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  • NBN doomed to failure: iiNet

    Australia's third-largest ISP iiNet said yesterday that the government's $4.7 billion national broadband network was "doomed to be a monumental failure" despite the fact that iiNet itself is a member of Terria, a consortium bidding to build the network.

  • NSW kicks off Tcard 'round two'

    Nine companies from Australia and New Zealand and five from overseas have expressed interest in bidding for work to deliver NSW's long-awaited Tcard public transport ticketing system, the first attempt at which was canned in January.

  • TransACT quits Terria too

    TransACT has decided to pull out of Terria, the consortium bidding against Telstra for the government's $4.7 billion national broadband network, shortly after the departure of two other members AAPT and Soul.

  • NSW to censor student laptops

    The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) plans to limit internet access on the laptops given to NSW's senior students under the "digital education revolution" to a pre-approved list of websites.

  • Google CEO backs Obama

    Eric Schmidt, CEO of Silicon Valley heavyweight Google, plans to campaign on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, it was revealed this week.

  • Defence starts ID-based war strategy

    The Australian Defence Force is set to embark on an up to $100 million identity management project, which will support its network-centric warfare ambitions.

  • Gershon slams govt technocrats

    British efficiency expert Sir Peter Gershon has castigated the federal public sector for poor governance mechanisms on technology projects and a spending model which gave individual departments and agencies too much autonomy.

  • Gershon report released

    The Australian government late yesterday released Sir Peter Gershon's report into federal public sector use of information and communications technology.

  • AAPT doesn't affect bid: Terria

    National broadband network consortium Terria said today that AAPT's withdrawal from the group would not affect its ability to hand in a bid on 26 November.

  • ACMA ok's in-flight mobile plans

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority has proposed to permit the installation of in-flight mobile phone systems which are necessary for Qantas and Virgin Blue plans to offer SMS and GPRS services on aircraft.

  • UK beefs up huge snooping database

    The UK Home Secretary has stressed the need for even greater snooping powers for government, even as the country is planning a massive interception database of all communications.

  • Hurry it up: Public tells NEHTA

    Clinicians and consumers have told Australia's peak e-health body to stop conducting pilots and speed up the roll out of a national electronic health record project, according to a report released yesterday.

  • NBN deal still 12 months away: Minchin

    Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin today said he thought it unlikely a builder for the Federal Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network would be locked in for another 12 months.

  • NSW segregates BusinessLink, ServiceFirst

    The New South Wales State Government has no plans to consolidate its existing shared services agency BusinessLink with the new division, ServiceFirst, which the Government quietly set up over the past few months to provide similar services to different agencies.

  • Now Symantec swallows MessageLabs

    Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.

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