Tech trek set to hit warp speed Sydney Morning Herald Technologies such as speech recognition will continue to improve, driven in part by the growth of mobile services. The Government will continue, ...

Drastic action is expected Bradford Telegraph Argus Bradford's Council boss Tony Reeves said the stalled £320 million retail park on Broadway would be the UK priority for its Australian-based developer ...

More Australians used the Internet to interact with Government than ever before in 2009. Releasing the report Interacting with Government: Australians' use and satisfaction with e-government services - 2009, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner said Australians used the Internet to interact with Government more than any other method in 2009. 'By providing insights into the ways people access government services and their preferences for doing so, the Interacting with Government report provides a basis from which service delivery can be improved,' Lindsay Tanner said.

The 2009 Year in Review Whistler Question Austin Grabowski, a 12-year-old Australian who has twice survived cancer, saw snow for the first time and was declared a "pretty good" skier by his Whistler ... and more »

The good, the bad and the rollercoaster Noughties Times Online Lastminute.com, the online booking service, floated on the stock market at an astronomical premium, but it was a shake-up of the Footsie itself in March ...

China remain vigilant over online porn ZDNet Asia E-mail services provided by the sites are also inaccessible. "We know the suspension of telecommunication services has caused great inconvenience to people, ... and more »

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Poles likely cause of WA blaze: power boss ABC Online Government assistance has been offered to those who lost their homes. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has declared the area near Toodyay a natural ... and more »

Wednesday, 30 December 2009. The AFP notes reporting in today's The Australian which suggests deficiencies in the AFP's role in criminal intelligence sharing in the context of aviation security. These multi-disciplinary intelligence teams act as a conduit for the sharing of criminal intelligence between those agencies, and they support investigations into serious and organised crime in the aviation industry by the dedicated Joint Airport Investigation Teams (JAITs).'.

Wednesday, 30 December 2009. Mr Gardener was also a member of the human resources committee from 1998 to 2001. On 3 May 2006, Mr Gardener was disqualified by APRA from being or acting as a director or senior manager of a general insurer.

According to new research, the Rudd Government's campaign to reduce harm associated with binge drinking among young Australians has achieved strong awareness, as another burst of advertising will ensure the Don't Turn a Night Out into a Nightmare campaign continues to remind people to drink responsibly over the holiday period. About 30 per cent said they had reduced their drinking as a result of the advertisements. The research is complemented by the latest Quantum Benchmark tracking reports (commissioned by Drinkwise) that shows a third of parents had reduced the amount of alcohol consumed in front of their children in the last 12 months 6 percent of parents had stopped drinking in front of their children and 14 per cent of parents indicated that TV advertising had been a factor in their decision to cut down or stop drinking in front of their children.