Sydney’s first ever Media140 conference, held at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) studios, drew around 300 academics, journalists and media enthusiasts to discuss the benefits and risks that professionals face in using open social networks, such as Twitter. The keynote speech on the first day was delivered by ABC managing director Mark Scott, who announced the broadcaster’s new policy for staff who use Twitter. The ABC endorses staff use of Twitter, but it doesn’t want them to mix professional and personal communications in ways likely to bring the ABC into disrepute.
update A taxpayer-funded conference to be held next month on the future of fast broadband will cost $528,000, documents reveal. Hailed last week by the Federal Government as a “major forum” , the Realising Our Broadband Future meet up will bring together Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, US web pioneer and now Google evangelist Vint Cerf, academics and the NBN Co’s chief, Mike Quigley, to discuss what new applications will be possible in a high speed broadband world.
Google announced overnight the release and open-sourcing of a trio of tools designed to help JavaScript developers. Dubbed Closure Tools, the search giant is continuing its push of JavaScript with a tool set including a JavaScript optimiser called Closure Compiler , a JavaScript library called Closure Library , and a templating system for JavaScript and Java entitled Closure Templates . “The compiler removes dead code, then rewrites and minimises what’s left so that it will run fast on browsers’ JavaScript engines.
This is a quick overview of how our auctions work at Tenderosity. We show you how to purchase Tenders, and then how to place a bid and what happens when you do.
This is me playing Rebecca Clarke’s last viola piece (1944), the tender song for viola and piano based on the Scottish tune “I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still”. Finale playing the piano part. Recording device was not ideal and I, as a beginner, would like to hear comments, suggestions and criticism on technique and interpretation.
This magnificent home is situated in enchanting Hudson, a small municipality in the west suburbs of Montreal. Having cost approximately $2000000 to build and another half-million in additional built-ins, the sale of this architectural masterpiece is being conducted using a tender auction. The bidding will close on Halloween at noon, and sealed bids will be opened at that time.
The Indian Air Force Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) Competition, commonly known as the MRCA Tender, is an ongoing competition to supply the Indian Air Force with 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft with option to buy 50-70 more. The Defence Ministry has allocated Rs.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Health Minister Nicola Roxon released a report on the nation’s hospitals today by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) which recommends a $1.2 to 1.9 billion spend on e-health. (Credit: Surgeons at work, by salimfadhley , CC2.0 ) The report endorsed the recommendations of the National e-health strategy completed by Deloitte last year . Its figure for rolling out a National e-health agenda of $1185 to $1865 million roughly mirrored the consultant’s original reported amount for implementing its national strategy .
The good Powerful graphics card and quad-core CPU Full-sized keyboard 1680×1050 resolution Turbo mode allows for overclocking Plenty of ports and options The bad Poor mouse buttons Keyboard flexes a little Hot air vent on right-hand side 32-bit Windows can’t use the full 4GB RAM Battery obstructs power adapter movement You really don’t want to unplug this one from the wall Touchpad driver still not included or offered on MSI website Design The GT725 is most definitely a desktop replacement with an eye on budget-focused gamers.
Virtually every large technology goods and services provider in Australia has thrown their hat in the ring as the Northern Territory Government prepares to overhaul its ICT contracts in an $80 million whole of government purchasing initiative. The list of companies that have downloaded the tender documents (posted online in the territory’s tendering system) reads like a who’s who of Australia’s technology industry. IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Oracle, Dell, Cisco, Avaya, Telstra and Optus are just some of the names on the list.
Smack down: it seems the Independent Oversight Group (IOG) set up to keep an eye on Telecom NZ’s regulatory undertakings as part of the operational separation of its business takes its task seriously. Over the past few months, there have been rumblings in NZ telco land over a loyalty discount scheme introduced by Telecom Wholesale. Put at least 90 per cent of your business with us, Dear Wholesale Customer, and we’ll slash your costs, was the siren song from Telecom Wholesale
update Long-time Alcatel-Lucent veteran Mike Quigley has been appointed executive chairman of the National Broadband Network Company and is expected to eventually be its chief executive officer and managing director. Mike Quigley (Credit: Alcatel-Lucent) Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the move in Tasmania today, saying Quigley was an example of an Australian executive who had reached the top of their profession globally, and was now able to bring the benefit of that experience home. “The Government is continuing the process to appoint other directors to the board of the company, and expects to be in a position to make further announcements shortly,” the pair’s statement said
The NSW Government’s decision to consolidate 160 of its agencies into 13 super-departments has not spooked the departments from one cluster, according to their chief information officers. (Merge image by scazon , CC2.0 ) The unconcerned cluster, Human Services, will be formed by rolling together the Departments of Community Services (DoCS); Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC); Housing; Juvenile Justice; and Aboriginal affairs into one unit.
