NEWS Corporation looks set to reach a definitive agreement to buy Dow Jones & Co Inc today after apparently receiving support from enough members of the Bancroft family.

HOME ownership has become an unattainable dream for many low-to middle-income earners in Australia, a new report has found.

NEWS Corporation’s board of directors has approved a deal to buy Dow Jones & Co Inc for $US5 billion ($5.83 billion), the Wall St Journal online reported today.

Lumison, a UK-based ISP, has issued a warning on the implications of the current flooding crisis for the UK’s internet infrastructure and the industry’s wider sensitivity to risks in the future.

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has slammed the federal government’s decision to award funding to Telstra competitor OPEL for a new national broadband network, decrying Australia as a nation that lacks any incentive for investment in telecommunications.

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has slammed the federal government’s decision to award funding to Telstra competitor OPEL for a new national broadband network, decrying Australia as a nation that lacks any incentive for investment in telecommunications.

Microsoft’s unified communications division is upping the ante with the release of Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007 to manufacturing.

ASX-listed wireless broadband provider BigAir Group Limited has announced one of its first metropolitan WiMAX networks, deploying Airspan Networks’ 5.8GHz MicroMAX base stations to Sydney and Melbourne.

Britain’s Department of Transport has launched a Web site designed to let new car buyers choose the most environmentally friendly vehicle for their needs.

An attorney for video-sharing site Youtube told a US district court that the company is near the final stages of deploying a system to filter out copyrighted content.