Mitchell Bingemann

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News > Mobility

3 Mobile enlists online help to secure iPhone

Jun 28, 2008

3 Mobile is enlisting legions of its customers to pile Internet pressure on Apple in an attempt to secure the iPhone for its network.

Features > Sales & Marketing

Your broken computer is in China’s garbage dump

Jun 24, 2008

What happens when today’s toys turn into tomorrow’s trash? Australia is on the shame list

News > Mobility

Telstra wants in on iPhone

Jun 20, 2008

It appears as though Telstra will belatedly jump on the iPhone bandwagon and will offer Apple’s 3G mobile device some two weeks after rivals Optus and Vodafone make it ...

News > Hardware

Photo Gallery: Apple’s Sydney store opens for business today

Jun 19, 2008

While punters will have to wait until 5pm today to get inside Sydney’s new $15 million Apple store, members of the press were given a sneak-peak tour of company’s second ...

News > Hardware

Photo gallery: Apple’s Sydney store ready for business

Jun 18, 2008

While punters will have to wait until 5pm tomorrow to get inside Sydney’s new $15 million Apple store, members of the press were given a sneak-peek tour of company’s second ...

News > Security

Kaspersky pinpoints workaround for ransomware virus

Jun 17, 2008

While Kaspersky Lab is yet to crack the 1024-bit encryption key used to blackmail unwitting victims of the Gpcode virus, the security research firm has created a free utility ...

News > Voice & Data

Telstra aims legal guns at Optus' iPhone claims

Jun 13, 2008

Telstra is threatening legal action against Optus over claims the Singapore-owned telco made misleading comments about the speed of the 3G iPhone on its new 900Mhz high-speed ...

News > Voice & Data

Telstra considers reselling ADSL2+ to rival ISPs

Jun 12, 2008

Telstra has done an about-face on its broadband wholesale strategy by suggesting it might be willing to resell ADSL2+ high speed internet services to rival ISPs.

News > Voice & Data

iPrimus super-sizes ADSL2+ plans

May 28, 2008

iPrimus today unveiled a new ADSL2+ offering that the company claims includes the largest data amount ever offered by an Australian broadband provider to residential customers.

News > Voice & Data

Rebirthed G9 submits $5M national broadband bond

May 22, 2008

Telco consortium, the G9, has renamed itself Terria and confirmed its intention to lodge the requisite $5 million bond for its national broadband bid before the May 23 deadline.

News > Voice & Data

Conroy delays deadline for national broadband network

May 22, 2008

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has issued an extension to the national broadband network tender deadline after conceding vital information about existing network ...

News > Voice & Data

Crucial broadband bill opens up secret network info

May 16, 2008

The Senate has passed legislation that allows bidders for the Government’s $4.7 billion National Broadband Network to access Telstra's once-secret network information.

News > Networking

HP EDS union set to shake up IT services market

May 15, 2008

HP’s US$13.9 billion acquisition of EDS will beef up its competitive muscle, creating an IT services company to rival market leader IBM, according to analyst firm Gartner.

News > Voice & Data

Optus becomes number two telco to offer iPhone in Australia

May 13, 2008

Optus has ended industry speculation about its plans to stock Apple’s iPhone by officially confirming it will carry the popular handheld device when it launches in Australia ...

News > Voice & Data

iiNet acquires Westnet for $81 million

May 8, 2008

iiNet has cemented its position as Australia’s third largest ISP, behind Telstra and Optus, with today’s announcement that it has purchased fellow WA-based ISP, Westnet, for ...

News > Mobility

Vodafone confirmed as Australia’s first iPhone seller

May 6, 2008

Vodafone Australia has officially confirmed it will be Australia’s first mobile service provider to stock Apple’s much lauded iPhone.

News > Hardware

Commonwealth Bank to invest $580 million on IT refresh

May 1, 2008

The Commonwealth Bank plans to spend $580 million over the next four years in a major information technology refresh aimed at replacing legacy systems more than 40 years old.

Features > Voice & Data

National Broadband untenable tender

Apr 30, 2008

It’s no suprise the government’s tender is looking to be a one-horse race

News > Mobility

Farewell CDMA: Conroy confirms closure

Apr 16, 2008

It’s final. Telstra’s moribund CDMA mobile phone network will cease to be come April 28, after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today confirmed that Telstra has met the ...