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MORE than 20 NSW government schools have defied a state order and proceeded to apply for the second round of the federal Government’s computer grant scheme.

What do you do when you try to open your Windows Live Hotmail account – as you have every day for several years – and find it’s been deleted, along with all emails and contacts?

Optus has run into problems again with its mobile phone network after a software upgrade over the weekend broke the carrier’s ability to port some numbers to or from the network.

Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin today said he thought it unlikely a builder for the Federal Government’s $4.7 billion national broadband network would be locked in for another 12 months.

Symantec’s acquisition of MessageLabs will give it some very large Australian customers, including QBE, Westpac Bank and Virgin Blue.

EXCLUSIVE | Despite not supporting Vodafone’s new 900MHz 3G network, the new touch-screen BlackBerry Storm will only be available from Vodafone.

Australia’s major banks will continue to pursue huge technology projects that will fuel local IT spending for the next few years despite the global financial crisis, according to a leading local analyst.

Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple’s iPhone.

First up: sync your BlackBerry with iTunes. And is there a Mac desktop sync package around the corner?

But 3’s plans still offer the most data for your dollar, while concerns over Vodafone’s network performance remain.