Stories by Howard Dahdah

Avanade MD makes his case for cloud computing

With Microsoft increasingly talking up cloud computing it is not unexpected that Avanade, the consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform, and which was co-founded by Microsoft, is starting to talk up the benefits of running services in the...

Adelaide Uni migrates 16,000 students to Gmail

The University of Adelaide will be moving over 16000 student email accounts to Google Mail.

Debian’s 'lenny' release expected this Saturday

The Debian Project is expected to release Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, codenamed ‘lenny’, this Saturday.

iiNet prepares its defence in copyright infringement case

iiNet will lodge its defence in the Federal Court today to claims it has infringed the copyrighted material of leading film studios and the Seven Network.

Power failure cuts off Optus customers

Some Optus corporate customers in the Sydney CBD experienced an interruption to their telephony and DSL services on Monday afternoon following a power failure in one of the telco’s data centres.

ninemsn makes 15 staff redundant

ninemsn is the latest technology venture to feel the effects of the financial recession with the organisation announcing job cuts today.

iPhone connectivity comes to economy with new Singapore Airbus

Australian economy class travellers will be the first to benefit from iPod and iPhone connectivity on Singapore Airlines’ newly delivered A330-300 aeroplane.

ATO again the target of phishing scam

Just like it did this time last year, the Australian Tax Office is again warning taxpayers of a fraudulent email being circulated that claims to offer citizens a tax refund.

Minchin: 2008 a year of broadband stagnation

Instead of having a high speed national broadband structure in place, Australia will enter the new year with confusion and further delays in realising its broadband dream. That’s shadow communications minister Nick Minchin's assessment of Senator Ste...

Consumer complacency features prominently in security survey

Consumers appear to be rather complacent about their online security, if research by VeriSign is a guide.

ISPs begin to offer unmetered access to ABC’s iView service

iPrimus is the second ISP to announce this week it is offering unmetered access to the ABC’s iView TV service, which is now available to all its broadband customers.

NBN may be running late, but it will be built right: Conroy

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that the National Broadband Network has taken much longer than the government expected, but says the outcome will be worth it.

It falls 8% short, but Conroy accepts Telstra’s NBN bid

At 12 pages and almost 1000 pages less than Optus-led Terria bid, Telstra’s proposal to construct the National Broadband Network will be considered for the $4.7 billion project, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said on Wednesday.

IN PICTURES: Tech of Yesteryear - Where old computers find their final resting place

Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his interest in the computing indu...

Graveyard for Old Computers Produces New Wave of Nostalgia

When the makers of The Dish -- the Australian film about how the radio telescope in Parkes, NSW played it’s part in beaming live pictures of NASA’s moon landing in 1969 -- came to Max Burnet of the Australian Computer Museum Society asking for a PDP-...