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Optus to roll out 3G to 96 percent of Australia

IT pros brand Windows Vista a 'distraction'

VMware upgrades physical-to-virtual migration tool

IBM signs up for WiMax standard

Korean super-spammers arrested

NEC develops anti-spam for VoIP

HP's ProCurve Networking passes Nortel, sets sights on Cisco

Apple splashes colour on the iPod Shuffle

AMD fires up Windows Vista driver

NeuStar will operate .tel top-level domain

FalconStor works on storage for chinese government

Attackers prey on Word 2000 flaw

Wednesday, 31st January 2007

Headlines

	Optus to roll out 3G to 96 percent of Australia
	IT pros brand Windows Vista a 'distraction'
	VMware upgrades physical-to-virtual migration tool
	IBM signs up for WiMax standard
	Korean super-spammers arrested
	NEC develops anti-spam for VoIP
	HP's ProCurve Networking passes Nortel, sets sights on Cisco
	Apple splashes colour on the iPod Shuffle
	AMD fires up Windows Vista driver
	NeuStar will operate .tel top-level domain
	FalconStor works on storage for chinese government
	Attackers prey on Word 2000 flaw

Tim Lohman,
Editor

This morning, Optus is to drop up to $800 million on a new national 3G service in a move which it claims will usher in a new era of competition in 3G services.

Also making news, almost half of IT professionals feel that migrating to Microsoft's Windows Vista is just a "distraction" from more important issues, a new survey has claimed.

Mail your comments on this morning’s news:

editor@itnews.com.au

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Telco/ISP

Optus to roll out 3G to 96 percent of Australia
Optus is to drop up to $800 million on a new national 3G service in a move which it claims will usher in a new era of competition in 3G services.
By Staff writers

Operating Systems

IT pros brand Windows Vista a 'distraction'
Survey respondents fear application incompatibility.
By Robert Jaques

Applications

VMware upgrades physical-to-virtual migration tool
Converter 3 can take snapshots of other brands of virtual machines, such as Microsoft Virtual Server, and migrate them to VMware Server or VMware ESX Server virtual machines.
By Staff writers

Convergence

IBM signs up for WiMax standard
Emerging metro wireless standard gains momentum.
By Tom Sanders

Security

Korean super-spammers arrested
Duo accused of sending 1.6 billion spam emails.
By Robert Jaques

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Convergence

HP's ProCurve Networking passes Nortel, sets sights on Cisco
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Hardware

Apple splashes colour on the iPod Shuffle
Now you can spend more time trying to match the color of your iPod to your outfit.
By Staff writers

Hardware

AMD fires up Windows Vista driver
ATI Catalyst 7.1 graphics driver optimised for new OS.
By Clement James

Internet

NeuStar will operate .tel top-level domain
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Storage

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Security

Attackers prey on Word 2000 flaw
Vulnerability lets hackers run malware remotely.
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