Microsoft’s Australian Tech.Ed event kicked off on the Gold Coast yesterday, with many of Australia’s leading technology professionals in town for the conference.

Five years ago, Envato’s co-founders started the company from a lounge room. Today, it’s celebrating much success, taking the world by storm with an array of different websites now being viewed by millions of online users each month.

Victorian Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today revealed a new $2 million program which the Victorian government hopes will boost ICT skills in the state.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has revealed a number of initiatives that will be undertaken over the coming months that will at long last move the company a step closer to unifying the Three and Vodafone brands.

Australian retailer Harvey Norman says it expects Hewlett-Packard (HP) to offer a solution this week for local customers, after those snapping up the company’s discounted TouchPad tablets discovered an apparent lack of accessories in stock.

Google Australia has recently begun promoting its Chrome OS platform to Australian business representatives attending the company’s Apps seminars.