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BREAKING NEWS
Internet
Telstra dumps excess fees on some broadband plans
By
Staff writers
| October 20, 2008
Telstra has revamped its BigPond wireless broadband plans for the second time in two months, increasing the limits of its 3 GB plan and dropping its contentious excess usage charges on high-end plans.
Business
Data centre operators stake green incentive claims
By
Ry Crozier
| October 20, 2008
A data centre construction firm has claimed they should be paid up to $30 million in government incentives to help them transition Aussie businesses to greener computing facilities.
Business
Commander 'on track' for sale in October
By
Lilia Guan
| October 20, 2008
Commander Communications' receiver, McGrathNicol, has received more than 150 expressions of interest for the telco service provider.
Security
Virtual machines and the emergence of virtual threats
By
Martin Courtney
| October 20, 2008
Server virtualisation continues to attract significant investment from organisations keen to save cost, power and space in the data centre through server consolidation. But few IT managers are aware of the potential security threat that increased use of virtual machines (VMs) pose to their infrastructure.
Hardware
Intel to launch more core 2 duos in late December
By
Sylvie Barak
| October 20, 2008
Intel plans to launch one of its last batches of Core 2 mobile processors towards the end of December, according to sources in the Taiwanese rumour mill.
Hardware
Hubble crashes again
By
Iain Thomson
| October 20, 2008
NASA is reporting that computer problems on the Hubble orbital telescope have worsened, complicating the mission planned to repair it.
Business
Google profit up 26 per cent
By
Iain Thomson
| October 20, 2008
Google's third quarter results have shown profit increased 26 per cent from the third quarter of 2007.
Business
Yahoo to outline cost-cutting plans - source
By
Staff Writers
| October 20, 2008
Yahoo is expected to outline plans to cut expenses, which would include future job cuts, when it reports its quarterly earnings on Tuesday, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
Internet
Heavyweights line up behind 'white spaces' Wi-Fi
By
Shaun Nichols
| October 20, 2008
Some of the largest companies in the technology world are putting their names behind a move to build a free wireless network from so-called 'white spaces'.
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