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Internet
Hotkey in turmoil as Primus data centre blackout bites
By
Ry Crozier
| February 06, 2009
Fallout from the Primus data centre blackout is rising, with customers of the Primus-owned ISP Hotkey now without email for a week and other affected ISPs still waiting for an official copy of the post-incident report.
Telecommunications
PIPE formalises Sydney-Guam fibre funding
By
Staff writers
| February 06, 2009
PIPE Networks will restart its Sydney to Guam submarine cable project after formalising alternative finance.
Software
MySQL co-founder quits Sun
By
Iain Thomson
| February 06, 2009
Michael 'Monty' Widenius, co-founder of MySQL, has announced that that he is leaving Sun Microsystems.
Internet
Opera promises record Java speeds
By
Shaun Nichols
| February 06, 2009
Opera is planning to include the fastest JavaScript engine ever in upcoming versions of its browser.
Hardware
Analysis: Dell, facing identity crisis, sows confusion
By
Gabriel Madway
| February 06, 2009
Dell's efforts to reignite growth, which may include selling mobile phones, are prompting questions about the PC maker's seemingly seesawing strategic focus and hammering its stock price.
Hardware
30,000 fall for ComputerTan scam
By
Iain Thomson
| February 06, 2009
Over 30,000 people have signed up to a web site offering to let them tan via their computer monitor without realising it was a scam to publicise a skin cancer charity.
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