In a rare open letter published on Thursday, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has detailed the technological reasons behind his company's refusal to let Adobe Systems' Flash Player onto the iPhone: he thinks it's a relic, not the future.

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Apple's Jobs slams Adobe in letter

The office of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has acknowledged the existence of a protected online forum used to discuss controversial issues about the internet filter.

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Conroy confirms filter forum exists

Airline Qantas has launched an SMS-based mobile check-in service for passengers.

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Qantas deploys SMS boarding pass

Amazon today announced the launch of its cloud services out of datacentres in Singapore following strong demand to open a hub in the region.

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Amazon launches Apac cloud

IT services provider ASG has delivered on its plans to penetrate the SAP market, with the acquisition announced this morning of Courtland Business Solutions.

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ASG buys Courtland to drive SAP focus

Komatsu Australia announced today that it signed a new five-year contract with Telstra, which will see it continue to receive telecommunications from the incumbent provider and also migrate to a managed cloud service.

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Telstra wins $35m telco, cloud deal

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said he had "no advice" to suggest that the Federal Government's plans to implement a mandatory internet filter would be delayed until after the federal election, despite a report saying it would.

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PM and Conroy clam up on filter 'delays'

One of the great New Zealand obsessions is "catching up with Australia". We even have a government 2025 Taskforce aimed at coming up with economic policies to reduce this gap.

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Aussies eat NZ broadband dust

Microsoft and HTC announced they have inked a new patent deal that specifically provides the Taiwanese mobile phone maker with the right to use Microsoft's patented technologies in phones running Google's Android operating system.

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Microsoft, HTC sign Android patent deal

Hewlett-Packard will purchase Palm for $1.2 billion, the companies announced on Wednesday.

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HP to buy Palm for US$1.2bn