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Aust telco charges falling, could do better: Report

Telecommunications prices in Australia are falling, but local consumers are still facing charges up to 45 per cent higher than those in other countries including Finland and Sweden.

Cable modem market set to shift

Five vendors controlled the cable modem market in the third quarter of this year, with their shipments accounting for 75 percent of all shipments worldwide, according to a new study by Gartner Group's Dataquest.

ICANN selects arbitration board

The Minneapolis-based National Arbitration Forum has been selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as one of the organisations that will oversee arbitration in cybersquatting disputes.

Austereo goes online

More online radio stations were launched last week, with the latest offerings from Village Roadshow's Austereo Radio Network. The new online radio stations target different music tastes and listening patterns.

Telstra's connection service improving but ACA still watching

Telstra has six months to improve its performance for new service connections in areas not readily accessible to infrastructure, the Australia Communications Authority has claimed. The regulatory authority's may consider formal intervention if servic...

dstore cashed up for Christmas

Investors have backed online retailer, dstore, to the tune of four and a half million dollars. The investment, by traditional clothing retailer, Sussan and venture capital firms AMWIN Management, JGL Investments and Hochma Development Fund, brings th...

Optus@Home signs modem deal

Nortel Networks has stitched up a deal to provide cable modems to the Optus@Home broadband network. Nortel was awarded "preferred supplier status" after an extensive tender process, the managing director of Nortel's Cable & Wireless account Ron Pende...

Corel, Creative to bring multimedia to Linux

Corel and multimedia specialist Creative Technology, have signed an agreement that will advance the development of Linux applications for high-quality audio and video.

Y2K - it depends what state you're in

Y2K disaster laws differ from state to state across the country. The Queensland, ACT, NSW, Northern Territory and Victorian governments have amended legislation or had Y2K covered under existing laws, but the South Australian and Tasmanian government...

Known vulnerabilities are No. 1 hacker exploit

The hacker population has grown considerably in the past two years, but the vast majority of them are what Ira Winkler, president of the Internet Security Advisor's Group, calls "ankle biters", whose antics would be easy to protect against if only sy...

Intel to push 800MHz next week

Intel will escalate its speed war with Advanced Micro Devices next week, when the giant chip maker is expected to announce not only a 750MHz Pentium III CPU that matches AMD's latest Athlon, but also an 800MHz Pentium III.

Travelers, throw your modems away

Without using a modem, business travellers staying at the ANA, Sheraton and other hotels can now access the Internet from their rooms.

Online advertising facing mistrust

Online advertising is suffering from a lack of respect from consumers according to a Forrester research report.

A walk in ePark for startups

A virtual support and financing service has been launched exclusively for Internet startup companies, offering capital outlay, infrastructure and e-business advice.

MS releases Windows 2000 to manufacturing

Microsoft has finished work on the code of three versions of its much-awaited Windows 2000 operating system and will begin shipping the products immediately to its own manufacturing facilities and to third-party OEMs.