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Australians spent over $790 million on overseas gambling sites in 2008, sending with it any possibility to earn tax revenue for Australia due to laws restricting gambling sites in Australia.

Comodo, the company probably best known for their PC software firewall solutions has announced the latest version of their HackerProof solution for e-commerce merchants.

The ACCC has been equipped with greater powers to protect consumers from unscrupulous businesses, with first part of the Australian Consumer Law coming into effect today.

For the first time in Australia, the who’s who of the e-retail industry will converge for one spectacular night as the Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs) capture centre stage in Sydney on Wednesday, 7 July, later this year.

One in four Australian SME business leaders say they are not well-informed or adequately prepared for the Federal Government’s new Fair Work industrial relations laws.

Blacktown’s suburbs have achieved a clean sweep of the top five most affordable suburbs to buy a house in Sydney, ‘only’ 40 kilometres from the Sydney CBD.

Vodafone and 3 mobile today announced that it will offer dedicated iPad plans for all models from the end of May in Australia.

Costco have been given planning approval by the NSW State Government for a second massive supermarket in Australia, this time in Auburn, Sydney.

After delaying his Australian visit until June, many were disappointed, however the US President Barrack Obama will be interviewed on ABC’s The 7:30 report tonight.

Australians hoping to buy an iPad are going to have to wait longer than expected, with the Australian launch if Apple’s iPad pushed back to the end of May.

Nokia Australia has reached agreement with the ACCC over it’s Nokia Care Centres run by Fone Care Pty Ltd after coming under fire over customers warranty and refund rights not being met.

It’s said that “first impressions” count the most ― but I’m not so sure that rule always applies in business. In my view, the last experience someone has with your product or service carries more weight. Here’s an example of what I mean…

Rupert Murdoch has hailed Apple’s iPad as the saviour of print media, with The Australian newspaper launching a subscription-based iPad App when it launches in Australia.

Locusts have destroyed almost 10,000 hectares of barley and wheat crops in Central West NSW around Forbes, with fears of a plague to rival that seen across NSW in 2004.

April’s MYOB Business Monitor has found many businesses are upset over the level of Federal Government support for their businesses, as well as confused over legislative changes being made.

While over half of Australia’s small to medium sized business owners expect to see economic recovery in the next twelve months, the level of confidence in the recovery has fallen since November.

Malaysian Airlines is in court after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission instituted proceedings over price fixing in the Federal against Malaysian Airline System Berhad and its wholly-owned cargo subsidiary Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd.

Penfolds Wines have unveiled The Rewards of Patience wine reference bible, launching an iPhone App, as well as Mac and Windows apps and widgets.

Employee theft is a big issue for small business owners, with 49.4 percent of small business owners saying that employees had stolen from them in the past.

Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics has announced today the company is growing their cosmetic empire in Australia by adopting a franchise business model. The company aims to add an additional 60 concept stores over the next 3 years to its existing 57 successful stores.