Stories by Computerworld Staff

VicRoads reverses mobile GPS ban

The motoring authority of Victoria, VicRoads, has backed down on a plan to ban the use of mobile global positioning system (GPS) devices in cars.

Telstra offers Mobile Foxtel on the iPhone

iPhone users will be the first to gain access to a new video streaming service running over Telstra’s NextG network.

Mozilla will let rival browsers run Firefox security tool

Mozilla plans to let people running rivals' browsers use Firefox's new plug-in update service, company officials said today.

Going thin and bling, HP tries to strike Envy with latest laptops

Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a half-dozen new notebook PCs today, including a luxury line that bears a striking resemblance to Apple Inc.'s laptops.

Top Internet companies join forces over competitive NBN model

The heads of five of Australia’s top Internet and telecommunications companies have joined forces to call for a pro-competitive approach towards the National Broadband Network (NBN).

ACCC calls for industry comment on fixed line services pricing

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued draft pricing principles and indicative prices for six fixed line wholesale services, which allow Telstra competitors to provide fixed voice and broadband services over Telstra’s copper ne...

Illinois outlaws sex offenders from using Facebook, MySpace

The state of Illinois made it a law this week that convicted sex offenders cannot use social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Telstra closes in on 100Gbps transmission

Telstra has been flexing its next generation muscles in a trial which could speed up the telco's existing network infrastructure between capital cities.

Microsoft rushes patches to fix 'big deal' programming flaw

As promised, Microsoft today patched six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) and Visual Studio with the first "out-of-cycle" update since it plugged a hole last October that the Conficker worm later used to run rampant.

Tassie towns first on NBN

The three regional Australian towns to be the first to connect to the National Broadband Network (NBN) were named at the weekend.

Microsoft frees Linux drivers; other closed-source vendors to step up?

Microsoft Corp.'s move to release three of its drivers to Linux, however technically modest it may be, could put pressure on other closed-source vendors to follow suit.

Defence launches robot soldier competition

The Federal Government has launched a $US1.6 million competition to build a new fleet of military robots.

Google Maps adds real estate app

Google has added a real estate search to its Google Maps service in Australia, letting potential home buyers view available properties across all real estate companies in a particular area.

Virtuoso travel network picks Liquid Computing for data center

Virtuoso Ltd., an online network for luxury travel, recently chose a unified computing infrastructure from Liquid Computing instead of shopping for such technology from larger vendors, such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Cisco Systems Inc.

Microsoft rebuffs Twitter protest over Outlook's rendering of HTML e-mails

Showing again the power of Twitter for quick social organizing, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday was forced to defend itself against complaints that its market-leading Outlook e-mail program wreaks havoc on rich-HTML e-mails.