Climb Every Mountain

Charles Wright looks at how to transfer ipod tracks to your computer.

Billing Bungles Hit Gas And Power Users

THOUSANDS of Victorian electricity and gas customers have been hit with billing bungles, then forced to wait on the telephone - sometimes for hours - when they phone to register complaints.

M5 East Owner To Review Systems

AS SEVERAL accidents brought traffic to a standstill on the M5 East yesterday, the road's private operator broke its silence to apologise to the city's motorists for a computer failure that had closed the tunnel for three hours.

Millions Lost In The M5 Black Hole

MILLIONS more taxpayer dollars will be poured into the M5 East tunnel for a computer upgrade after yet another glitch closed the tunnel yesterday, forcing more than 20,000 motorists into back-street gridlock and embarrassing a Government under siege.

And Another Thing . . .

AMERICANS call it the "God Phone" and thousands of the faithful lined up all night at mobile phone sellers across the globe to be among the first to buy it. Which might make one think that the iPhone is pretty special, except millions lined up to buy upgrades of the famously clunky Windows computer operating system. What is it about technology that people can't wait an extra day or two to get their hands on the stuff? Although, in fairness, most Australians have been forced to wait 18 months ...

Program For Run-down Schools Axed

LABOR will axe one of the Howard government's most popular education policies, which provided run-down schools with federal funding for everything from toilet-block upgrades to computers.

Bug Fix Cost Us Billions

COMPANIES and governments around the world will spend an estimated $US311 billion ($488 billion) to fix the Y2K computer bug, a new International Data Corp report says. Spending this year alone is estimated at $US97 billion. An estimated $US184 billion was spent from 1995 to 1998, and a projected

Computer Survivors Strengthen Position

TWO local computer companies have decided to pool their talents to provide an all-round service for computer users. Andor Systems and Computer System Services Pty Ltd merged in November to form Andor Systems Services, a company which not only repairs and maintains computer systems but also upg

Brothers Put Byte On Computer Needs

Brothers Phong and Kevin Vu will open their third SCN Computer Express outlet in Nowra in the near future. Phong, who studied computer engineering at Wollongong University, and Kevin, whose training is in business management and marketing, opened their first SCN Computer Express outlet in Sydney