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Strong dollar hurts Infomedia

Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Australian automotive software and services business Infomedia has posted its second consecutive drop in annual profit, returning an after tax result of $13.06 million.

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Julian Bajkowski

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Most of the creditors that attended today's Commander creditors' meeting, chaired by Ferrier Hodgson administrator Max Donnelly, held out little hope that they could recover unsecured debts.

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Policy pipeline forces Canberra's hand

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Listed IT services group Oakton says the uncertainty around federal government IT spending is lifting.

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Melbourne IT on target

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Melbourne IT is on track to hit its full year earnings target after the company today reported a 20 per cent jump in net income and a 12 per cent rise in revenue to $86.7 million for the six months to June 30.

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3 signs for Next G roaming

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Hutchison Telecommunications plans to extend network coverage for its 3 mobile brand to areas covering 96 per cent of the population by the first half of next year. The plan includes an agreement that will allow Hutchison customers to use parts of Telstra's Next G Network.

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Commander split in two for sale

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Commander Communications faces a carve up and sale over the next 12 weeks as receiver McGrathNicol begins taking expressions of interest from businesses keen to acquire a chunk of the company.

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Dunai plans IRESS handover

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Managing director and founder of listed markets data and wealth management group IRESS Market Technology Limited, Peter Dunai, will step aside from the position in May 2010.

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Michael Keane

Tue, 19 Aug 2008

China's claim it would offer open internet access during the Olympics was undermined when it blocked international media from various sites. Discussing China's relationship with the internet are The AFR's China correspondent, Colleen Ryan, Amnesty International's Sophie Peer, and Michael Keane from the Queensland University of Technology.

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Telstra's Burgess heading home

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Telstra's head of public policy and communications Phil Burgess is leaving the company and will return to the US, due to illness in his family.

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Internode names new CEO

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Internet service provider Internode has named Patrick Tapper as its new chief executive officer following a management restructure.

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Commander's collapse a warning

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

The cooler financial winds now blowing through the world's credit markets will cut to the bone, and buyers of IT outsourcing services will need to choose partners with the fat to withstand the coming winter. Is big the new black?

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When your cloud evaporates?

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Google App Engine, Amazon Simple Storage Service and Apple's MobileMe service have all experienced some high-profile service outages in the past few months. Is it safe to rely on the cloud?

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ASB bank CIO Russell Jones

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Russell Jones, head of group technology at the Commonwealth Bank' New Zealand subsidiary ASB, talks about working in a new industry, and why ASB's first-mover advantage in internet banking is no excuse for complacency.

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Seek posts 37pc profit rise

Mon, 18 Aug 2008

Online employment agency Seek Ltd has lifted full year profit by 37 per cent, and says its confident of improving profitability further in the current year.

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Currency woe for Integrated Research

Fri, 15 Aug 2008

Listed software and voice over IP group Integrated Research Limited has blamed the Australian dollar's surge against the greenback and the pound for restricting it to a modest 6 per cent lift in net profit for 2007-08, but says 2009 should see continuing strong growth in sales of its PROGNOSIS server performance management software.

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iTunes movies for Australia

Thu, 14 Aug 2008

Less than two months after it put TV shows on its local iTunes download service, Apple has announced it will offer movies for sale at up to $24.99 each, as well as 48-hour movie rentals starting at $3.99 a throw.

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Unions urge haste over Telstra plan

Thu, 14 Aug 2008

The federal government should move quickly to get its new industrial laws in place to stop companies like Telstra using Work Choices, the ACTU says.

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ASX predicts tech spending lift

Thu, 14 Aug 2008

Markets operators the Australian Securities Exchange is predicting a lift in capital spending over the next two years as it continues to make major upgrades to its business and market supervision systems.

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Kaz sale called off

Wed, 13 Aug 2008

Telstra has given up on selling Kaz and instead will make the computer services business a fixture within its enterprise division.

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BigPond hears the music

Wed, 13 Aug 2008

Telstra's BigPond is stepping up its presence in the digital music business after signing a deal with all four major Australian record companies.

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