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Power trimmers cut costs for companies
Ian Grayson AS organisations rush to climb aboard the climate change bandwagon and paint themselves green, attention is focusing on exactly what role the IT department should be playing.
Smartphones start to swarm
Roland Tellzen ONCE upon a time it took only one simple application to get people hooked on smartphones - push email.
Cheaper, smarter go hand in hand
Roland Tellzen IT'S a cycle that probably began with the dawn of technology - as far back as the invention of the wheel. A new gadget is launched. Initially it's hard to manufacture and expensive.
PCs invade the livingroom
Roland Tellzen WHEN the Media Centre concept was first proposed, it all sounded so seductive - integrating all home entertainment devices through a central PC server to allow access to content whenever and wherever it was wanted.
Nintendo exergame brings fun to fitness
NINTENDO is trying to create a new generation of athletic and healthy gamers using its new Wii Fit accessory, but the stereotype of the fat lazy gamer may be safe for a while yet.
Magic shrinking portables
Roland Tellzen IT used to be, not all that long ago, easy to spot the road warriors of the cyber age: the techno travellers.
PC sales beat retail blues
Andrew Colley and Fran Foo THE local PC market has escaped unscathed despite a slowdown in retail spending, and the massive injection of federal funds for a school computers program is expected to buoy the market in the second half of the year.
Brains connect with games of future
AN Australian company has plans to deliver the next-generation in computer gaming, where players will use their thoughts rather than handheld controllers.
Game of life can be a lot of fun
Simon Canning THE Grand Theft Auto series has a long history of appalling wowsers and the fourth instalment of the Rockstar game has lifted them to new heights of passion.
E-meetings cut costs
VIDEOCONFERENCING has been suggested as a cheaper, eco-friendly alternative to air travel for years, but poor performance soured the concept for some.
Packing in music and pics
Roland Tellzen IT IS almost an article of faith among computer users that too much storage is never enough. As fast as storage increases and its cost comes down to sate our appetite for saving personal data, the sources and size of data seem to increase to fill all that space.
Consolidation of BI players gathers pace
CONSOLIDATION in the business intelligence space has hit fever pitch with large players such as SAP, IBM and Oracle busy gobbling up smaller fish in the sea.
Challenge to change institutional mentality
cio files | David Johnston
WHEN South Australian Health Department chief information officer David Johnston set out to deliver real and tangible e-health outcomes, he was told by many it could not be done.
It's not so hard being green
Sanna Trad TECH users are increasingly facing a conundrum. On the one hand, we are becoming ever more reliant on our electronic gadgets for work and play.
Point-of-sale feeds food chain growth
Eric Wilson case study | Chooks Fresh and Tasty
A FAST-FOOD chain winging its way, with franchisees using spreadsheets and email, allocated a group budget of about $375,000 for a SybizVision point-of-sale system, as suitable cash registers became rare as hens' teeth.
New wave puts spreadsheet in its place
THEY'RE everywhere and everyone understands them, but the flexibility of the humble spreadsheet - that indispensable business tool of the mid-1980s and 1990s, comes at a price.
Digital stills snap back
Roland Tellzen AFTER a lean patch two years ago, the digital still camera is rebounding with a vengeance.
Going global in search of scarce skills
DESPERATE for more than 100 new staff, Queensland-based Technology One has brought about nine overseas IT recruits to Australia in the past six months, and will hire more this year as the skills crisis continues to bite.
Firms suffer under costly regulation
FINANCIAL services firms are burdened by growing regulatory costs but few have been able to put a price on compliance, according to a study on behalf of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
It's not perfect, but GT5 is no mere demo
Simon Canning THE wait is over. Gran Turismo, Sony's flagship racing game, has arrived on the PlayStation 3.