Stories by Julie Shingleton

ACS Foundation spends $3m on IT scholarships for Victorian students

There are many ways to secure a job in IT while studying, and applying for an ACS Foundation scholarship is one of them.

Thieves snatch school’s laptops in nighttime robbery

Forty two laptops including Macs and Lenovos that were going to be used by Year 11 and 12 students from a western Sydney school were stolen over the weekend, leaving students potentially stranded when the next term starts in a couple of weeks.

iiNet orchestrates streaming deal with WA symphony

iiNet customers will soon be able to appreciate Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony over the Internet as it is played live at the Perth Concert Hall.

CSIRO’s WLAN case inches forward

Australia’s government research agency CSIRO might have to wait a little while longer to get royalties from its Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) technology patent after a US district court announced it would reconsider one of its earlier rulings on an alleged infringement.

Qantas hosts Web forum to spruik A380, MD gets hit on

Qantas, whose brand has come under some hammering of late, took to an online forum on Sunday to reach out to its customers and spruik the arrival of its first Airbus A380 aeroplane.

New tech guide helps parents tackle cyber bullying and Net nasties

Parents of students at NSW public schools are set to receive a copy of the Department of Education and Training’s latest technology guide for parents, aimed at helping them understand their children’s use of information technology in schools and at home.

RBA, eBay set to discuss PayPal rules

The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to meet with online auction house eBay Australia and its subsidiary PayPal in the next 30 days to discuss the removal of eBay rules that favour the use of PayPal as a payment option on the site.

Aussie mobile users finally embracing rich phone content

The use of mobile applications and rich content is on the rise in Australia according to recent research. The latest report from the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) on mobile phone usage shows that consumers increasingly use their handsets to take pictures and make videos, as well as share them with other people.

ISPs and Telstra ULLS supply dispute continues

Telstra is in dispute with six different ISPs, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced in a recent statement. The ACCC received separate notifications from the ISPs under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act 1974.