More than 40 per cent of older Australians say the internet is too expensive, leaving them at risk of being shut off from health and other online services.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a warning to VIPtel Mobile customers to not respond to any phone calls offering a refund in exchange for a fee.

The government’s chief information officer, Ann Steward, has expanded on the digital vision for 2020 announced by Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, yesterday, when he launched the National Digital Economy Strategy at CeBIT 2011.

Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has been out for more than a year, but Australia’s Federal Parliament will ignore the release in the short term and is instead in the process of upgrading to its much-maligned predecessor, Windows Vista.

Centrelink has kicked off a major technology purchasing initiative worth between $30 million and $40 million, as the national welfare agency continues its drive towards shifting its storage architecture towards being used as a service.

The ASX-listed reseller responsible for supporting and maintaining the Australian Taxation Office’s e-tax software, DWS (ASX:DWS), has claimed the software and its services are running perfectly.

The Australian Taxation Office(ATO) is suffering from severe e-tax backlogs due to the introduction of a new system with HECS-HELP debt and Centrelink benefit receivers suffering the most, according to an ATO source.

The Department of Human Services has launched a request for tender (RFT) to send and receive secure emails across telco networks.