Just last week, I was moaning and groaning like a whiny little so and so that SSD hard disks were too expensive. “If Intel brought down its prices by half,” I complained, “I’d have to say I would seriously look at buying one of its top of the line SSDs, but that’s unlikely to happen.” Little did I know that my wish would be granted, and in spectacular style. Just five days later, on Wednesday this week, Intel issued a press release noting it would shortly start selling what it said were the industry’s first 35 nanometre SSDs, simultaneously lowering prices “by up to 60 per cent”.
The National Broadband Network fibre request for tender issued last week by Tasmanian state-owned energy company Aurora is for an estimated $3 million purchase, new tender documents revealed this week. In an addendum to the RFT in which Aurora had answered potential bidders’ questions about the work, the question was asked: “Estimated budget for this purchase?” The answer given by Aurora: “Estimated at AU$3.0m”. In an interview with ZDNet.com.au published this week Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett said the tender released was for “thousands of kilometres” of fibre
Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski has taken aim at his recently departed successor, saying Sol Trujillo had managed to make enemies of both the Howard and Rudd governments. But Switkowski is confident new CEO David Thodey is taking the right path in restoring the telco’s relationship with government. Switkowski, who headed Telstra for six years up until Mr Trujillo took over in 2005, said the American’s strategy was never going to work.
In today’s Twisted Wire, Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett explains his vision for a broadband enabled Tasmania, that will “leapfrog every other nation on earth”. On this week’s podcast you’ll hear: Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett General manager Telecoms for Basslink, Michael Coates iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby Former Neighbourhood Cable CTO Garth Freeman He says his government’s foresight in keeping electricity in state hands provides the access to the infrastructure to make this possible, and that’s why Tasmania is first cab off the rank with the new NBN
NSW MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Penny Sharpe has started the government 2.0 ball rolling in NSW, launching an event called NSWsphere modelled on Senator Kate Lundy’s successful Public Sphere event in Canberra. Penny Sharpe (Credit: Penny Sharpe) “Since I’ve been elected, I’ve been really interested in how technology can improve democratic processes,” Sharpe said. She attended Lundy’s event and thought there was no reason something similar shouldn’t be done in NSW.
The good Attractive little unit The bad Power button on back Interface dated BitTorrent download plug-in doesn’t work Media Center doesn’t work Firmware updating esoteric Confusing terminology used in the UI Design Promise is known in the consumer space for producing entry-level storage card solutions, and it has taken this one level up by producing a NAS. The SmartStor NS4600 is a NAS that takes four 3.5-inch SATA disks.
Optus has secured a seven-year managed network services and network refresh deal with Brisbane City Council, leaving incumbent supplier Telstra out of the picture. The council plans to commence a major network refresh using Cisco equipment, which will link around 200 of the council’s sites via an IP-based communications network. The deal was signed early last week with the complete transition to Optus’ services due by June 2010, according to an Optus spokesperson.
The good Seven bays Plenty of options and features OS X set-up tool The bad ZFS implementation should probably be avoided Cooling system a little loud Design The N7700 is the biggest Thecus unit you can get before you start hitting racks. It can take seven drives and comes in two flavours — the cheaper N7700 which takes SATA drives, and the more expensive N7700 SAS, which as the name suggests, takes SAS drives. All these are hidden away by a magnetically-latched push-door, the seven quick release bays behind are lockable and with status and activity lights
Last night IT won the day in Network Ten’s MasterChef , as Julie Goodwin, who helps her husband run business network support company Loyal I.T. Solutions, was awarded the crown of Australia’s first master chef. Julie Goodwin (Credit: Network Ten) In her role as director of sales and marketing, Julie oversaw quoting and purchasing of hardware and software for the firm.
Senator Conroy was recently named Internet Villain of the Year at the British annual Internet Industry Awards. But were the other villains jealous? (Credit: Christine Lee/ZDNet.com.au) Comments (0) | Email this Share: Google | Facebook | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Slashdot | StumbleUpon Related Articles Rubber chicken dinner for Tassie fundraiser?
commentary In choosing a media-hardened executive as interim director of the NBN Company and the first appointment to a board that will be finalised within weeks, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has put heft behind his argument that the NBN will not only drive new forms of content, but will potentially become a significant force in reshaping Australia’s online content market. Martin Hoffman (Credit: Future Exploration Network) As someone who has headed Australia’s most enduring old media/new media partnership, Martin Hoffman certainly should know his way around Australia’s content markets
