Communications Minister Stephen Conroy used a two-way radio last Friday when marking the start of construction on a fibre-optic cable in WA. But what was he saying? Tell us to win a Norton 360 cap signed by V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes.
This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.
With only weeks to go to the election, how are the main parties shaping up on their tech promises?
US jobless benefits fell by a larger-than-expected 11,000 in one week, suggesting a healthy labor market and more job growth in March 2006. The Labor Department said the number of Americans filing initial claims for state unemployment aid fell to 302,000 in the week ended March 18 from an upwardly revised 313,000 in the prior week.
The number of computer science and systems analysis jobs went up by 54,000, an increase of 7.7% over 2004 numbers, in Q1 2005, Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
Australian regulators have signed an agreement with Asia-Pacific nations to step up the war against spam.Twelve Asia-Pacific communications and Internet agencies have joined the Australian Communications Authority in signing a memorandum of understanding -- the Seoul-Melbourne Anti-Spam Agreement --on cooperation in countering spam.
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has extended its information and communications technology (ICT) outsourcing agreement with services heavyweight EDS in a two-year deal worth AU$300 million.EDS said today the contract extension -- due to expire in June 2008 -- built on a six-year deal signed in June 1999.
On the morning of International Women's Day, the federal government has announced the members of an advisory group which will help plan a Women in ICT summit to be held later this year.The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, said of the summit: "We need more women interested in ICT, studying ICT and working in ICT.
US employers created 262,000 jobs in February 2005, as auto workers returned from temporary layoffs and construction activity snapped back from a cold January, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate, however, rose to 5.
US employers created 262,000 jobs in February 2005, as auto workers returned from temporary layoffs and construction activity snapped back from a cold January, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate, however, rose to 5.