Google may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies’ discussions.

Independent video series Two-Minute Mobile satirises Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo’s time so far at the top of Australia’s largest telco in this short film.

UNEMPLOYMENT will rise above the budget forecast next year because of the global financial crisis, says Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

The Australian government’s plans to censor all web content at the borders of the country looks in danger of coming unstuck..

Optus this week claimed the 3G mobile outages it had been suffering were normal and every telecommunications carrier would be having similar issues.

Don’t miss ZDNet.com.au’s exclusive live broadcast of a landmark Sydney speech by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on 6 November at 3:30pm, AEST.

STRIKE action at Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations today will be stepped up unless the mining giant agrees to talks, unions have warned.

THE Australian share market has opened half a per cent lower after US indices shrugged off downbeat economic news to close higher.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has, for the first time, acknowledged that Australian household budgets will have another two years of battering from the global financial spin-out.

THE Government has moved to ease fears about the impact of its emissions trading scheme, releasing modelling showing it is affordable.