Telstra says forming an alliance with Microsoft to deliver IT services and software will lead to Australian businesses increasing their productivity.
The partnership also sees the pair go head-to-head with corporate-mobile giant Research in Motion - maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone - by offering a corporate email and applications service for six Windows Mobile devices.
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A company developing a touchscreen device to help elderly people stay in touch with their families has landed a federal grant for emerging technologies.
The federal government on Wednesday announced $3.6 million in funding for a range of projects under the commercialising emerging technology grants scheme (COMET).
Keep in Touch Australia was one of 57 companies awarded [...]

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A $100-million dollar supercomputer will be built at the University of Melbourne for biomedical research.
The Victorian Premier, John Brumby, announced the project in San Diego overnight.
The powerful computers will be used to process complex data for research on the life sciences.
Professor Geoffrey Taylor says, high performance computing is essential for medical advances to be made.
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