Copyright © 2008 4 Square Media http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:39:00 GMT Technology on www.smartofficenews.com.au newsfeed.sichbo.ca http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/V9P3P3X3 Microsoft Australia has announced the appointment of Peter Ulm as business development manager for Microsoft’s Virtual Earth business across Australia and New Zealand. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:39:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/V9P3P3X3 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080718014455b1b3f.JPG http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/P2B5L8F6 Falling prices in mobile computing and the proliferation of faster and cheaper communications infrastructure has seen the rate of PC shipments worldwide increase by 16 percent to top 71.9 million units in the latest quarter, research group Gartner reports. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:32:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/P2B5L8F6 Computer Daily News http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200807180935331edd0.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/A9E3J5V3 Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, posted a fourth-quarter profit that gave a disappointing forecast after the U.S. credit crunch crimped sales, sending its shares down 5.7 per cent. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:57:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/A9E3J5V3 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080718090003a46be.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/K4P7J7K6 Cyberoam, a seller of identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances, which is present in more than 55 countries, has announced the appointment of MPA Systems as its national distributor for Australia. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:25:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/K4P7J7K6 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080717052644eb3d7.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/M6A7B4H3 A contractor who cut through an Optus fibre optic cable on the Gold Coast could end up being sued for millions by Optus who are facing major payouts to business customers affected by this week's loss of mobile, landline and Internet services in Queensland. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:12:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/M6A7B4H3 David Richards and Computer Daily News http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080717081852ccb58.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/Q4H8Q9M9 Australia will trail much of the world in seeing notebook PCs equipped with the new WiMax technology, Intel GM Philip Cronin confirmed at yesterday's Down Under launch of its new Centrino 2 platform. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/Q4H8Q9M9 David Frith CDN http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200807170803004307d.gif http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/C6B3A9T7 BPT has released two Mitho colour touchscreen multipurpose terminals, designed for the management and control of electric home automation, security and video entry system. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:48:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/C6B3A9T7 Mike Wheeler http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080716040836c1f66.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/V9D5T9K2 According to reports, Telstra has extended its free laptop offer following what the telco says was a 'huge response from customers'. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:19:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/V9D5T9K2 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200807100321265bea0.JPG http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/T3V4N9J8 According to Reuters, Pioneer plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:41:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/T3V4N9J8 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200807080243187ecff.jpg http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/R3H4H4W9 Leading research group GFK has forecast overall consumer electronic growth of 9.4% in 2008 over 2007, however Australia and the Oceanic region is set to grow by 16.5%. They also warn that more consumers than ever before are moving online to buy CE products and that big growth categories are memory and 3G modems. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:07:00 GMT http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Business/Technology/R3H4H4W9 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200807080819262a392.jpg