Global mobile penetration hits 3.3 billion
Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion - equivalent to half the global population - on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched, research firm Informa said.
HP extends PC lead over Dell
Hewlett-Packard extended its lead over rival Dell in the global PC market in the third quarter, thanks to a strong network of resellers and focus on notebooks, iSuppli said on Thursday.
Ninemsn bets on a celebrity fix
Ninemsn is banking on Australia's obsession with celebrities to
deliver a lift in audience and revenue through a new website.
NBC Universal to offer interactive ads via TiVo
NBC Universal has agreed to use ratings data and other advertising products from TiVo, becoming the first major broadcaster to use the digital video recorder company's advertising services.
Dell to offer Google search devices to businesses
Dell said on Tuesday it will sell Google search devices to help companies find information on their networks.
Webcast wins the race
Follow cycling? Fencing? Horse riding? Frustrated that it doesn't get any television coverage? Webcasting, which makes video content available over the internet, could be the answer.
Sharper image for hospital
A YEAR ago, radiologists at Flinders Medical Centre often took about three days to complete their reports on patient scans.
Wii closes in on game console sales record
The Nintendo Wii is well on the road to becoming the most
successful games console ever after reaching 200,000 unit sales in
just 50 weeks.
It's official: wonder years of growth in online advertising are over
OFFICIAL figures indicating a slowdown in the growth of online advertising appear to have finally silenced the more bullish voices in the market. For now.
Making the call on internet ad shift
IT'S HARDLY the fancy end of TV advertising but even those usually annoying but unbelievably effective TV ads demanding viewers respond "now" to a "special offer" are being swept along in the online rush.
Ten to add a channel next month
NETWORK TEN is set to become the second commercial broadcaster to enter the high definition digital TV race, revealing plans yesterday to start a channel on December 16.
Book of the future comes with batteries included
Amazon.com changed the way the world buys its books and now it
wants to change the way the world reads them.
The big money in mobile gaming
With most mobile phones now running flash, a massive new platform
has emerged for videogame developers. And as mobile gaming catches
on, the industry is cashing in.
Making communications technology more social
Technology helps us communicate but is it cutting out too much of
the chitchat that makes us human? Phatic technology aims to make
communicating more social.
Hype is just a virtualised belief system
Two years ago a technology called "virtualisation" started
generating hype, but many have since woken up to the reality that
virtualisation is no panacea.
Election IT promises under scrutiny
Australia's peak IT industry body will give Labor a pat on the back for its broadband and education revolution policies, but deduct marks for its anti-WorkChoices stand in a pre-election scorecard to be released this week.
Medical tests for new technology
The health system is on the verge of a wave of technology reform
that can help aleviate the pressures associated with chronic
shortages of beds, nurses and money.
Google shares: a gift that keeps on giving
Although no one keeps an official count of Google millionaires, it
is estimated that 1000 people each have more than $US5 million
worth of Google shares from stock grants and stock options.
Watchdog challenges Google's shading tactics
Judge sets date for hearing to decide the competition regulator's
misleading conduct case against Google.
Microsoft's 10, 20, 30, 40 web strategy
Microsoft aims to be one of the top two players in the online
advertising market in three to five years, according to a senior
company executive.
CASE STUDIES & PROFILES
Sharper image for hospital
A YEAR ago, radiologists at Flinders Medical Centre often took about three days to complete their reports on patient scans.
BIZ-TECH COLUMNISTS
No more furrowed browsers
The browser might be king of Web 2.0, but there's still a place on your desktop for an old-school FTP client such as FileZilla.
