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Australian space capabilities would boost our Five Eyes role: Former astronaut
Defence is the space industry's biggest customer, says Pamela Melroy, so the Australian Space Agency must work closely with them. But first, it must find a strategy, and a home.
Gavin Slater exits Digital Transformation Agency
The ex-NAB executive will hand the CEO position over to ABS' deputy Australian statistician Randall Brugeaud.
From 358 Area Switch applications, NBN has upgraded two MDUs so far
The program to allow councils or apartment blocks to upgrade NBN connection technology is shooting less than 1 percent.
McDonald's Australia on keeping the golden arches relevant with technology
Even a fast-food chain needs to use technology to keep pace with its competition.
Government IT procurement still favouring the big end of tech town
The Department of Human Services this week handed out AU$54.9 million to Dell EMC, IBM, and Oracle.
Cubic to build Queensland's AU$371m transport ticketing system
Cubic will be responsible for upgrading the current system to allow for contactless payment via bankcards, mobile phones, and wearables on public transport.
Telstra restructure axes 8,000 jobs
The Telstra2022 three-year program will see 8,000 jobs cut from the telco.
Fujitsu using drones and analytics to protect native endangered species
Project Digital Owl aims to better monitor the status of endangered flora and fauna in New South Wales.
NSW government commits AU$52.6m to national biometric initiative
The state has allocated AU$52.6 million over four years from 2018-19 to support the rollout of the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability across New South Wales.
South Australia begins trials of Flinders Express autonomous shuttle bus
From Wednesday, free rides can be booked on the Flinders Express (FLEX) between 10am and 2pm on weekdays during the first stage of the trials.
Australia now has Amazon Prime
The online retail giant has geared up for its Australian domination, launching its Amazon Prime service that offers two-day delivery and access to streaming, gaming, and reading services.
Attorney-General's Department caught up in PageUp breach
The Attorney-General's Department joins Wesfarmers, the National Australia Bank, Telstra, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia Post, Medibank, and the ABC as those potentially affected by the PageUp data breach.
Optus hands World Cup streaming back to SBS for 48 hours
The World Cup sub-licensee is busy bailing water, and has handed responsibility back to the public broadcaster.
Australia launches robotics roadmap for automation adoption
Australia's first robotics roadmap, launched alongside the Australian Centre of Robotic Vision, aims to support the development of robotic technologies for a variety of industries.
QBE on why fixing disparate customer data is important
QBE Insurance Group is building out a single view of the customer, starting with fixing its data.
iPhone 6s, 6s Plus Sydney launch: Photos
Hundreds of die-hard Apple fans lined up in the rain to obtain one of the new iPhones, launched on Friday morning -- though significantly less turned up than for the iPhone 6 launch.
UNSW to visualise data sets using DomeLab
The University of New South Wales has launched a DomeLab in the hope to help researchers visualise data sets in the medical and museology field.
Honeywell's Command Suite puts design at the focus
Honeywell's plans to improve user experience is reflective in the interface of its newly announced Command and Control Suite, aimed to provide personnel holistic views of a building's video feeds, access control, and fire alarms.
Who's who in Australia's mandatory data-retention debate
There are a lot of players in the mandatory data-retention debate. We look at who is for the legislation, and who is opposing it.
Telstra opens high-tech Customer Insights Centre: Pictures
Telstra has opened its Customer Insights Centre (CIC) in Sydney for enterprise and business clients, with the high-tech 3,600 square metre facility boasting a 300-person auditorium, a workshop, collaboration spaces, partner pop-up installations, a restaurant, and a broadcast studio.
Tropical tech: IT challenges in remote communities
Operating and maintaining the sensitive IT equipment in Australia's tropical far north can be a challenging undertaking, but NEC Australia has worked out a way to keep things running for some of Australia's most remote communities.
One Laptop per Child reaches 20K devices in Aussie schools
Not-for-profit organisation OLPC Australia's new program, One Education, has now distributed 20,000 computing devices to schools throughout Australia, with a celebration held last week at a school where every student and teacher has a device.
