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BREAKING NEWS
Storage
Dell seeks control of clouds
By
Shaun Nichols
| August 05, 2008
Dell is seeking a patent on the term 'cloud computing'.
Internet
Aussie streets get the Google view
By
Staff writers
| August 05, 2008
Google’s Street View mapping tool went live throughout Australia today, amidst worldwide controversy that the program may be overstepping the bounds of privacy.
Software
SAS acquires SaaS firm IDeaS
By
Ry Crozier
| August 05, 2008
It’s 'business-as-usual' for IDeaS in Australia despite acquisition by BI and analytics vendor SAS.
Internet
Xumii coming to iPhone by end of year
By
Ry Crozier
| August 05, 2008
Aussie startup service Xumii will be available for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry within six weeks, and the iPhone by the end of the year.
Hardware
Light compression method could enable optical computers
By
Staff writers
| August 05, 2008
A newly-developed method of compressing light could yield new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
Internet
Microsoft study disproves six degrees of separation
By
Iain Thomson
| August 05, 2008
An analysis of Microsoft’s instant messaging system has concluded that there aren’t six degrees of separation between everyone -- the number is 6.6.
Business
Yahoo board still standing
By
Shaun Nichols
| August 05, 2008
Yahoo has put an end to what the company hopes will be the final saga in its shareholder rebellion.
Security
Chinese offered tools to crack the Great Firewall
By
Iain Thomson
| August 05, 2008
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, the Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) has released a toolkit that will allow people in China to access any web site they want.
Hardware
New computing cluster explores data-intensive computing
By
Staff writers
| August 05, 2008
The University of Illinois has joined a collaboration between Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Yahoo! and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that aims to explore data-intensive computing.
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