EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Macquarie Telecom has again emerged as the Australian IT industry's largest political donor, tripling the amount it spent in the 2009-10 financial year to over $263,000.

Also today, Microsoft teams with Canberra-based hosting company Uber to offer a "proof of concept" for a Government community cloud.

And use of the anonymity service Tor soars in Egypt following a week of unrest.

-- Ry Crozier

MOST READ Flaw found that affects every Windows machine Facebook posts mined for court case evidence Physicists call for alien messaging protocol Spotted: New NBN Co gear and a very naked Telstra Huston: Address shortage threatens the open internet FEATURED COMMENT "This is absurd. Bittorrenting itself is _NOT_ piracy. Whether bittorrenting is being used as a method of piracy is determined by the information/material that is being transported. Google are shooting themselves in the foot here. " Thysce commenting on Google blocks BitTorrent from search suggestions

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | February 01, 2011

Political donor disclosure.

By Brett Winterford , Jenna Pitcher | February 01, 2011

ARC study puts Australia's IT research in context.

By Brett Winterford | February 01, 2011

Proof of concept with Federal Government agency.

By Nate Cochrane | February 01, 2011

Obama prepares to follow Mubarak with his own 'internet kill switch'.

By Ry Crozier | February 01, 2011

Investigation violations.

By Ry Crozier | February 01, 2011

Liberal message getting through?

By Tom Brewster | February 01, 2011

Graphene alternative.

By Liam Tung | February 01, 2011

Also on the hunt for an open source champ.

By Tom Brewster | February 01, 2011

Same technology used by virtual band Gorillaz.

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