PM Gillard willing to intervene in Woodside's gas project in E. Timor
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she is amenable to discuss a disputed natural gas project in East Timor to gain support for asylum seekers.
Parts of Hay Point closed down for repairs
BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance and Prime Infrastructure Group shut berths at two terminals of the Hay Point port, the world's biggest export harbor for coal, to carry out planned maintenance.
Android gaming to get big boost from popular OpenFeint social platform
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsAndroid's unabated growth has been a hot topic recently, and comScore's smartphone market share breakdown released today shows that from February to May 2010, it was actually the ONLY major mobile platform to experience positive growth.Among this growth, a complaint about t...
National Australia's bid for AXA-Asia faces new setback
National Australia Ltd.'s bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings faces a new setback as the regulator shelved its decision until September.
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Expert says 3D TV is safe for the eyes
A pricey 3D television would not give you eye problems, an Australian vision expert says.
Nanotechnology Site Opens in Melbourne
Victoria reveals the Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication, a $63 million site that would serve as the core research lab within the Australian National Fabrication Facility
One million Wii Fit games sold in Australia
Nintendo, the video game company, released new figures showing that one million Wii Fit games have been sold across Australia
Gillard supports new legislation on Internet filter
Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday expressed confidence that Communications Minister and Senator Stephen Conroy will come up with a new web filter legislation acceptable to ISPs and Internet freedom advocates.
Apple Bans App Developer
Apple bans a developer from its app store after complaints of fraudulent credit card charges.
Auckland Airport buys 25% in Queenstown
Auckland International Airport Ltd. will invest NZ$27.7 million ($19 million) buying a 25 percent stake in Queenstown Airport, which has the nation's fourth-largest number of international visitors.
The Mobile Web is NOW (tough luck PCs)
By Joe Wilcox, BetanewsThe mobile Web isn't a future event. It's here today, at least in the United States, according to a 25-page report PEW Internet released this week. The study's findings are hugely significant to companies like Microsoft, which is largely invested in the PC, and Apple or Google...
RIM rolls out BES 5 Service Pack 2, preps admins for new BlackBerry 6 features
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsToday, Research in Motion's middleware for managing BlackBerry devices in enterprise networks, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), was upgraded to service pack 2. The upgrade directly addresses the problem presented to IT when an increasing number of users are using their p...
Alcatel-Lucent admits software glitch is slowing 3G speeds on AT&T
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsAn issue with how the software on wireless equipment provided by Alcatel-Lucent handles advanced 3G data connections is responsible for slower upload speeds on AT&T's network, the two companies admitted on Wednesday.Speed issues have been reported in several cities including Ph...
Victoria houses broadband agreement
Victoria will host the collaboration between Huawei, the Chinese networking and telecommunications vendor, and RMIT University in training about 500 Australians in networking technologies over the next three years.
Google Commerce Search released in Australia
Google Commerce Search, which delivers custom searching on e-commerce sites, is now available to online merchants in Australia
Developers get a crack at first complete Symbian^3 Product Development Kit
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsToday, just shy of a month after the first functionally complete version of Symbian^3 was released, the first complete Symbian^3 Product Development Kit (PDK 3.0.0) is available for download, including the full build of the platform and complete source code under the Eclips...
Borders launches e-book store, expects 17 percent share by 2011
By Ed Oswald, BetanewsBorders said Wednesday that it had launched its own branded e-book store, offering about 1.5 million titles in a variety of formats. The move follows the successful launch of the Kobo and Aluratek e-readers, which have surpassed sales expectations.The e-book store will be power...
Internode offers cheaper ADSL plan
Internode, the Australian ISP, reduces the price of its Easy Naked ADSL plan by $10 per month. In addition, the company is also extending its service coverage by more than 200 telephone exchanges.
Motorola announces Charm, the first BlackBerry-like Android device
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsGoogle's Android mobile operating system has been released on many different types of devices, but since it is a touch-based OS, pretty much every device has been a so-called "touchphone," a device built around its screen.But Motorola has been thinking outside of the box wi...
Perth man arrested over online sex charges
A 21-year-old Perth man faces nine online sex charges after allegedly encouraging a child to commit "indecent acts" over the Internet.
CounterPath significantly updates Bria softphone for Windows, Mac
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsVancouver-based telecommunications software company CounterPath today announced the availability of Bria 3.1 for both Windows and Mac OS, the latest edition of the company's desktop softphone capable of voice calling, high-definition (1280x720p) video calling, and instant- ...
Builders’ activity drops in June
A widely monitored construction activity private index takes a turn for the worse this June, ending three straight months of progress.
Airships may be the future of air travel
The Aircruise, an imposing kite-shaped airship that operates on the unique air travel premise of "slow is the fast," may herald a new era of luxury transport.
Telstra focuses on new revenue channels
After a year of NBN talks with the Government, Telstra chief executive David Thodey says he now has its sights set on diversifying the business and satisfying unhappy customers.
Australian Internet Users Hit By Identity Theft
A new survey says that an alarming number of Australians are becoming victims of online identity theft, an industry that made an estimated $1.3 billion over the past year.
Mozilla releases Beta 1 of new, visually overhauled Firefox 4 browser
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsDownload Firefox 4 Beta 1 for Windows from Fileforum now.Mozilla's popular Firefox web browser has just been released in Beta 1, which introduces a new graphical design for Windows users, support for the HD HTML5 video tag using the WebM format, a new Add-ons manager for al...
Microsoft launches beta of free website development tool WebMatrix
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsToday, Microsoft has begun beta testing a free and lightweight development tool for the ASP.NET web application framework called WebMatrix.WebMatrix includes all of the essential tools for building, installing, and running a website in Windows for free and in a package less...
Symantec warns SMEs about phishing scams
Symantec, one of the world’s leading data security firms, reports that complex phishing attacks on Australian businesses have been increasing recently.
AT&T isn't capping 3G data uploads in my neighborhood
By Joe Wilcox, BetanewsThere was a whole lot of buzz over the last couple days about AT&T capping uploads over its 3G network. I decided not to post on the topic, because I had a pretty good idea why AT&T subscribers were seeing slower data uploads: The Fourth of July.Let's use Occam's Razor for jus...
Sony releases camera updates
Sony, the consumer electronics company, releases a firmware for its new NEX-3 and NEX-5 interchangeable-lens cameras that would allow users to take 3D panorama shots.
Sorry, Steve Jobs, search is happening on smartphones
Apple CEO Steve Jobs asserted that "search is not happening on phones." According to the analyst firm, that is not quite the case.
Sony releases new surround sound systems
Sony, the consumer electronics giant, launches its new home cinema surround sound system that delivers 3D pass-through on HDMI inputs in addition to a 3D Blu-ray player.
Dip in number of complaints against telcos
In spite of a dip in consumer gripes against telecommunications companies, the Australian industry watchdog warns that complaints are still at "very high levels."
Netflix and Relativity Media deal will bring new movies to Instant streaming faster
By Tim Conneally, BetanewsThis morning, Netflix announced that it has signed an agreement with Relativity Media that will bring new releases to Netflix Instant streaming at the same time as they are released to pay TV services like HBO, Showtime, and Starz.The first new releases that will be covered...
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