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ISP filtering a pipe dream: Telstra
TELSTRA chief operating officer Greg Winn says the federal Government's attempt to censor the internet is akin to trying to "boil the ocean".
NBN tender budget blows out by $10 million
THE Rudd Government has been forced to explain a $10 million budget blowout in the national broadband network, before a metre of fibre of the new network had been laid.
Broadband funding showdown looms
THE federal government and opposition are heading for another showdown in the Senate, this time over broadband funding.
$5bn more needed on broadband: Telstra
TELSTRA today said it would need the Rudd Labor Government to commit at least $10 billion to build the national broadband network in order to comply with the terms of its tender.
National broadband network: full coverage
THE Rudd Government's national broadband network kicked-off with six submissions to a request for proposal. Building the NBN will see taxpayers providing up to $4.7 billion in funding for 98 per cent of the population, at speeds of at least 12Mbps.
Pupils won't ruin tax-funded netbooks
SENIOR NSW education bureaucrats have angrily rejected suggestions that public school students will trash the 197,000 laptop computers to be provided for them next year using federal taxpayer funds.
NSW eyes netbook, wireless suppliers
update: THE NSW government's $200 million-plus schools netbook program has officially kicked-off, and ICT companies have been encouraged to form consortiums to participate in the upcoming bidding process.
Households first NBN priority: report
HOUSEHOLDS currently disadvantaged by a lack of broadband services in their area should be first priority in the government's new National Broadband Network, an interim report says.
School head slams NSW netbook plan
THE head of one of the biggest public high schools in NSW has launched an extraordinary attack on the state government over its plan to spend commonwealth money on giving a mini-laptop or netbook to every senior student.
ATO systems to go offline
THE Australian Taxation Office will shut down its IT operations for almost a fortnight - including its call centres and internal business systems - to complete essential data centre building maintenance.
Gillard defends computer blowout
JULIA Gillard has been accused of serial bungling, leading to an $800 million blowout in the cost of meeting her pledge to provide computers for all students in years 9 to 12.
Microsoft on the outer
Fran Foo IT'S one of the best Christmas parties the IT industry could ask for, but Microsoft may not score an invitation.
Govt mismanaged PCs in schools program
THE Rudd Government's move to offer states and territories an additional $807 million to buy computers is a sign of economic mismanagement, the federal Opposition says.
Public good added to CRCs criteria
CO-OPERATIVE research centres, which link university expertise with industry problems, will take on a wider social and environmental role under new rules announced today, according to the federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr.
Schools get extra computer funding
THE federal Government will provide an additional $807 million over the next four years to meet the costs of installing and running the computers provided under its digital revolution of giving every student in Years 9 to 12 access to a computer.
NSW Health IT in disarray
SPECIAL commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a massive dose of IT to fix NSW's troubled public hospitals, and recommended a watchdog oversee e-health.
Govt won't budge on broadband process
THE federal Government has rejected suggestions it is being bullied by Telstra to accept a non-compliant bid to build the national broadband network.
Gershon opens door for Wipro
THE Gershon review has opened the door for Indian outsourcers to bid for lucrative federal Government contracts, a Wipro executive said.
Telstra network bid 'a joke'
TELSTRA has set a challenge for the Rudd Government, refusing to put in a detailed bid for the $10 billion plus national broadband network unless it gets a range of guarantees, including that there be no further split of its operations.
Telstra's NBN rates costly
A NATIONAL broadband network run by Telstra would be more expensive and provide 10 times less value compared with today's market rates.