TODAY ON ITNEWS
Networking
Consumers to pay a premium under NBN plan
By
Brett Winterford
| April 08, 2009
If back-of-the-envelope sums are any guide, Australians would need to be paying at least $70-$80 a month for the high-speed national broadband network to be profitable for investors.
Storage
KPMG embarks on global IT consolidation project
By
Brett Winterford
| April 08, 2009
EXCLUSIVE The Australian operations of KPMG will be an international test bed for the firm's global plan to consolidate IT services from 130 countries into 14 regional service clusters.
Telecommunications
Aurora Energy in the hot seat for Tassie NBN rollout
By
Brett Winterford
| April 08, 2009
State-owned Aurora Energy is widely tipped to be the implementation partner of choice to deliver Fibre to the Home (FttH) in Tasmania in the wake of the Federal Government's NBN announcement yesterday.
Software
Oldfields desktops go to Linux, Mac, and don't look back
By
Ry Crozier
| April 08, 2009
ASX-listed Oldfields has reduced its IT spending from just over three per cent of gross revenue to 1.2 per cent, mainly by reducing its reliance on Windows.
Hardware
Apple updates server line
By
Shaun Nichols
| April 08, 2009
Apple has become the latest company to offer Intel's new Xeon chips in its servers.
Hardware
Segway moves into automotive industry
By
Iain Thomson
| April 08, 2009
The team behind the Segway have unveiled a new use for the technology by converting the system into a two seat electric car.
Security
Online attacks cost Pentagon US$100 million
By
Iain Thomson
| April 08, 2009
In the last six months the Pentagon has spent US$100 million deflecting and cleaning up after online attacks, according to Air Force General Kevin Chilton, head of the US Strategic Command..
Operating Systems
Windows 7 testers asked to go back to Vista
By
Shaun Nichols
| April 08, 2009
Microsoft is asking users who are testing its new Windows 7 build to return to their old operating systems.
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