Saturday, November 22, 2008

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 22-Nov-2008

AustralianIT.com.au


Crisis may threaten tech firms
SMALL technology firms may collapse and inventions be lost overseas because research commercialisation faces such uncertainty and turmoil on several fronts, leading industry figures have warned.
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Facebook in mobile push
ONE day, up to 90 per cent of Facebook users will access the popular social-networking site via mobile devices, an executive said.
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'Uncertainty' over IP ruling
CONTRACT research, collaboration and consulting would become difficult for those who managed university inventions under a contentious Federal Court ruling, a technology transfer conference has been warned.
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Medicare pushes e-health system
MEDICARE Australia wants medical specialists who have largely resisted online connectivity to come on board with its e-claiming system.
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Telstra undecided on NBN bid
WITH the deadline for the national broadband network tender five days away, Telstra has yet to decide if it should participate.
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Telstra workers vote on IR action
TELSTRA workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims.
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Hi-tech crackdown on film piracy
SECURITY guards equipped with night-vision goggles will patrol screenings of Australia to protect the film against movie pirates.
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Star Wars powering into Sydney
THEY come from a movie galaxy far, far away, but remain as cutting-edge and popular as ever.
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Film industry takes on iiNet
AUSTRALIA'S biggest film and TV companies have ignited a long-simmering war with the internet sector.
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Film industry sues iiNet
A COALITION of film heavyweights has sued iiNet for allegedly "ignoring" acts of copyright infringement by its customers.
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