Hardware

Apple also approved to buy Nortel, Novell patents.
Targets Nexus smartphone running Ice Cream Sandwich.
End of a computing era.
RIM loses US agency with 25k staff 
By Liam Tung | 4 days ago | Comment Now 
Consumerisation of IT bites RIM's enterprise.
 
Scientists tout super-fast hard drives 
By Liz Tay | 4 days ago | Comment Now 
No magnetic field needed for new data recording method.
 
Windows 8: Will you need new hardware? 
By Anthony Caruana | 6 days ago | Comment Now 
Part Three of iTnews' enterprise guide to Windows 8.
 
Cisco to replace sparky UCS blade 
By Liam Tung | 6 days ago | Comment Now 
After firmware update comes modified hardware.
 
Australian iPhone 4S court case faces 2013 judgment 
By James Hutchinson | Feb 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
Apple 'free-riding' on 3G patents, Samsung claims.
 
Smartphones outnumber PC shipments 
By Liam Tung | Feb 4, 2012 | Comment Now 
Milestone reached.
 
Facebook details custom data centre risks 
By Liam Tung | Feb 3, 2012 | Comment Now 
Shines light on the $1 billion beast.
 
Fake Apple TV salesman nabbed in Sydney raid 
By Brett Winterford | Feb 1, 2012 | Comment Now 
Hong Kong copyright enforcers strike back.
 
Westpac stuck with desktop dinosaurs 
By Brett Winterford | Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now 
Old apps tie staff to Internet Explorer 6.
 
Ex-Palm boss quits HP 
By Liam Tung | Jan 30, 2012 | Comment Now 
As HP releases webOS JavaScript application framework.
 
Govt agencies fatten Linux, Unix server environments 
By Ry Crozier, John Hilvert | Jan 27, 2012 | Comment Now 
Analysis: How large agencies are switching hardware alliances.
 
WD: Thai flood effects to continue to 2013 
By Liam Tung | Jan 25, 2012 | Comment Now 
Hard disk prices won't return to pre-flood levels.
 
HP settles burning battery case 
By Liam Tung | Jan 25, 2012 | Comment Now 
Pays $405,000, denies any wrongdoing.
 
New RIM CEO: Don't expect big changes 
By Liam Tung | Jan 24, 2012 | Comment Now 
But do expect a bit of German discipline.
 
RIM CEOs step down 
Jan 23, 2012 | Comment Now 
Black day for Blackberry maker.
 
iPhone 4S and iPad 2 gets a jailbreak 
By Liam Tung | Jan 23, 2012 | Comment Now 
Hacking A5 no walk in the park.
 
Microsoft takes aim at rootkits, misses 
By Sam Gentle | Jan 20, 2012 | Comment Now 
Red Hat, Canonical raise objections at Linux.conf.au.
 
Photos: UWA installs Fornax supercomputer 
By Liz Tay | Jan 20, 2012 | Comment Now 
Prepares to launch second Pawsey machine in March.
 
Photos: iVEC installs second Pawsey machine 
Jan 20, 2012 | Comment Now 
Fornax@UWA likely to open for business in March.
 
HP appoints Windows man as strategy chief 
By Liam Tung | Jan 19, 2012 | Comment Now 
But acquisitions stay under Whitman.
 
Microsoft simplifies server management licensing 
By Liam Tung | Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Offers Release Candidate for System Center 2012.
 
Defence wedded to IBM infrastructure 
By John Hilvert | Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Spends a further $347m without testing the market.
 
Low-cost blade servers take flight in 2012 
By Liam Tung | Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Cheap and dense, but you need scale to buy.
 
Photos: Ultrabooks worth watching at CES 
Jan 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Four freshly announced models that caught our eye in Las Vegas.
 
Are Australian execs laptop huggers? 
By Liam Tung | Jan 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Survey says more so than US and Europe.
 
Tennis Australia exposes match analytics 
By James Hutchinson | Jan 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
On disaster watch for Open.
 
First post-Jobs iPad due March 
By Liam Tung | Jan 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
Apple struggles with China two-phone policy.
 
PC shipments take a dive 
By Liam Tung | Jan 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Thai floods take toll on Windows through 2012.
 
Samsung wants Apple's Qualcomm contracts 
By James Hutchinson | Jan 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
Aims to derail key defence.
 
Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus 
By Jonathan Bray | Jan 13, 2012 | Comment Now 
It's the world's fastest smartphone, but is speed enough?
 
Dell plots late-2012 consumer tablet launch 
By Poornima Gupta | Jan 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Builds on experience with enterprise-focused Streak device.
 
Brits to scrap 'dull' school ICT program 
By Liam Tung | Jan 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Excel courses get 'computer science' revamp.
 
Apple patents password-managing power adaptor 
By Darren Pauli | Jan 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Device to enable password recovery.
 
Review: Acer S3 ultrabook 
By John Gillooly | Jan 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Ultra-thin and light computing for a reasonable price.
 
Kinect for 500m Windows 7 PCs due February 
By Liam Tung | Jan 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Limited quantities set for Australia.
 
PlayBook to get native email next month 
By Liam Tung | Jan 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Too little, too late?
 
IBM completes Platform Computing buyout 
Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now 
New grid and cloud management software for IBM's portfolio.
 
NAB arms branch with free wi-fi 
By Ry Crozier | Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now 
Eyes IT systems to 'sweat' retail spaces.
 
Researchers eye visual intelligence for UAVs 
Jan 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
Queensland project wins funding.
 
US Defence to keep funding spy tech 
Jan 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
Despite overall budget cuts.
 
AMD sued over 'defective' chips 
Jan 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
Allegedly caused overheating.
 
RIM close to stripping CEOs of chairmanship 
Jan 5, 2012 | Comment Now 
Angry and disillusioned investors get excited.
 
Motorola found to have infringed Microsoft patent 
By Tom Brewster | Dec 23, 2011 | Comment Now 
Most of Microsoft's other complaints dismissed.
 
Xerox PARC founder dies 
By Liam Tung | Dec 23, 2011 | Comment Now 
Groundbreaking facility was the birthplace of GUIs and windows.
 
US commission bans some HTC phones 
Dec 20, 2011 | Comment Now 
Updated: Apple gains narrow victory in ITC ruling.
 
Thieves swipe truckload of PlayBooks 
By Liam Tung | Dec 20, 2011 | Comment Now 
Hot property hits the road.
 
Amazon touts 'one million per week' Kindle sales 
Dec 19, 2011 | Comment Now 
Kindle Fire sales growing.
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