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NSW Revenue Office bets on Linux agility
The NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) collects about $14 billion a year and Linux plays a key part in it.
By Dahna McConnachie | 28 September, 2005 07:30
The A-Z of programming languages: Groovy
Groovy’s Project Manager, Guillaume Laforge, tells the development story behind this language and why he thinks it is grooving its way into enterprises around the world.
By Dahna McConnachie | 14 September, 2009 12:13
Microsoft gets SaaSy with Telstra but doesn't go all the way
Microsoft has dipped its toe a little further in to the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) world by making its online services available through Telstra's T-Suite platform.
By Dahna McConnachie | 01 September, 2009 05:00
Windows 7 enabled netbooks for schools to include open source software
The 267,000 Windows 7 based netbooks that the NSW Government has started rolling out to high schools will come pre-installed with open source software. The initial roll out that began today will see the 70,000 Year 9 students in NSW schools have a Windows 7 enabled Lenovo IdeaPad S10e by the end of this year.
By Dahna McConnachie | 26 August, 2009 15:37
Australian Mint invests in technology
The Royal Australian Mint may be in a heritage-listed building, but there will soon be nothing old about the technology. The Mint has been going through a refurbishment and modernisation program that has involved it moving from two buildings into one and significantly revamping its technology.
By Dahna McConnachie | 26 August, 2009 07:00
Drupal gains ground down under
The open source content management system (CMS), Drupal, continues to gain popularity both locally and internationally. The CMS powers several new high profile websites including the Prime Minister's site, launched last month and designed by Canberra-based company OPC IT and ABC's three digital radio websites – Dig Music, ABC Jazz and ABC Country. Internationally, it is used by organisations as diverse as Obama's administration in the US to Greenpeace to McDonalds.
By Dahna McConnachie | 25 August, 2009 14:27
Slideshow: Robots pay off at Royal Australian Mint
Australia's currency is now largely managed by a six-meter tall, 8000kg robot, which was put to work at the Royal Australian Mint in March this year as part of a general technology overhaul and refurbishment.
By Dahna McConnachie | 20 August, 2009 22:00
Robots make the coins go round downunder
Australia's currency is now largely managed by a six-meter tall, 8000kg robot, which was put to work at the Royal Australian Mint in March this year as part of a general technology overhaul and refurbishment.
By Dahna McConnachie | 20 August, 2009 22:00
A-Z of Programming Languages: Scala
A Twitter developer has said that Scala could become the language of choice of the modern Web 2.0 startup. LinkedIn also uses the language. So do with many other big corporate names including Sony Pictures, EDF and SAP. Martin Odersky tells us about Scala’s history, its future and what makes it so interesting.
By Dahna McConnachie | 18 August, 2009 11:32
Australia leads the way in IPv6 adoption: OECD
Australia is one of the countries leading the way in IPv6 adoption, according to an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report which calls for more network operators to follow its lead as IPv4 is running out.
By Dahna McConnachie | 14 August, 2009 12:26
NICTA wins race to secure L4
Australian research organisation, NICTA claims to be the world's first to develop a formal machine-checked proof of a general-purpose operating system kernel, the Secure Embedded L4 (seL4).
By Dahna McConnachie | 13 August, 2009 16:00
Australia the pricey country for mobile broadband: OECD
Mobile broadband users in Australia pay more than in any other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country according to a new report released by the organisation, which measured mobile broadband usage of the 30 member countries in three brackets: high use, medium use and low use.
By Dahna McConnachie | 13 August, 2009 09:38
Mind mapping keeps Defence projects on track
Mindjet’s MindManager software has helped an LES consultant increase productivity by up to 60 percent and deliver successful projects to the Defence Force and other clients.
By Dahna McConnachie | 11 August, 2009 16:29
NBN will cause a social tipping point: Senator Kate Lundy
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will give the Government the incentive it needs to invest in the digital sector, according to ACT Senator Kate Lundy who spoke at a Wikimedia event in Canberra today.
By Dahna McConnachie | 07 August, 2009 12:50
New Linux-based technology to make ‘smarter’ GPS
Sick of having your GPS tell you to turn the wrong way up a one-way street or lead you to a dead end? Fear not: Linux-based technology developed at NICTA is on its way to help make personal navigation systems more accurate.
By Dahna McConnachie | 06 August, 2009 07:51
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