Water monitoring tool unveiled
February 25, 2010
A groundbreaking $1m electronic tool to assess water resources across the region has been launched and will be used by government departments and a forestry corporation.
The state-of-the-art technology, called the South East Digital Elevation Model, will also help authorities plan for climate change and provide better practical land management. Read more
Technology boost for MGHS
December 8, 2009
Mount Gambier High School principal Peter McKay addressed the end-of-year presentation night on Tuesday at Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre and spoke about changes for 2010, including technology and the curriculum. Listen here: Read more
Slow road to broadband super highway
October 27, 2009
A Green Triangle chapter of the Australian Computer Society will be formed as the region prepares to catch up to capital cities on the information super highway with the roll-out of new infrastructure to accelerate communication.
“Implementation of the National Broadband Network will mean people in Mount Gambier will move from broadband that is at best a couple of megabits per second to more than 100,” ACS telecommunications board director Professor Reg Coutts told The Border Watch. Read more
Windows 7 popular in Mount Gambier
October 27, 2009
After the not-so-popular Windows Vista, Microsoft may have got it right this time if soaring sales of the newly launched operating system Windows 7 is anything to go by.
Most computer users returned to using Windows XP after Windows Vista was bagged even before its launch in 2007, but now the world seems ready for Windows 7, and South East residents are no exception. Read more
Videophone the face of the future
September 16, 2009
The changing face of the future, is how Daniel le Vine described his new ACN 3000 Videophone. Read more
Touchscreens promote positive feel
August 25, 2009
Mount Gambier businesses are now on show across Australia and New Zealand via a network of 240 touch-screen terminals.
The Lady Nelson Visitor and Discovery Centre has entered a strategic five-year partnership with the provider of the facility’s Tourism Touchscreen, Datatrax. Read more
Time now to think of digital TV switch
January 23, 2009
A Mount Gambier technician has warned residents to avoid being caught out when the South East analogue signal is turned off in the second half of 2010.
A national switch-over to digital television will begin next year. The South East is scheduled to be the second region in Australia to switch off the analogue signal. Read more
Business website proves a hit
January 22, 2009
More than a million visits have been recorded on the State Government’s business gateway website www.southaustralia.biz in the 18 months since its launch.
The chief executive of the Department of the Department of Trade and Economic Development (DTED) Brian Cunningham says the site has proved a resounding success. Read more
High-tech metre reading trialled
January 20, 2009
Alternate options to manually reading water meters are currently being explored by the Department for Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation (DWLBC) in a trial to receive the data remotely.
Instead of relying on physically reading each meter, the trial will look at using radio and Next G technology to send the data straight from the meter to a server which will hold and collate all of the information needed. Read more
Multimedia course moves with times
December 26, 2008
TAFE SA will replace the former certificate IV in multimedia course next year with a double certificate interactive digital media, screen and design. Read more
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