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Optus acquires Reef
Major telco Optus has paid $93 million for Reef Networks, the owner of fibre optic cable that stretches between Brisbane and Cairns in Queensland. More...

Macquarie Telecom ups SQL cluster push
Macquarie Telecom has deployed managed hosting for online training provider BizEd Services, in a bid to help it push into an emerging market for technology using SQL Server clusters. More...

Joshi: No plans to leave HP
Vyomesh Joshi, Hewlett-Packard's executive vice president, Imaging & Personal Systems Group, told CRN he'll stay at HP despite being passed over as CEO. More...

CoolWebSearch tops spyware threat list
CoolWebSearch, adware that generates more than US$300 million a year for its maker, is the "Ebola" of adware, and easily the most significant spyware threat on the internet, an anti-spyware security firm said this week. More...

AMD unveils virtualisation technology
Advanced Micro Devices this week said it plans to ship virtualisation capabilities with its processors in the first half of next year. More...

European anti-software patents leader quits
Florian Mueller, the manager of a European anti-software patent campaign, is returning to his computer games business. More...