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The Linux.conf.au conference is not all about keynote speakers. Some of the most interesting sessions come from the Birds of a Feather gatherings, where people come together to talk about all things open source.

CSIRO will spend up to $5 million on a Linux-based high performance computing system to help boost research efforts at the [[xref: http://www.ska.gov.au/news/Pages/090827-MinisterCarrnamesPawseyHPCCentre.aspx |Pawsey Centre for SKA Science]] in Perth.

Australian scientists will have access to a multi-million dollar national cloud network and $50 million towards a petabyte supercomputer and data centre within three to five years under slated improvements to the nation's grid networks.

The CSIRO has appointed a former Nokia Siemens Networks global technology and sales partnering head to the role of director of its ICT Centre. Dr Ian Oppermann will commence on January 28, 2010, and aim to boost the centre's international “connectedness” while striving for "greater engagement with local industry".

AARNet has commissioned and launched a book to celebrate 20 years of the Internet in Australia. It’s hard to put a hard and fast figure on the age of the Internet in Australia. Rather than a single moment, the Internet began as a series of events, headed up by some of the country’s most pioneering computing scientists. In June 1989, however, the first international Internet connection was placed through a 56 kilobit per second satellite link that connected the University of Melbourne and the University of Hawaii. It the first known direct live overseas link with Australia. The same connection to the United States today is 200,000 times faster, operating at 10 gigabits (Gbps) per second.

AARNET has commissioned and launched a book to celebrate 20 years of the Internet in Australia.

There is no denying 2009 has been a dramatic year in the world of Australian ICT. And as the year draws to a close we thought it was time to recognise the people, products, organisations, trends and events that had the greatest influence throughout the year on the ICT industry and community by launching the inaugural Top 10 Most Influential.

A supercomputer which combines the central processing units (CPUs) found in traditional PCs, with more powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) will be launched by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra today. The first of its kind in Australia, the GPU cluster contains 61,440 compute cores and will help scientists to explore the use of GPU technology for parallel processing.

The CSIRO is on the hunt for new telecommunications services, putting its mobile, fixed voice and data services up for tender.

A look inside Australia's newest supercomputing family member

The CSIRO has launched a new research centre aimed at helping transform Australian electricity networks and lower greenhouse gas emissions. The Renewable Energy Integration Facility based in Newcastle, NSW, will develop grid management technologies that will allow greater penetration of renewable, low-emission energy resources into electricity networks.

Pictures from the CSIRO's ICT summit in China

A Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientist involved with the development of its wireless technology has won this year’s Prime Minister's Prize for Science.

Up to $150 million garnered from wireless LAN patent settlements will be invested by the Commonwealth Science Information and Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of a new Science and Industry Endowment Fund.