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‘Australia Unlimited’ is Australia’s new national brand to represent Australian quality, innovation and service worldwide announced by Minister for Trade Simon Crean.

In a world where collaboration with business partners and customers is essential to achieving high performance, IT security has never been more crucial. Securing corporate, individual and commercial data, protecting identities and building trusted relationships with stakeholders are part of day-to-day businesses everywhere.

Skype has launched group video chat into the beta phase, Skype group video calling allows video calls with up to five people.

Lance Whitney is a Journalist, IT Consultant and Web Developer with almost 20 years experience in the IT world. Here are some extracts from an evaluation Lance recently conducted of Dragon NaturallySpeaking against the built-in speech recognition solutions provided by Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Car rental companies at Perth Airport are likely to have their negotiations over counter space rejected by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Microsoft Office 2010 will be a free upgrade for mobile customers, but pricing for the retail and online version of Office 2010 is yet to be revealed before it hits shelves in June.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has made a counterintuitive play with the release of their revamped range of printers, promising the printers will ‘pay for themselves’ in savings in paper and electricity.

Skype dropped support for the aging Windows Mobile platform earlier this year, however yesterday Skype’s Asia Pacific Vice President Dan Neary confirmed there would be no Skype support for Windows Phone 7, at least initially, but an iPad client is in the works.

Targus has launched a range of iPad cases to coincide with the official iPad launch in Australia on May 28th, offering protection and style for iPad users across multiple product lines.

The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) has received the resignation of CEO Jaye Radisich, which will take effect from 21 May. Chairman Richard Brooks said: “Jaye leaves COSBOA in a strong position to continue advocacy on behalf of the small business sector and has raised the profile of small business with key […]

Telstra has quadrupled the capacity of its Next IP network between Melbourne and Sydney to meet growing demand that is doubling data traffic on the network every 19 months.

You will need to remember to logout of Facebook if you want to maintain your privacy online, as Facebook expands its presence and gives away your information online.

Australian businesses will receive a significant boost in support for research and development, under new R&D tax incentive legislation introduced into Parliament today.

Anyone who has been in the workforce over the last ten years is likely to have heard the word ‘coaching’ being used to describe the skills managers use to support staff.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission welcomes the announcement by eBay that it will change the ebay.com.au website and payment policies to remove the requirement that sellers offer PayPal as a payment option.

Networking in the post GFC world is a tricky beast…

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft decision proposing to authorise Santos QNT Pty Ltd and ten other oil producers to jointly market their oil produced in the Surat Basin and Denison Trough in Queensland.

Skype has launched Skype Manager which replaces Skype’s Business Control Panel and permits real time analysis and reporting along with centralised payments and deployment.

To boost the spirits of small businesses, WOMOW.com.au (Word Of Mouth On the Web) is encouraging consumers to “Hug a Business”.

MYOB today unveiled MYOB LiveAccounts, an online accounting solution for Australian businesses that need to raise invoices, track expenses and manage income – online.