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.
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 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.
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.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Silicon Valley heavyweight Google, plans to campaign on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, it was revealed this week.
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.
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.
The Australian government late yesterday released Sir Peter Gershon's report into federal public sector use of information and communications technology.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.
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