top-level Internet domain name registries like .biz as they open their doors for business.
Shareholders push ahead with Mincom's extraordinary meeting
Mincom has failed to derail an extraordinary general meeting which could sour its efforts to attract about $50 million from white knight investors. However, a coalition of restive shareholders petitioning for the EGM, appears willing to cool down the war of words over the giant software developer's performance. Meeting last week with the group of disgruntled Class A shareholders, Mincom chairman David Graham could not persuade them to drop their demand for the EGM.
Qld report slams Networking the Nation maze
A Queensland report skewering the $500 million Networking the Nation scheme highlights the continued absence of a promised national audit of the project.
Gambling bill approval puts local online punters offshore
As new antigaming legislation heads for Royal Assent, Australia's online gambling industry is busily ripping up the red carpet it once unrolled for Aussie punters.
Biotechnology steals IT limelight in Qld budget
Biotechnology has ousted information technology as the flavour of the future in Queensland government circles.
New broom at corProcure
After nearly 12 months of bumps and lumps, the side may be smoothing out for online purchasing site corProcure.
The pressure's on as corProcure restructures
The problem child of the blue-chip online buying exchanges, corProcure, is shedding its CEO and re-focusing its business, although none of the 14 large companies supporting the e-procurement site are indicating they are ready to give up the effort.
The pressure's on as corProcure restructures
The problem child of the blue-chip online buying exchanges, corProcure, is shedding its CEO and re-focusing its business, although none of the 14 large companies supporting the e-procurement site are indicating they are ready to give up the effort.