While interest in Linux grows amongst organisations, Telstra and Optus are still refusing to support the open source operating system for users of their broadband services
Microsoft announced that it is easing the DVD-copying restrictions it planned to build into new entertainment software in response to consumer protests
Big Air, a new telecommunications company has joined the growing band of wireless networks trying to take on Telstra over high-speed internet services
A Florida family that received ID chip implants won’t have much company in the United States until the FDA decides whether to regulate the subdermal device
Microsoft will announce a new program, code-named XDocs, that it says will be the first to let ordinary computer users view and interact with information encoded in Extensible Markup Language
Australian computer scientists Alexander Barmouta and Rajkumar Buyya have brought grid computing one step closer to commercialisation, releasing a preliminary prototype of their Grid Bank resource accounting infrastructure
Telstra’s digital CDMA mobile network, covering rural and regional Australia, is less congested but suffers more call dropouts than the older GSM network
The entertainment industry is facing a formidable obstacle in pursuing Napster’s major successor, KaZaA: geography
In a move that marks an image make over for Palm, the handheld computing pioneer on Monday releases a sleek, affordable personal digital assistant for first time buyers
A single number for e-mail addresses, phone number and web sites is being considered in Australia, despite fears the technology could become a de facto identification number
An international consortium formed by the Agha Khan’s charity foundation has been named as Afghanistan‘s second mobile phone service provider after winning the country’s first ever public tender contract
Asian CD pirates now produce thousands of pirated VCDs on anchored ships in international waters to avoid getting caught. Malaysian marine police have been asked to be on the lookout for pirate ships — via Slashdot
Think your tower case with led fans, a cold cathode and a window is cool? See what this guy did to two Sun Enterprise 15Ks — a case mod on US$1.3 million dollars of hardware
In a submission to a senate inquiry looking into Australia’s telecommunications network, Telstra admitted its vaunted ADSL broadband service was not compatible with the copper cables used by many households
Microsoft appears to have shut down one of the world’s largest distributors of mod chips
— grey-market add-ons that allow Microsoft’s Xbox and other video game consoles to play pirated games
Recent tweaks to Google’s PageRank search algorithm have degraded rather than improved the accuracy of the results
Nokia’s 8850 model mobile phone is coming under fire from consumers who claim the handset suffers from the same screen defects that plagued the 8210
Australian computer users are coming under siege, with two separate worms infiltrating systems with damaging and costly effect
Australia has been earmarked for a campus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory
Australia will consider forcing television manufacturers to include digital tuners in new sets to encourage consumers to take up the new technology
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