FEDERAL Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has been appointed to a further one-year term.

SIX broadband-depleted locations are the first recipients of $250 million aimed at kick-starting the national broadband network project in rural areas.

TECH Mahindra has for the first time publicly confirmed its continued commitment to a $75 million software development project in Geelong.

THE world’s biggest mobile phone makers announced a deal agreeing to a universal standard phone charger.

CHINA has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made internet filtering software program.

CISCO Systems is considering offering web-based alternatives to Microsoft’s popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the internet.

RESEARCHERS have welcomed the federal government’s $1.1 billion upgrade of the country’s landmark research infrastructure.

THE Federal Court has allowed 35 franchisees to proceed with a class action suit against the Allphones group.

APPLE chief executive Steve Jobs is “back to work” after a six-month medical leave of absence, an Apple spokesman said.

COMMONWEALTH Bank’s online banking service, NetBank, has suffered its latest outage and was knocked offline yesterday for a few hours due to “technical issues”.