A year after Rhys Weatherley, Australia’s one-man army, started pounding out code for GNU/Linux’s version of .Net, he’s looking to double the quarter of a million lines of code already written and convince some new code demons to sign up to the cause
Sony will start selling Linux operating system kits for Linux programmers in coming months to allow Linux applications to run on its PlayStation 2 game console
Telstra’s internet price hikes have angered the Queensland Government and may have taken it out of the running for a major Internet service contract in northern Queensland
Caught in the act of rigging ZDNet Australia online user surveys last week, Telstra has refused to issue a formal apology, saying it can’t control the actions of its employees
Australia’s security and investment watchdog is claiming a world first in ordering an individual who is not a licensed investment adviser to stop providing investment advice via internet chat rooms
Two years after a complaint against SOCOG’s official Olympic Games web site hit the headlines, Australian businesses still have a long way to go in making their web sites accessible to people with disabilities
The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out the possibility of SMS-based emergency services, despite calls from hearing impaired community groups that such a service be provided by the likes of the police
More cyberattacks originate in the United States than in any other country, but the number of attacks that appear to come from Israel is nearly double that of any other nation based on the number of Internet users
The NSW Labour Council may have a tough time convincing Australian IT workers to carry union cards despite a recent surge of job losses through the industry
Some domestic companies are apparently considering filing lawsuits against Chinese firms selling DVD players without paying patent licensing fees on technology developed in Japan
Telstra has confessed that a ZDNet Australia survey which questions whether the telco’s Internet service provides value for money was rigged by someone within its ranks, just days after its ramped up Net access toll fell under the investigation of the competition watchdog for possible breaches of the Trade Practices Act
Change wireless carriers and your cellular telephone number disappears. Must it be that way? No, says the FCC, and it has given wireless companies until November to let customers take numbers with them when they switch carriers. But the major carriers are balking — much the same as Telstra did before the ACCC rapped them over the knuckles and forced the issue of mobile number portability for the Australian market
Imagine receiving a new e-mail from an old friend that begins, By the time you read this, I will have passed on
. It could happen, as a result of a new internet service called TimelessMail.com. Through this new service, subscribers create and store e-mail messages containing their final adieu to friends and family. After a subscriber has bought the farm, his or her messages are forwarded to the intended recipients following a verification of Social Security Administration death records
Even die hard Telstra business customers have had enough of more than a week’s worth of ADSL woes in Victoria, which has seen the delivery of an emaciated service, including a seven-hour outage, the shock waves from which are still being felt
Sony has said that 900,000 of its Vaio personal computers, are vulnerable to data security breaches, although the problem could be fixed with a software patch
Telstra has dismissed Federal Opposition claims that it’s secretly planning to outsource its maintenance and services division, shedding up to 10,000 staff in the process, describing the claims as mischievous
Yahoo plans to unveil a pay-per-view search product this week, the latest in a string of premium services aimed at offsetting a sharp decline in its online advertising
The file-swapping heir to the pirate Napster web site, KaZaA, which amassed 30 million followers after Napster was shut down by the courts, has been sold to a Sydney company after being itself threatened with legal action in Europe
Once every 100 minutes, a bargain-basement satellite built from off-the-shelf parts loops around the earth, sending and receiving digital messages over antennae made from a metal tape measure. After four months in space, the US Naval Academy’s bird is proving surprisingly resilient
Security researchers in Holland have found a way to crash some Nokia mobile phones using a malformed text message
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