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Clean tech gets $27m boost
Paul Smith
The New South Wales clean technology sector has received a welcome boost in the form of $27 million worth of government funding for renewable energy projects.
CBA NetBank faults rectified
Paul Smith
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has said it has identified the cause of a processing problem, which caused the duplication of transactions from up to 200,000 customer accounts on its NetBank website
Inmarsat cranks up coverage
Chris Jenkins
Global satellite group Inmarsat is set to crank up its efforts in Australia in 2009 following the August launch of a new orbiter that will provide full coverage across the Asia Pacific for the first time
It's sleigh bells that are ringing not expensive mobiles
Ben Woodhead with Chris Jenkins
Big kids hoping for a new high-end mobile phone this Christmas should prepare for disappointment - Santa's packing pre-paid.
High-tech organised crime an ever harder act to follow
Michael Crawford
The hyper-innovation of cyber criminals makes them difficult to track.
Filter won't block P2P - Conroy
Chris Jenkins
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has ruled out including a block on peer-to-peer file sharing as part of the federal government's proposed mandatory filter for internet content
Vic DoJ hacked
Michael Crawford
The Victorian Department of Justice confirmed the defacement of its website has not affected its central database nor allowed illegal access to its secure internal network.
Radio wary of UK's digital woe
Brian Corrigan
Australia has learned a lot from digital radio pioneers in Britain, but the lessons have been harsh, Austereo chief Michael Anderson says.
Green car project open to CSIRO
Chris Jenkins
The federal government's $6.2 billion "green car" motor industry package could be opened up to research organisations such as the CSIRO provided they are willing to form partnerships with players in the troubled auto sector.