NextDC's Sydney datacentre at 27% capacity
At the launch of NextDC's S1 Tier III Sydney datacentre last night, CEO Craig Scroggie confirmed uptake was already at 27 percent.
Inside Adobe's new office in Sydney
The creative software vendor shifted its operations from Chatswood to the Sydney CBD.
ZDNet App Wrap: February 11, 2013
This instalment of the App Wrap covers Mailbox, Horizon Calendar, Carbon for Twitter, Foursquare for Business, Documents On The Go Pro, Basecamp, Queensland Tide Times, and O'Week at Uni of Adelaide.
Digital Realty officially launches Western Sydney datacentre
The datacentre provider showed off the new facility with NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell attending the launch ceremony.
ZDNet App Wrap: January 21, 2013
This week, the App Wrap looks at Dolphin Browser, CommBank Kaching, CommBank Property Guide, yourMyki, Armadale Shopping City Shopper Guide, iBulkBill, and Australian Open.
Australian Open 2013: tech running the tournament
ZDNet goes behind to scenes to learn more about the tech that is used to support the Australian Open.
ZDNet App Wrap: January 14, 2013
This week we look at the following newcomers from Apple and Google's app stores: Arrivo Sydney, Facebook Pages Manager, Fitocracy, PlayTube, PresentEasy, Python 3.4 for iOS, Share The Fare, and TrackMySpend.
ZDNet App Wrap: 26 November 2012
This week's new apps include: Find a Lawyer, First Aid, Here Maps, Vic Hunting, Francis Bacon, Optus TV with Fetch, Quit for Two, and Great Koala Count.
Flinders Express autonomous shuttle bus comes to SA roads
The Navya Arma Flinders Express (FLEX) electric shuttle bus marks the first use of autonomous vehicle technology on public roads in the state of South Australia.
Amazon Prime comes to Australia
Amazon is handing out a free 30-day Prime trial, which can then be continued at a cost of AU$6.99 per month, or AU$59 annually.
NSW allocates AU$52.6m to national biometric initiative
The New South Wales government has announced a multimillion-dollar investment to support the rollout of the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability.
Fujitsu using drones and analytics to protect native species
Project Owl was was born out of the idea of using technology to generate better sustainable and environmental outcomes.
NSW allocates AU$10m for driverless car trials
As part of the 2018-19 state Budget, the NSW government will be funding driverless car trials with AU$2.5 million each year, for four years.
PageUp confirms data compromise following breach
PageUp has confirmed that some data held on its clients may be at risk, after revealing earlier this month it had fallen victim to a malware attack.
Labor endorses possible Huawei 5G ban as repeating its NBN ban
The ALP has given approval to a possible banning of Huawei from Australian 5G network deployments, stating it is in line with the 2012 ban imposed on the company by the then-Labor government that denied Huawei the ability to bid for NBN work.
NSW government turns to Microsoft for procurement monitoring
The NSW Data Analytics Centre is using Azure to build a machine learning neural network to categorise how the state is spending its AU$30 billion procurement kitty.
QUT researchers teach robots to see from a more human perspective
Robots and autonomous vehicles have great difficulty at perceiving surroundings if there is too much variation with key objects and places, but that could be about to change.
University of Sydney unveils Artemis 3 supercomputer
Powered by Dell EMC, the upgrade to Artemis is expected to allow further research into artificial intelligence.
Basslink Interconnector returns to service after outage
The Basslink Interconnector subsea cable has returned to service after a two-month outage due to third-party damage.
Westpac announces offsite hybrid cloud built by IBM
Westpac has announced implementing a new offsite hybrid cloud, built and operated by IBM, that's part of its fully integrated cloud platform strategy.
CBA sent 10,000 customers' data to wrong email address
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has once again found itself in the spotlight for the potential mishandling of customer information.
ACCC finds Fitbit misled consumers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has continued its streak of pinning vendors for misleading consumers, with Fitbit becoming the latest vendor to fall.
MYOB scraps Reckon Accountants Group acquisition
MYOB has announced it will no longer be pursuing the AU$180 million acquisition of Reckon's Accountants Group assets.
