OzCrunch

THE Australian Taxation Office has found a replacement for Greg Farr in David Butler, who was with the OECD in Paris.

TELSTRA has confirmed it will make Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone available on its mobile network.

Most of us would dial triple 0 for help in a life and death situation. Now our mobiles can also issue life-saving CPR instructions.

A man who convinced a 15-year-old girl he met while playing the multi-player online game World of Warcraft to fly and meet him has been convicted of child stealing.

Australian ISP Internode has warned that consumers will be the losers if a National Broadband Network (NBN) quashes competition in Australia’s broadband market.

UK IT professionals are becoming immune to the green message and are less concerned than a year ago about the impact of their businesses on the environment.

Nasa has awarded a nine-year $898m contract to Madrid-based Abacus Technology to provide information management and communications support at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Enterprise software provider Tibco Software has reported a 62% decline in net income to $3.49m for the second quarter 2008, on revenue up 15% at $150m.

Callidus Software has extended the reach of its compensation and bonus software to include all workers who receive performance bonuses.

Management consulting services provider Accenture has reported a 36% increase in net income to $469.08m for the third quarter 2008, on revenue up 20% at $6.1bn.