After a few months of BETA testing, Microsoft has finally released the next official first aid kit for Windows Vista - Service Pack 2.

Comindico announced the roll out of a nationwide internet telephony service offering eight cent local calls, six cent per minute national calls and 23.3 cent per minute mobile calls.

Nokia today announced a new service called Nokia Messaging to bring email to your phone, and launched the Nokia E75 that comes with the new service bundled.

From the dark old days of constant litigation, P2P network Kazaa has re-launched as a pay per month music service.

Nextep has extended its transparent LAN private network product with unlimited 3G access from Optus at a price it claims will be "not too dissimilar" from buying business-grade ADSL services

Sydney service provider Multiemedia has launched VoIP over satellite broadband for customers in Australia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, parts of New Zealand and eventually even further afield.

New payment service rivals Google Checkout and Paypal.

SMP On-Demand offers value-added managed security services.

Films, TV and music videos wrapped up tightly in DRM safety for your PC.

First there was Street view, now there's traffic view. SUNA traffic will be providing web surfers with a head start on their daily commute by displaying traffic data across Google's Australian Map service.

Electronics giant Samsung has unveiled an ambitious next day replacement service on several of its PC monitors in a move that was initiated by its Australian subsidiary.

Unlimited music downloads for a monthly fee? Virgin and Universal Music launch a new download service that could even be attractive to BitTorrent users.

Google has accidentally let slip some secret plans relating to its Google Voice call management service, revealing that the service may be coming to markets outside the US soon.

But most UK customers happy with quality and reliability.

Search engine launches Sourceforge competitor.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blamed a lack of resources and less reliable computer systems for "inferior" service levels Telstra supplies to its wholesale customers.

Paul Maritz talks up the 'software mainframe' at VMworld in Cannes.

More opportunities for e-retailers, and less chance of fraud, says paymentfirm.

Mobile pilot to test mobile fragrance communication service.