David Olsen

Auditor-General Ian McPhee has released his report into Kevin Rudd’s $16.2billion Building the Education Revolution (BER), with the audit lacking any clear conclusions on the program.

News Corporation yearly profit forecast is heavily influenced by the success of the blockbuster movie Avatar, but the company is warning that fourth quarter results may be lower than last years.

Australian mobile phone users spending five times as much on mobile downloads as they did two years ago, the latest Mobile Data Survey has found.

TomTom in association with Lucasfilm Ltd and VoiceSkins.com, is bringing the official Star Wars voices to its GPS navigation systems.

Australia’s services sector is showing its first signs of recovery despite increases in interest rates, with the AiG Performance of Services Index recording growth in April.

Forecasts show a 50 percent increase in data creation in 2010 relative to 2009, with information set to grow from the previous year of 800 billion gigabytes (0.8 Zettabytes) to 1.2 Zettabyte’s this year. One Zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points percent to 4.5 percent as house prices in Western Australia’s Pilbara region continue to soar.

Facebook users should change their passwords as 1.5 million Facebook accounts and passwords have been put up for sale by a hacker “Kirllos” in Russia.

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board Meeting today, with a 25 basis point rise in official interest rates, National Australia Bank has confirmed a matching increase in rates on its home loans.

Biz Gals have announced their May networking event, to be held at Cargo Lounge on the 18th of May from 6:30pm.