Stories by Chloe Herrick

CSIRO appoints new chairman

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has appointed Macquarie Group Melbourne office executive chairman, Simon McKeon, as its new chairman.

ACMA warns against World Cup spammers

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is urging caution following the reporting of a number of spam-fuelled scam attempts linked to the World Cup.

Telstra-NBN Co deal: Opposition slams Telstra and NBN deal

The Federal Opposition has slammed the Heads of Agreement signed between the NBNCo and Telstra (ASX:TLS), calling the non-binding deal a "desperate" attempt to shore up its "ill-thought-through" NBN plan. It has also let fire at the Federal Government's $2 billion payout to Telstra to cover the cost of its Universal Service Obligation.

Wilson HTM to float on the cloud

Wilson HTM Investment Group (ASX:WIG) will move its entire IT infrastructure to IntraPower’s cloud computing platform in a $16 million deal.

Twitter users will sail on with the fail whale

Twitter users are unlikely to migrate to competing platforms despite the social media site's frequent outages, instead choosing to embrace the 'fail whale', according to a leading social media expert.

What are you saying?

Every week, <i>Computerworld Australia</i> collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.

Google's DevFest is coming

Google Australia has announced it will run its [[xref:http://code.google.com/events/devfests/2010/sydney.html| first developer event in the country]], DevFest AU,|DevFest AU, in June.

Poll: Was the NSW Twitter political debate successful?

In what has been pegged as an Australian first, Twitter this week played host to a political debate between NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally, Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, and Greens MP, Lee Rhiannon, ahead of the upcoming by-election in Penrith this Saturday.

Poll: Was the NSW Twitter political debate successful?

In what has been pegged as an Australian first, Twitter this week played host to a political debate between NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally, Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, and Greens MP, Lee Rhiannon, ahead of the upcoming by-election in Penrith this Saturday.

Internode revamps business ADSL plans

Internet Search Provider (ISP), Internode, has announced reworked business ADSL broadband plans, claiming a combination of increased data quotas and reduced prices.

Twitter 'over capacity'

Despite upgrades to its capacity and servers, Twitter has been unavailable to its users for much of today.

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