There’s a bit of David and Goliath battle raging at the moment
between the new-comer wireless and the reigning champion ADSL broadband
technologies. Burgeoning wireless service provider Access Providers are
purporting that wireless technology is the way of the future while already
successful companies like iiNet and Optus roll-out more DSLAMs.
ADSL technology wades into the fray with its already extensive and
continually expanding infrastructure. It already has a large market share,
both business and residential. It offers high speed connection with high
levels of security and stability.
Its main short-falling is that it isn’t mobile—you are tied to
your desk by the wire... (more)
Optus, Australia’s second biggest telco, has announced a takeover bid
of AUD$25.9 million for Australian IT services provider Alphawest.
Optus’s CEO Paul O’Sullivan announced it would make a proposal of
68 cents per share and Alphawest’s board has unanimously recommended
its shareho... (more)
Hewlett-Packard may retrench up to 400 of its Australian employees in
worldwide cut backs set in motion by the company’s new CEO Mark Hurd,
in an plan to save the company around AUD$2.5 billion a year.
In the most significant move Hurd has made since he took over as CEO from
Carly Fiorina less than f... (more)
The federal government has again ruled out the possibility of the
introduction of national identity cards. However, in an effort to uncover
identity fraud the government has said it is initiating the validation and
reconciliation of information held on national databases like those of
Medicare, Centrelink... (more)
The Federal Court in Sydney has found that hosting a website that links to
illegal MP3s means you are liable under copyright infringement laws.
In the decision, Justice Tamberlin found that the website, www.mp3s4free.net,
and its owner, Stephen Cooper, had breached the Copyright Act by
“permitting or... (more)
Saurabh Verma
Jocelyn Quimbo
Gary Hamilton
Jeff Anders
Vikas Aggarwal 
Vincent Kadar
Jill Starr
