Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reacted to the defacing of two Facebook tribute pages by considering the introduction of an Internet Ombudsman in Australia. “We just see the colliding of the two worlds here, abuse and graphic material online, and businesses legitimately concerned about using the Internet properly,” Rudd said. “We need to do everything […]
New research conducted by the University of New England (UNE) has found that mothers who work part-time raise healthier children than both those who work full-time and stay-at-home mums. In the study of more than 4500 Australian pre-schoolers, the UNE study found that kids of part-time mums were eating less junk food, watched less television […]
Australians lost over $70 million to online fraud in 2009, with that figure just the tip of the iceberg reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. “Scams continue to make up a large proportion of total complaints that the ACCC receives and more than 20,000 scam reports were made to the ACCC in 2009 – […]
Microsoft has successfully taken legal action to shut down the control structure of the network behind the Waledac botnet that is responsible for 1.5 billion spam emails daily. In the US District Court of Eastern Virginia, a federal judge granted Microsoft’s request against 273 domain names believed to be hubs for control of the Waledac […]
The Commonwealth Bank has agreed to a settlement with former Storm Financial clients and plans to discuss compensation details this Saturday in Townsville, North Queensland. Some former clients of Storm Financial will be eligable for cash and other concessions as a part of the compensation deal. In responding to the deal, the Storm Investors’ Consumer […]
Nine out of ten office workers confess they have read other print jobs left at the printer while another 70% of office workers complained that they have had a print job go missing from the printer. These revelations have come out of research into Australian office printing commissioned by Canon this month revealing a general […]
In a world first, Central Coast company EBIS (Encore Business Integrated Solutions) has developed, a messaging system which sends pictures, video and even a voice confirmation of delivery, before the driver gets back to their van. In what is expected to become an essential tool for businesses throughout the world, the patented Encore Messaging system […]
Woolworths exceeded market expectations today with a reported 11.4 percent rise in first-half net profit for this financial year. In the half year (27 weeks) ending 3rd of January, Woolworths net profit was $1.09 billion, up 11.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. Share holders will be paid interim dividend of 53 […]
In a six month study by broadband comparison site Broadband Expert it was found that the average download speed in Australia was less than half of the speed advertised. In a study of 11,000 broadband users that covered nine companies, the site compared the actual speed obtained by users and compared it to what their […]
ANZ has issued an official statement covering their first quarter results, reporting an underlying profit after tax of $1.6 billion for the four months to end-January. This was a 16 percent increase in profit covering the bank’s first-quarter results, which was boosted by improved margins on its products. However earnings were lower than hoped due […]
