Despite iPhone rumours, users still stuck with their POMPs
Local IT industry rags and tabloid media have been abuzz this past week with 'news' that Apple will launch the iPhone in Australia in June.
Stories by Howard Dahdah
Phishing scam mimics NSW fraud squad to snare victims
A telephone phishing scam, which purports to come from the NSW Police Force, has surfaced in NSW over the past 24 hours.
Vent It: Windows XP SP3. Will it be worth the wait?
Computerworld Vent IT is your opportunity to unleash carefully proposed thoughts or wild raving rants. At the end of each week we invite you to comment on a story that piqued our interest. Let it all out and tell us what floats your boat or gets your blood boiling.
So to this week's topic... Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Ford Health's CRM gets tick of approval
When its CRM system maxed out after six years of service, it was time for Ford Health to give it a check up.
MySpace opens up its platform to external developers
MySpace has launched the MySpace Developer Platform site which will allow external software developers the chance to build applications for its users.
A leader that advocated values and reciprocity
Mike Clarkin is recognised as one of Australia's great IT leaders and innovators.
Open source key to Al Jazeera's Web 2.0 success
It has been maligned by the US administration because it has given a voice to its public enemy number one: Osama bin Laden, but Al Jazeera's motto of giving voice to all sides of a story is also reflected in its IT deployment. The news organisation is turning out to be a big fan open source software.
Google gives Web developers a leg up with App Engine
Google is giving 10,000 developers the chance to create and run their Web applications on its infrastructure with the launch Tuesday of a preview release of Google App Engine.
Government kills OPEL broadband network
The federal government has terminated the funding for the OPEL broadband network.
Google's Schmidt has his head stuck in the cloud
Changes to Google Apps over the coming year will entice more businesses to jump over to the delivery of applications over the internet, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Schmidt describes YouTube upload rate as "disturbing"
Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has joked that the rate of video being uploaded to YouTube is "disturbing".
Slideshow: An insight into the Woz
Steve "Woz" Wozniak talks about why technologists are important, why he'd rather pimp his son in New York than have him be a network admin, and why Microsoft is not that evil. And much more.
Trujillo's message: Work for your shareholders, forget the rest
Telstra's CEO Sol Trujillo has given an insight into the challenges of taking on a business that was under performing, the added complexity of having to achieve targets with an ever watchful government, and then ensuring throughout the process that his commitment to shareholders has been fulfilled.
Aussie uptake of Facebook soars by 1000% in the past year
Australians have gone Facebook crazy. In the past year the number of user accounts on the social networking site has increased by over 1000 per cent to 2.6 million users.
Eftel: 50Mbs broadband coming soon, ADSL2+ even sooner
Eftel will be able to offer customers average down and upload speeds of 50Mbs through its new super fast VDSL2 broadband service as early as April, provided the necessary regulatory requirements are handled quickly.