Stories about: Australian Bureau of Statistics

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    Government developing 'talking' set-top box for blind citizens 10/05/2011 15:35:00

    Several Australian companies are developing 'talking' digital TV set-top boxes that provide synthetic speech descriptions of electronic program guide data, program information and menu options. These digital TV set-top boxes have already been trialled in Australia during the digital TV switchover in regional Victoria, and could be distributed to blind or vision-impaired pensioners around Australia as part of the Federal Government's digital TV switchover Household Assistance Scheme.
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    Optus punished for misleading 'unlimited' advertisements of broadband and phone services 15/02/2011 12:28:00

    Telecommunications provider Optus has been punished by the ACCC for its 'misleading' advertisement of broadband data allowances. A media release from the ACCC states that Optus had failed to adequately disclose important conditions and limitations of its broadband plans, where consumers' Internet access speeds would be restricted once they had downloaded a certain amount of data.
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    Download shortages no argument against NBN 25/01/2011 08:37:00

    Broadband subscribers are faced with more download capacity than ever but are using a smaller fraction than what they purchased, according to a new report into Australian broadband use.
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    Broadband misrepresentation down to the consumer 27/10/2010 12:04:00

    Whether or not potential Optus customers were misled by recent advertising of its “Think Bigger” and “Supersonic” advertising campaigns resides on the type of consumer involved, a Federal Court has heard.
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    Telstra boosts pre-paid broadband plans 20/10/2010 11:30:00

    Telstra has raised data caps and increased expiry periods for its pre-paid mobile broadband plans. According to the telco, the move comes on the back of rising consumption of wireless broadband.
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    Mobile Internet connections up 40% 31/03/2010 13:33:00

    The growth of mobile broadband connections is outpacing other Internet connections in Australia, increasing 40 per cent between June and December 2009.
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    LCD TVs, plasma screens and digital cameras top consumer shopping lists 16/09/2009 10:44:00

    Australian consumers have bucked the global trend towards economic downturn, buying more gadgets and digital products in the first half of 2009 than the corresponding period in any previous year.
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    Expand Networks and VMware selected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for VDI strategy 23/06/2009 11:13:00

    Expand Networks, the leader in optimising WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualisation, today announced that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is implementing Expand Networks’ WAN optimisation technology to complete its organisation-wide virtualisation strategy of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Deployed in the datacentre as a virtual image on existing VMware ESX Hypervisor, Expand’s Virtual Accelerators will enable the rollout by ABS to migrate employees across the country to VDI.
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    Financial crisis challenging CIOs: VMware 21/04/2009 16:35:00

    The global financial crisis is causing CIOs to jump through more hoops than ever to get their IT projects approved, according to VMware’s APAC managing director Paul Harapin.
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    Australians Believe the Global Economic Crisis Will Make Them More at Risk of Identity Theft – Unisys Security Index 16/04/2009 18:50:00

    Majority of Australians looking for more assurance that their personal, financial and other information is protected against fraud in troubling economic times
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    Niche ICT skills still in demand despite economic downturn 01/12/2008 17:04:00

    Demand for ICT professionals remains strong despite the gloomy economic climate, according to the Clarius Skills Index.
 
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