Commercial Ready, a SME grants program that subsidised innovation and commercialisation, was scrapped in this week's federal Budget a move that will save AU$707 million over four years.
ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.
Abolishing the previous government's national identity card dubbed the Access Card means Labor will save over AU$1 billion, according to the Federal budget.
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) budget was cut back five percent by the Treasurer Budget day; that money has been earmarked for filling defence funding "black holes".
The government has extended its subsidy to help rural Australians establish a broadband connection by four years.
If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.
I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
The end of the financial year must be nigh -- vendors are rolling out their last minute specials to try and get everyone to spend their last shreds of budget before 30 June rolls around.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have opted against a recent proposal to offshore, but it still seems the writing is on the wall following May's federal budget.
Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?
John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide. Turato also discusses transformation at the rental car operator, and his other role, Chairman of the OpenTravel Alliance, a group of companies developing web 2.0 standards for the online travel industry.
The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.
Two Australian software firms are laughing all the way to the bank after inking separate deals with the US and Australian defence departments.
Intel CIO Stacy Smith sits down with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber in a Face to Face interview to share his challenge of saving money while increasing performance. Wireless technology, he says, will be outfitted for nontraditional spaces such as construction sites and hospitals.
David Skellern, CEO of NICTA said the Federal Government's AU$707 million slash of Commercial Ready, a SME grants program that subsidised innovation and commercialisation, will be a significant blow to innovation in Australia.
At this year's AusCERT conference, delegates enjoyed a gala dinner in the Royal Pines resort with entertainment from Tripod. Here is the whole evening in 39 seconds.
John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide. Turato also discusses transformation at the rental car operator, and his other role, Chairman of the OpenTravel Alliance, a group of companies developing web 2.0 standards for the online travel industry.
Most people who visit the T-Visionarium at UNSW's iCinema centre are gob smacked by the experience, but some leave disappointed after finding out there are only 8,000 pixels.
Giving viewers the power to control content meant hours of tagging each video clip for the T-Visionarium's developers.
Toshiba, who built one of the world's first notebooks, clearly has a head start in the race to put a laptop on every desk. The AU$1,210 Satellite M300 is a step in the right direction, being a modest, yet high quality desktop replacement at a reasonable price.
The K660i shares most of its specs with budget-priced phones, with the addition of HSDPA data speeds, and minus the budget price tag.
Toshiba's M200 feels great, but doesn't stand out against an oncoming slew of budget competitors.
For AU$99 you can't expect the world, but extremely poor reception and a dull display means that the Sagem my411x doesn't pass the grade.
The Telstra F850 offers a relatively inexpensive way to jump aboard the carrier's Next G platform, as long as you don't mind travelling in the slow lane.
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