Stories by Kathryn Edwards

MashupAustralia competition winners announced

Two mashups of open access government data, Suburban Trends and Know where you live, have taken out top honours in the MashupAustralia contest.

By Kathryn Edwards | 14 December, 2009 15:30

Tags: Government 2.0 Taskforce, mashups, MashupAustralia contest

Max Walker releases Melbourne Cup iPhone app

Cricketing legend Max Walker’s company Maxximiser, has joined the throng of Australian developers aiming to hit it big on the popular iPhone releasing an app for the the race that stops a nation.

By Kathryn Edwards | 22 October, 2009 12:55

Tags: maxximiser, Max Walker, iPhone, Victoria Racing Club (VRC), spring racing carnival

Monash University migrates 58,000 students to Gmail

Monash University will be migrating its 58,000 students over to Gmail next month.

By Kathryn Edwards | 15 October, 2009 12:22

Tags: Gmail, live@edu, Google, Monash University

iPhone sends Aussie smartphone market soaring

Apple’s iPhone has spurred Australian smartphone shipments up 29 per cent year on year in the first half of 2009, according to research firm IDC.

By Kathryn Edwards | 13 October, 2009 12:14

Tags: smartphone, IDC, apple iphone

Virgin launches mobile Wi-Fi modem

Virgin Mobile has launched a new Wi-Fi modem, which lets users create mobile broadband networks.

By Kathryn Edwards | 13 October, 2009 15:51

Tags: Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, virgin mobile

Interview: PayPal's developer network senior director, Naveed Anwar, and VP, platform and emerging technologies, Osama Bedier

PayPal’s developer network senior director, Naveed Anwar, and VP, platform and emerging technologies, Osama Bedier, who were in Sydney for this week's Web Directions conference, chat to Computerworld about PayPal's plans to open its payment platform to third-party developers.

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 October, 2009 13:01

Tags: software development, paypal

PayPal launches competition for Aussie devs

PayPal has announced a developer competition at Web Directions South in Sydney, and up for grabs is a trip to the PayPal conference in San Francisco next month.

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 October, 2009 13:06

Tags: software development, PayPal X, x.com

PPC-1 submarine cable switches on

The PIPE Networks undersea cable system, PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1), stretching from Sydney to Guam, was officially launched today at an event at Sydney’s Australian Technology Park.

By Kathryn Edwards | 08 October, 2009 12:32

Tags: submarine cables, ppc-1, Pipe Networks

Entry-level IT salaries rise

The average entry-level salary for IT graduates has jumped $2,000 to $38,000 according to an annual survey by IT professional training company, Excom Education.

By Kathryn Edwards | 06 October, 2009 12:31

Tags: certification, excom, IT careers, it graduates

IT jobs creep upwards in September

The Australian job market has risen again in September, but the IT sector is still playing catch-up, according to the latest results from the Olivier Job Index.

By Kathryn Edwards | 04 October, 2009 03:13

Tags: ICT jobs, olivier job index

Five Windows 7 features to make IT managers jobs easier

Speaking from Microsoft's Tech Ed event on the Gold Coast, Windows 7 commercial group lead and the woman responsible for the launch of Windows 7 in Australia, Sarah Vaughan, outlines the top five features of Windows 7 to make the lives of IT managers a little easier.

By Kathryn Edwards | 10 September, 2009 11:13

Tags: TechEd, Microsoft, Windows 7, operating systems

Slideshow: Microsoft Tech Ed day two

Out and about in the Tech Ed exhibition hall

By Kathryn Edwards | 10 September, 2009 10:08

Tags: TechEd, Microsoft, Windows 7

Tech Ed: Women in IT

Out of the 2500-odd IT professionals and developers at this year's Microsoft Tech Ed on the Gold Coast, only about 200 are women. The attendance of women is up 50 per cent from last year, but it's still a far cry from the number of men pouring through the doors.

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 September, 2009 15:46

Tags: TechEd, Microsoft, women in it

Slideshow: TechEd 2009

Photos from Microsoft's annual IT professional meet

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 September, 2009 15:09

Tags: TechEd, Microsoft, Windows 7

Financial crisis good time for IT leaders: Microsoft

Microsoft has called upon IT managers to be more innovative and drive up operational efficiencies during the economic downturn at this year’s Tech.Ed user conference on the Gold Coast.

By Kathryn Edwards | 09 September, 2009 10:30

Tags: Microsoft Tech.Ed 2009, global financial crisis, TechEd, Microsoft, Windows 7

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