Stories by Darren Pauli

Online collaboration on the cheap

Writeboard's simple interface makes the quick capture of thoughts easy.

By Darren Pauli | 11 June, 2010 08:08

Tags: collaboration

Paradise lost: a decade of data breaches

Do you think the moat around Australia extends around your business and hackers won’t target you? It doesn’t, and research says data breaches will be the elephant-in-the-conference-room at your next IT meet.

By Darren Pauli | 19 April, 2010 08:47

Tags: security, Ponemon Institute, data breach

Nokia slapped with ACCC warranty warning

Intervention by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has prompted Nokia Australia to retract unfair warranty conditions after it restricted claims to within three months of purchase.

By Darren Pauli | 15 April, 2010 09:35

Tags: Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Trade Practices Act, telsyte, telecommunications, Nokia, government, accc

Local iPad launch delayed

Australians will have to wait until the end of May to get an iPad after Apple today delayed the international launch of the device by one month.

By Darren Pauli | 15 April, 2010 09:05

Tags: iPad, Apple

Net filter unworkable, games a threat to human liberty: Hockey

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has slammed the government’s proposal to filter the Internet in a presentation at Melbourne’s Grattan Institute yesterday.

By Darren Pauli | 12 March, 2010 13:59

Tags: joe hockey, internet content filtering, games

Anti-filter flash mob planned to raise Internet filter concerns

An online activist group will use a flash mob on April Fools Day to raise its concerns about the Internet content filter to the general public.

By Darren Pauli | 09 March, 2010 13:09

Tags: twitter, protest, isp filtering, Facebook

Exetel takes Telstra to Federal Court

Exetel has filed legal proceedings against Telstra in the Federal Court of Australia for alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.

By Darren Pauli | 09 March, 2010 13:06

Tags: Trade Practices Act, Telstra, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), exetel v telstra, Exetel

NBN Co won't dob on job seekers

The National Broadband Network Company (NBNCo) has poured cold water on reports it will contact the employers of prospect executives who attempt to jump ship from other telecommunications providers.

By Darren Pauli | 09 March, 2010 08:25

Tags: telco, NBNco, NBN, National Broadband Network (NBN), isp, careers

Humans 93% predictable: research

It is possible to determine where you are 93 per cent of the time, according to research.

By Darren Pauli | 05 March, 2010 13:54

Tags: mobile phones

Net filter causes IT industry vote swing

The mandatory Internet filtering scheme could sway votes against the Rudd Government when the IT industry hits the polling booths at the Federal election.

By Darren Pauli | 05 March, 2010 11:20

Tags: TPG, surveys, modem, ISPs, iprimus, internet content filtering, dodo, broadband, aapt

Aussie, German scientists tackle transport in $11m deal

National ICT Australia (NICTA) has established an $11 million logistics research team in Sydney to solve endemic problems in transport.

By Darren Pauli | 04 March, 2010 11:14

Tags: NSW Government, nicta

My School passes test, graduates to My Uni

The Federal Government will extend its My Schools website to cover universities, in a move welcomed by the National Union of Students.

By Darren Pauli | 04 March, 2010 08:05

Tags: My Uni website, My School website, Julia Gillard, careers

Optus payment system crashes after software failure

Optus customers were unable to pay bills for four hours yesterday after its billing system crashed.

By Darren Pauli | 03 March, 2010 08:52

Tags: optus, computer glitch

NBN Co retail legislation could pass July

Legislation that could allow the National Broadband Network (NBN) operator to sell retail services could be in place as early as July.

By Darren Pauli | 03 March, 2010 08:42

Tags: Telstra, nbn co, NBN

Oz IT shops can't change business culture: Gartner

If Business Intelligence (BI) projects made difficult because business doesn’t understand technology – it is worse still, according to Gartner because "business doesn’t understand itself".

By Darren Pauli | 02 March, 2010 13:04

Tags: Gartner, business intelligence

 
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