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MYOB sold to US firm
The bidding war over MYOB has ended with the accounting software giant being sold to US private equity firm Bain Capital for a reported $A1.2 billion… read more...
Free iPhone app maps out your nearest taxi
A new smartphone application connects taxi drivers directly with passengers in real-time by broadcasting a passenger’s location to taxi drivers via a smartphone’s GPS… read more...
Business Intelligence: at the forefront of business investment
As last issue’s iStart 2011 Investment Intentions Survey clearly showed, Business Intelligence has become the ‘must-have’ application of the moment… read more...
Google+ unleashes the spam
Google+’s first snafu sees beta users plagued with spam… read more...
NATO server hacked, files now online
Servers belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have been breached again, this time with some 2,646 files from the server posted online as proof of the exploit… read more...
Microsoft Launches Office 365: full iStart review
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft Office 365, the company’s newest cloud service, in Australia and New Zealand… read more...
The Pope sends first Tweet
Leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has broadcast his first Twitter message, praising Christ and informing the faithful that the Vatican’s new news site has been launched… read more...
Something to shout about: researchers developing the sound-powered mobile phone
New technology that turns sound waves into electricity is being used to develop mobile phones that charge themselves using the sound of the human voice… read more...
India to issue 1.2 billion biometric cards
In an attempt to bring the nations census data into the 21st century, India, home to 1.2 billion people, has outlined plans to begin issuing state-of-the-art biometric IDs to its citizens… read more...
IBM pitches ‘smart city’ software to govt
IBM is pushing its new software architecture as it tries to convince Australia’s State and Federal Governments to ‘go smart’… read more...
Fairfax to sell TradeMe?
Reports suggest that Australian media giant Fairfax is currently reviewing the status of New Zealand online auction site TradeMe and may sell the asset… read more...
eBay acquires Magento – looks to create “global commerce operating system”
eBay Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire Magento Inc., the creator of a leading open source ecommerce platform… read more...
MS McKinsey report: The web is a job creator, not killer
A new report once and for all dispels the myth that the World Wide Web is destroyer of jobs… read more...
Apple to unveil iCloud next week
It’s official: Apple CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with the unveiling of its upcoming cloud services offering, called, predictably, iCloud… read more...
Salesforce looks to calm sovereignty fears by building an Australian datacentre
Cloud computer provider Salesforce has said that it will build a datacentre in Australia as fears over offshore data escalate… read more...
Google Android now sitting at the top of the mobile OS heap
It’s official: Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world, says technology research group Gartner Inc… read more...
IBM more valuable than Microsoft for the first time in 15 years
While the lead may be only temporary, IBM has indeed edged out old rival Microsoft for the first time since April 1996, becoming the second most valuable tech company in the US, behind market leader Apple Inc… read more...
Telstra launches smartphone insurance scheme
Telstra is offering insurance plans for its smartphone users that includes cover up to $800 in calling charges on stolen devices… read more...
The future of Australian government? Social media and mapping technology
A new government study says that social media sites like Twitter and online mapping technology and are the future of government/citizen interaction… read more...
Microsoft’s online suite kicks users out of cloud
Those thinking that cloud computing has yet to reach acceptable levels of stability have received more ammunition following Microsoft’s latest online malfunctions… read more...