The uptake of streaming media by corporates is on the increase, but a lack of broadband infrastructure and a fear of the transparency of the media is holding streaming media industry back in Australia, streaming media professionals have said.
A hungry bush rat has isolated the north Queensland mining town of Mt Isa. Landline and mobile phone contact stopped abruptly on Tuesday night and left the town's population, some 25,000, without a dial tone.
The door has been opened for trademark holders to register in the .info top-level domain space, with registries
pushing for urgency to avoid the disputes of brand names witnessed in the .com rollout.
The auDA Board has approved the Competition Model Advisory Panel's final report, which will open the way for competition in the provision of domain name services in the .au domain.
Threats made last week by a hacker to access Commonwealth Bank accounts has raised fresh concerns about the risks of e-commerce.
The threat of a class action against Telstra from Sydney-based lawyer Michael King on behalf some 300 dissatisfied ADSL customers has far-reaching implications for other ISPs as businesses grow more reliant on broadband.
Corporate customers will pay for the amount of server computing power they use, as a result of a new metered service Hewlett-Packard will introduce to Australia in September.
The auDA Board has approved the Competition Model Advisory Panel's final report, which will open the way for competition in the provision of domain name services in the .au domain.
Compaq Computer will cut 4000 positions worldwide in its second bout of restructuring this year bringing the total number of planned cuts to 8500.
The next round of the Government's Information Technology Online (ITOL) Program of grants is underway in a bid to boost e-commerce uptake in the business community.
Australian freight forwarder CPL Global Solutions has delivered double-digit growth after implementing a Web-based import management solution.
Real-time stock market data supplier Online Trading Systems has blamed hackers for a series of security breaches of its servers during the past three weeks, affecting more than 40,000 of its clients.
Local software vendor Aurema has received funding from the Intel 64 Fund to develop resource management technology for Intel processors.
The global uptake of e-business is cranking up the pressure on Australia's transport industry facilitating moves to tighten supply chain links, according to a joint CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology report.
Employee shares or options are crucial for tech companies to attract and retain skilled staff, according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, which called for a review on the current treatment of such plans.