Stories by Pete Young

Gambling Law Confuses Web Hosts

A Sydney e-commerce solutions company may have run afoul of new online gambling laws by providing web-hosting services for an overseas cybercasino.

QLD IT chief waits for go-ahead


The 38-year-old politician about to take charge of Queensland's information economy has first-hand experience with the Internet's limitations.

DotTV scoops the ratings

Australians have been signing up with The .tv Corp. (DotTV) at a record clip since the U.S. company launched a radio ad campaign here two months ago.

Sometimes it's smart to be dumb

eVoucher has found a sweet niche that generates revenue by cooperating with bricks-and-mortar businesses instead of competing with them. Its revenues flow from online sales of gift vouchers that can only be redeemed by using them in traditional stores.

Online gambling can be stopped

Australia's communications minister Richard Alston has received a report that could strengthen his case for imposing a total ban on interactive gaming.

Love that branding

An online branding and marketing campaign with a different flavor is scheduled to pop off agency drawing boards and into the public eye this month.

Will Anyone Pay for Content?

F2 interactive is holding its breath as it scrutinises traffic figures on its Australian Financial Review website this month. Since the start of December, the AFR has blocked visitors from accessing many stories unless they are subscribers to the hard copy edition of the newspaper.

They Built It But Nobody Came

Oil and gas industry suppliers are not flocking to a national procurement website supported by the industry's eight largest operators.
Only 125 contractors and suppliers have registered on the Supplybase vendor registration system (www.supplybase.com.au) site since it went into operation three months ago.

WEBSHOP: Keep your client onside


A few Internet minutes ago, it was easy to exit corporate offices with banknotes bulging from every pocket. All it required was a working knowledge of HTML, a nodding acquaintance with graphics design -- and a "you can't win it if you're not in it" mantra.
Times are tougher nowadays. Web designers still in the brochure and billboard space face cut-throat competition and ever-shrinking margins. Developers morphing into the greener fields of "full-monty" e-business solutions can't breathe easy either. Hanging on them is an industry legacy of over-promises and under-deliveries.

The Hybrid and the Mighty

Senior executives from three of Australia's largest companies share their first-hand experiences on both sides of the line dividing bricks from clicks

Inferno turns up heat on Linux

Embedded Linux may be facing a hot new rival for the hearts and minds of Internet appliance manufacturers and software developers.

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