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Australian government quietly ends laptops in schools program
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has confirmed that year 9 to year 12 students in 2013 will be the last to receive laptops under the current scheme.
ACMA goes public with ISP malware statistics
Although ISPs and network operators have had access to the rough figures of malware infections for some time, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has now begun publishing the statistics for the public.
The future of Italian startups: Is innovation is taking a backseat to bureaucracy?
Digital Economy Forum finds that the Italian bureaucracy is the biggest hurdle that startups face
Conroy claims first major apartment block is NBN ready
The Australian government is promoting one of the first major new apartment blocks connected to the NBN; however, it will not face the same issues that other apartment blocks have had connecting to the NBN.
The best kept secret in startup scenes is hidden in the Italian mountains
The region of Trentino-Alto Adige is shaping up to be a startup to watch, with its independent government looking to translate the region's natural advantages into IT growth.
EU trade probe against Huawei, ZTE to strain China ties
Chinese official says China will take "firm measures" to protect its interest should European Union trade chief Karel De Gucht insist on investigating alleged unfair trade practices by the Chinese companies.
Australian government to educate agencies on internet filter notices
The Australian government has said it will work with government agencies to ensure Section 313 requests to block websites are "properly targeted".
ASIC's accidental block exposes secret internet filtering scheme
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission accidentally blocked thousands of websites in seeking to block a fraud-related website, in turn exposing the secret internet filter in operation in Australia.
Three years later, the federal government is still clueless about consolidation
The five-year federal datacenter consolidation program still lacks metrics to measure actual cost savings.
Audit finds WA unis fail to fix known security weaknesses
An independent audit has found that many of Western Australia's universities and state training providers have failed to resolve the cheap and easy-to-fix information system weaknesses that they were informed about in previous years.
Singapore plans DaaS pilot to develop data industry
The data-as-a-service program is meant to kickstart the development of a nationwide delivery platform of public and private sector datasets, which would in turn spur more innovative applications to be created.
Australian Budget 2013: Canning the internet filter saves AU$4.5m
Abandoning the controversial internet filter will see the Australian government save AU$4.5 million.
Australian Budget 2013: IT system tweaks, expansions, and new centres
Despite the tough economic times, there were a number of big IT winners in this year's federal Budget.
Australian Budget 2013: Government scales back NBN advertising
The Australian government will expand local programs to promote the NBN, but controversial advertising for the project has been reduced from the last financial year.
Australian Budget 2013: Human Services to overhaul Child Support IT system
The Australian government will replace the Child Support IT system for AU$102.2 million as it eyes a much larger overhaul of Centrelink's IT system.