Thursday, February 3, 2011

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 02/02/2011



AustralianIT.com.au
Telcos brace for Cyclone Yasi
MAJOR telcos are preparing to bunker down critical infrastructure as Tropical Cyclone Yasi and its devastating winds approach northern Queensland.
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NEHTA scores $38.5m for e-health record rollout
THE federal Health department has released $38.5 million to NEHTA for the next stage of the $467m personally-controlled e-health record rollout.
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Cairns stayer battens down with Twitter
CAIRNS resident Carl Butcher is taking a stand against the might of oncoming Cyclone Yasi - he has vowed to keep tweeting through the terror of the storm.
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Microsoft rebuffs Google on search cheat
GOOGLE sets trap for Microsoft and claims it's caught Bing redhanded giving "Google-like" returns on its searches.
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NBN tops levy as legislative priority
THE National Broadband Network has become the federal government's first legislative priority for the sitting year, ahead of its new flood levy laws
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Conroy's guide to online sales
AUSTRALIAN retailers have been slow to exploit the new medium, but Conroy's happy to help.
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Google creates speaking Tweets
GOOGLE has launched a service that allows Egyptian protesters to post messages to Twitter under the #egypt tag without an internet connection.
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Looking at the cyclone through the modern lens
HUNDREDS of thousands of people logged on to watch Cyclone Yasi unleash its biblical fury through the modern lens of social media overnight.
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