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  • WA Disability Commission goes video

    Western Australia's Disability Services Commission (DSC) has flagged plans to implement a state-wide videoconferencing system to facilitate better staff collaboration.

  • Steve Jobs unveils latest iMac

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the newest iMac. It has built-in videoconferencing, a Photo Booth application and Nano-style remote control for multimedia playback.

  • Cisco serves up US$3.2b to buy WebEx

    update Cisco Systems plans to spend US$3.2 billion to buy online conferencing company WebEx, the companies said yesterday in the US.

  • The key to successful Web conferencing

    The right tools will make your Web conferences successful, but first, you'll need an effective moderator. Learn how to get a good one.

  • Macromedia updates Web conferencing tools

    Macromedia has unveiled the latest version of its online video conferencing application, adding support for VoIP, among other features.

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    Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit

    The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

    Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fit for purpose, not just for headlines

    With the OPEL bid cancelled and procedural questions dogging the FTTN bid, Australia is currently in something of a technological limbo.

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  • Create a scalable video conferencing solution

    One way to maintain "face time" in business without incurring outrageous travel expenses is to use technology to bring people together, even when they're widely dispersed, with video conferencing.

  • 10 tips to tweaking your videoconferences

    Getting the most out of a videoconference requires some preparation and planning. In this article, we'll discuss some best practices to help make yours more productive, whether you're running the show or attending your first.

  • IM: beyond text messaging

    Instant messaging is often characterised as a frivolous application used mostly by home users. But its business use has increased dramatically in the past year, thanks to a plethora of IM features beyond text messaging.

  • Face to face with videoconferencing

    It may once have been over-hyped and underwhelming, but the quality and cost-effectiveness of video conferencing systems available now are very impressive.

  • Customs: Murray Harrison, CIO

    Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.

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  • Intel demos quad-core notebooks

    Intel's David Perlmutter showed the company's new quad-core laptop computers at the Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco. He demonstrated how video conferencing can be done in HD--even with other applications running in the background--without sacrificing power and performance.

  • Oracle unveils Beehive

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle President Charles Phillips and Chuck Rozwat, the company's executive vice president of product development, announced the release of Beehive. Beehive is an open, integrated communications system that includes instant messaging, video conferencing, and e-mail.

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  • Say goodbye to airport lounges: 5 Videoconferencing systems tested

    The latest generation of videoconferencing systems supports high-quality MPEG4 video, prefers IP to ISDN connections, and costs you less than a couple of business-class tickets to New York.

  • HP sends bots to the boardroom

    Why travel on business when you can send your robot double?

  • WebEx Meeting Center

    Although it's difficult to master, WebEx Meeting Center's slick conferencing tools are an effective alternative to face-to-face conferences.

  • Nice to see you: 5 videoconferencing tools tested

    If high-end systems are too expensive for your videoconferencing needs, and low-end setups just don't do the job, here are a few solutions you'll want to get face to face with.

  • NEC Versa E6510

    The E6510 looks the part of a serious business laptop, but there's a more fun exterior lurking within at least for as long as the battery holds out.

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