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Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Administrators have been re-appointed to Brisbane channel company Wytomic after the firm failed to fund a feasible resurrection plan for the former niche software distributor and re-publisher.
Staff Writers Sep 22 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
Wireless broadband use to multiply by five

Wireless broadband use to multiply by five

Latest IDC figures have tipped wireless broadband use to grow five times faster than the total broadband market, exploding from 25,000 users to 287,000 users by 2008.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Broadband competition heats up

Broadband competition heats up

Wholesale ISP Agile Communications announced a $3 million project to equip exchanges in Victoria and South Australia with broadband services that operate at up to 8Mb/s, speeds that aren't being matched by Telstra.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific has signed to distribute Vodafone's Mobile Connect software and new BlackBerry handsets under an agreement that commences on 4 October.
Staff Writers , Byron Connolly Sep 20 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
The big chill

The big chill

Budgets have frozen. Businesses have had a global run of financial bad news, leaving resellers wondering if IT spending in the enterprise will ever heat up.
Staff Writers Sep 20 2004, 12:00AM Feature
FBI seizes US$80 million in Microsoft counterfeit products

FBI seizes US$80 million in Microsoft counterfeit products

Microsoft this week said the FBI has arrested 11 people and seized more than US$80 million worth of counterfeit software, making the three-state bust the largest ever involving fake Microsoft products.
Staff Writers Sep 17 2004, 12:00AM Security
CSC bags Navy deal

CSC bags Navy deal

CSC has won a four-year $15 million contract to design and install a shipboard and shore-based IT infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2004, 12:00AM Training & Development
Kodak closes manufacturing plant and processing lab

Kodak closes manufacturing plant and processing lab

The increasing popularity of digital photography has forced Kodak to close its manufacturing plant and wholesale processing lab in Coburg, Victoria, resulting in the redundancy of 600 staff.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
OSIA calls for WINE

OSIA calls for WINE

Industry body Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has called on PC manufacturers to contribute to the completion of WINE, an open source re-implementation of the Windows API that would allow Linux to run most Windows applications and deliver higher margins to PC vendors.
Staff Writers Sep 14 2004, 12:00AM Software
PC and Net lead 75 years worth of innovation

PC and Net lead 75 years worth of innovation

The personal computer and the internet took top honours as the greatest innovations of the past 75 years, according to a poll released last week, beating out major scientific and medical breakthroughs such as the discovery of DNA and the creation of a vaccine for polio.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Thin clients sales up 48 percent in 2003: IDC

Thin clients sales up 48 percent in 2003: IDC

Australia's thin client sales grew 48 percent from 2002 to 2003 as local interest in reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) via such devices increased, latest figures from IDC said.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Queensland distributor Cellnet Group has won a national distribution contract for Samsung mobile phone handsets that could be worth $20 million in the first year.
Staff Writers Sep 8 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Melbourne broadband firm helps Darfur refugees

Melbourne broadband firm helps Darfur refugees

Broadband provider Multiemedia has won a deal to provide satellite broadband communications to United Nations relief teams helping refugees in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Staff Writers Sep 8 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Enterprise IM generated US$119M in 2003

Enterprise IM generated US$119M in 2003

According to analysts the global enterprise instant messaging (IM) market earned revenue of US$119 million in 2003. It is a number that will grow, as organisations become more familiar with the security threats posed by public IM systems.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
ASIC, Greaves reach agreement

ASIC, Greaves reach agreement

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has reached an agreement with John Greaves, who was chairman of failed telco One.Tel.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2004, 12:00AM Collaboration
The new business rules

The new business rules

Services-oriented architectures are the next big thing in enterprise software. To lead the charge solution providers must develop a deeper than ever understanding of their customers’ business processes
Staff Writers Sep 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
IBM asks court to block US$12B Holocaust suit

IBM asks court to block US$12B Holocaust suit

IBM has asked a Swiss court to block a multi-billion dollar lawsuit filed by an organisation alleging that the computer giant's punch card machines facilitated the murder of gypsies during World War II, lawyers said last week.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Server sales across the Asia-Pacific region were up 12.4 percent in the second quarter to US$1.4 billion, according to new Gartner Dataquest figures.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Spate of robberies hits central Sydney internet cafes

Spate of robberies hits central Sydney internet cafes

Two internet cafes have been robbed by armed men in the central Sydney suburb of Surry Hills within a week in incidents that police believe may be linked to other recent robberies in nearby Gladesville and Petersham.
Staff Writers Sep 3 2004, 12:00AM Security
Intel drives forward Moore's Law

Intel drives forward Moore's Law

Intel has created fully functional 70Mb static random access memory (SRAM) chips with more than half a billion transistors using advanced nm process technology.
Staff Writers Sep 1 2004, 12:00AM Hardware

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