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  • Telstra's flip of the COIN

    Telstra has bagged a deal to provide connectivity for electronic payments transactions between Australian banks, credit unions, BPAY and specialist providers.

  • Myer credits tech change for turnaround

    The continued implementation of new information technology systems has been credited with playing a major role in the ongoing turnaround of department store retailer

  • HP bites Apple on the iPad

    Such is the hype around tablet computers that Hewlett-Packard and Apple have taken to beating each other up over products that no one can even buy yet.

  • New TVs offer 3D viewing but with little to see

    The first 3D televisions have gone on sale in the United States but Australians will have to wait a little longer before they reach these shores.

  • Computer, TV recycling progress slow

    Environmentalists and industry groups have urged the federal government not to drop the ball on a national scheme for dealing with the disposal of unwanted computers and televisions.

  • iiNet confirms Netspace talks

    Updated | Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has confirmed it is in talks to buy smaller Melbourne rival Netspace.

  • Iinet in trading halt following acquisition report

    iiNet Ltd shares have gone into a trading halt as Australia's third biggest internet service provider prepares a response to a newspaper report saying the company is to buy a rival.

  • LG Electronics targets 1m 3-D TV sales in 2010

    LG Electronics is set to release a target to sell more than 1 million 3-D televisions this year. Samsung Electronics has already announced its plans to sell more than 2 million 3-D TVs this year.

  • Fast facts

    Hackers have found a new weakness in earlier versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browsing software, which could be used to remotely seize control of computers from unsuspecting users.

  • Calls to stitch up e-health loopholes

    Influential think tank the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has called on the Federal government to substantially boost penalty and prosecution provisions of new laws intended to govern the introduction of electronic health identifiers, warning security measures need to substantially tightened.

  • Google lauds exports relaxation

    A senior Google executive has welcomed the decision by the US government to relax restrictions on exporting internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.

  • Fast facts

    Satellite communications company NewSat has raised $3.9 million through a share purchase plan, which finished yesterday. Chairman Richard Green said the company now had sufficient funds to expand the business.

  • Opposition stalls on e-health laws

    Nurses and pathologists have warned a Senate committee that privacy concerns surrounding the proposed introduction of a new unique national electronic healthcare identifier system should not be put ahead of eliminating clinical mistakes caused by misidentifications that kill patients.

  • Canberra creates a fair go for locals

    The federal government has issued a thinly veiled warning to multinational technology companies operating?in Australia as it moves to promote small, local?technology firms.

  • Artificial leg reads brain signals for smooth movement

    Cyberdyne has developed an artificial leg that responds to brain signals to enable smooth walking, company sources said Tuesday.

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