A Federal Court justice has ruled in favour of Sirtex Medical in its damages claim against former University of WA scientist Bruce Gray, awarding the company approximately $1.9 million.
The federal government has been told the cost of the National Broadband Network could be capped at $26 billion as opposed to the original $43 billion earmarked for the project, and that it should be built without Telstra.
United States-based IT company CSC has exteneded its relationship with Woodside Energy, today signing a $30 million, three-year IT contract with the liquified natural gas company.
IT company ASG Group has acquired local SAP software provider Courtland Business Solutions in a multi-million dollar cash and scrip deal, opening up the SAP market to Oracle-focussed ASG for the first time.
Security technology outfit QRSciences Holdings is set to sell its loss-making Perth subsidiary to US company, Rapiscan Systems Inc, for $US150,000 ($A162,069) cash.
Two Western Australian innovators have been awarded a combined $131,257 in the first round of federal government grants under the Commercialisation Australia scheme.
Technology company Structural Monitoring Systems is looking at capital raising options after a partnership agreement, which was to underpin future revenue, was terminated.
Perth-based office equipment financing company ThinkSmart is set to bolster its Italian operation, signing a two-year distribution deal with retailer Computer Discount.
Conrad Crisafulli has devoted much of his recent time to developing a new-age rotary club on the side of his passion for bringing new technology to the world.
Brazilian company Vale is the latest mining giant to become a core industry participant at Bentley-based Parker Centre, which specialises in hydrometallurgical processing research for miners.
Internet service provider iiNet says it is confident it will succeed in defending an appeal in its legal stoush over illegal downloading and emerge in an even stronger position.
Quickstep Holdings has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Northrop Grumman, which the Coogee-based company said is the next step towards manufacturing $700 million worth of components for the Joint Strike Fighter program.
The state government has launched Western Australia's first large-scale electric vehicle trial with 10 electric cars to be trialled for two years by government departments, local government authorities and private sector organisations.
FOUR contracts with separate government bodies and publicly listed outfits worth about $65 million have been secured by local IT services providers during the past month.
Telco networks provider Amcom Telecommunications has announced a net profit after tax of $7.6 million for the first half of this financial year, a gain of 66 per cent over the previous corresponding period's $4.5 million NPAT.
Microsoft and Yahoo have won clearance from the US Department of Justice and the European Commission to implement their internet search alliance, which the companies hope will be a challenger to market leader Google.
IT services provider ASG Global says it is assessing acquisition opportunities as it delivers a 32.5 per cent lift in its first-half net profit after tax to a record $6.5 million.
The High Court has knocked back an appeal application from the University of Western Australia over the intellectual property battle involving Perth scientist Bruce Gray.
The boss of multinational computer games developer Interzone closed the company's lead development studio in Bentley last night amid claims the company owes more than $1.5 million in unpaid wages, superannuation and taxes.
West Perth-based DataMotion Asia Pacific is facing a board spill from one of its major shareholders that has links with Perth businessman Robert Roget.
Telco networks provider Amcom has signed a $20 million deal with the Northern Territory state government to provide high-speed fibre based telecommunications services.
Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings is set to take advantage of China's expanding 3G network after it executed an agreement with China Mobile that sent its shares up more than seven-fold.
Perth-based ASG Group has secured a $23 million contract to provide additional IT Services to the state's Department of Education, boosting its pipeline of projects to more than $500 million.
Inglewood-based web design firm Bam Creative has become an employee-owned company with the majority of the firm's staff taking up the opportunity to become a business owner with much less risk usually associated with starting up a company from scratch.
Melbourne-based satellite communications company NewSat has secured contracts worth about $2 million in recent times including a $1 million contract to provide voice and data communications on the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island.
