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Knowledge powers Singapore economy

The highly successful Knowledge Economy conference, held late last year under the aegis of the NSW Government's Office of Western Sydney and with ACS sponsorship, drew speakers from some of the powerhouse economies of the world.
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The disruptive Web
13/02/2003 17:14:07
Blogs, Web services and digital identity combine for new possibilities More...

CEDA: Making Australian science work
10/12/2002 17:14:03
There is an urgent need to allocate more resources into science education if Australia is to build long-term capability in the biotechnology industries, Peter Doherty recently told CEDA'S Melbourne Trustees. More...

The getting of agility
18/06/2002 17:13:13
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Platform: Voting in the 21st century
21/08/2001 17:12:13
Last year's US Presidential Election showed just how primitive and unsatisfactory electoral systems can be, More...

Darker days ahead
30/10/2000 17:11:12
The good life of IT is about to change - dramatically - with tough times ahead predicted for those who can't evolve into a new breed of business technologist More...

IT News Review - Week ending September 15, 2000
15/09/2000 17:10:57
NetIQ Aids Netware to Win 2000 Migration...Study: 1.3B Wireless Data Users by 2004...MIT Media Lab Founder: Europe Has a Lot to Learn...E-commerce Having No Effect on Business: PwC...Intel Jumps on VPN Bandwagon...Telstra Answers to RequestDSL ... XML Marks the Spot at Microsoft...Rough Conditions for Local Novell a Matter of Time: Gartner...New Fibre Channel Adapters Crank Up Data Speed...IBM Swings the Hammer for RS/6000 Clusters...Nokia Unveils Net Appliance Running Linux...St George Still A 'Sitting Duck'...Pollies Push For Privacy Privileges More...

IT News Review - Week Ending Friday 16/6/2000
16/06/2000 17:10:35
Virus infections on the rise ... ABC hangs up on Telstra ... The human face of IT ... ACCC needs global vision ... Privacy -- opt in or opt out altogether ... IDC: Global IT Spending to Top $3 Trillion by 2004 ... Service Beats Price on the Web, Study Finds ... SMEs to turn to brokers for app integration ... ACCC under fire as One.Tel cries foul ... Taxman to increase online presence More...

Arrogance carries a high price in year 2000 stakes
16/05/1998 17:08:04
As post-industrial theatre of the absurd, the digital angst about Y2Kollapses and millennia meltdowns is fascinating. Two thumbs up! Will our systems collapse in ways that simultaneously surprise and destroy? Or, to borrow from that terrific software artist Bill Shakespeare, is this just all sound and fury that signifies nothing? Haven't a clue. But let me share a year 2000 observation that leaves me speechless, smirking and shaking my head. More...

The IT Bunch
01/05/1998 17:07:59
And the two most influential individuals in the Australian IT industry are . . . (the envelope please) . . . Bill Gates and Andy Grove. Bill can't be here tonight to collect his shiny statuette because, well, he's graced us with his presence once this year already and we should be grateful for that. Andy sends his apologies, too - being Time's Man of the Year is a big job OK, so that's those two pretty much out of the picture. Relish this rare opportunity to exclude them from any discussion about who wields what kind of muscle in the industry. We can do that here because, although they may be omnipresent, this is a rundown on the most influential LOCAL players in the Australian IT industry. More...