EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

It appears there was nothing more sinister to Wikileaks' site unavailability than some maxxed out servers.

Interest in the leaking of what was purported to be the ACMA blacklist appears to have pushed their server infrastructure to the limit - and then beyond.

Wikileaks has also promised to sue anyone that tries to intimidate the source of the leak.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff writers | March 23, 2009

An updated version of the ACMA blacklist has proven too popular for the servers at whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, which has been out of action for most of the weekend.

By Phil Muncaster | March 23, 2009

The proposed IBM Sun deal is still on but discussions could take several more days as IBM lawyers perform due diligence, according to Reuters.

By Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson | March 23, 2009

The information technology revolution may have spread around the globe but there are still some areas that are more IT friendly than most.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 23, 2009

Google has already had to pull images from its Google Maps Street View tool launched in the UK Thursday, after a number of early testers registered privacy complaints with the service, identifying images of themselves captured in the photos.

By Phil Muncaster | March 23, 2009

There was good news for Mozilla this week, with new figures for February showing its Firefox web browser gaining in popularity, while arch rival Internet Explorer continued to wane.

Sponsored Links

• 
  See past the clouds. IDC's Cloud Computing Conference, 25th March, Sydney
• 
  Did you miss out on a salary increase in 2008?
  Find out what you're really worth - Download the free iTnews Job Survey Report now

EVENTS