Stories by: Kathryn Edwards

Two suspect cases of the swine flu virus - which has killed more than 80 people in Mexico and infected 20 in the United States - have been pinned on a map of Queensland on a Google map tracking the global movement of the possible pandemic.

IT spending in infrastructure and operations projects across Australia are expected to remain strong in 2009, despite the expected global spending downturn, according to new research by Gartner.

Google Australia today announced it will offer a free $75 search marketing campaign to help more than one million Australian small and medium businesses.

Microsoft Australia today announced its biggest ever software donation in the country, by granting $6.6 million to the charity Vision Australia to help blindness and low vision suffers better access online information.

Australian scientific agency the CSIRO reports that a $12 million upgrade to its radio telescope, which will boost bandwidth from 128 MHz to 2 GHz, is almost completed.

Post-graduate IT students from Carnegie Mellon University Australia (CMUA) have created a mobile phone app that provides commuters with live timetable information.

The IT job market fell 15 percent in March, crashing to the level of 2005 and down by 53 per cent on the same time last year, according to the Olivier Job Index.

Broadband wholesaler [[artnid:164355|Nextep|new]], a division of NEC, is upgrading its network to an IP/MPLS routing infrastructure with Juniper Networks.

Just in time for the start of the AFL season, Internode announced Friday it will provide free, round-the-clock Wi-Fi throughout the MCG stadium, under a three-year deal with the Melbourne Cricket Club.

MySpace.com unveils the top 10 apps that Aussie's go to for their entertainment fix.