Australian startup LIFX is preparing to ship its Wi-Fi enabled lightbulbs later this year. The 'smart' lightbulb, which can be controlled by a smartphone app, is the brainchild of LIFX CEO Phil Bosua. Like most good ideas, its origins are a conversation in a pub.

Data centre migrations can involve a lot of pain. And a transnational migration – let alone several – in order to comply with data sovereignty regulations is almost an unthinkable nightmare. But for Jean-Manuel Becker, the director of IT services at Melbourne-based educational services company Pearson Research and Assessment, it's becoming a routine part of his job.

Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy today used the CeBIT trade show in Sydney as the venue for unveiling the government's national cloud computing strategy.

Big data, according to Harper Reed, is "bullshit". It's a surprising sentiment from the man, who as chief technology officer of the Obama for America campaign helped head up the tech side of re-electing the US president in what was widely hailed as a political coming of age for big data.

New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione today issued a warning on the potential for 3D printed guns to be used in serious crimes in the state.

The Tasmanian government has earmarked $28 million for the establishment of an ICT Project Fund. Funding for 2013-14, revealed in today's state budget, will total $4 million, with funding increasing annually up to $10 million in 2016-17.

Telstra’s chief operating officer, Brendon Riley, has announced that the telco will be restructured, splitting operations into five groups responsible for delivering the company's services.

The federal government has announced Australia will join the Open Government Partnership.

IBM's Watson artificial intelligence technology – perhaps most famous for its 2011 victory in US game show Jeopardy! – will be used by ANZ Bank to deliver faster financial recommendations to customers.

Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a new Australian region for its Windows Azure family of cloud services.

Microsoft has revealed that Australians will be able to purchase Microsoft Surface Pro tablets from 30 May.

There's not much for the ICT industry to get excited about in the federal budget, unveiled last night, according to Telsyte analyst Rodney Gedda.

The Labor government has earmarked $102.2 million over the next half decade to upgrade the Department of Human Services child support payment system, dubbed 'Cuba'.

PCI compliance – the body of regulations applying to businesses that process credit and debit card payments – "absolutely annoys the living crap" out of Scott Rosicka.

Adobe has announced a major shift in its software strategy, revealing that Adobe CS 6 will be the final boxed version of its major design, publishing and photography products. Instead, the vendor will focus on delivering regular updates to its subscription-based Creative Cloud versions of popular applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.