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Storage
Hostworks lands Jetstar win and former Sun MD
By
Brett Winterford
| April 09, 2009
Former Sun Microsystems Australia boss Jim Hassell has been named as interim CEO at Hostworks after the departure of founder Marty Gauvin.
Internet
Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed
By
Ry Crozier
| April 09, 2009
A hacker has dumped active credit card numbers of users of the popular Web Hosting Talk forums online less than 24 hours after the site restored the lion's share of data deleted in an initial breach.
Hardware
Apple sued over touch screen technology
By
Iain Thomson
| April 09, 2009
Apple is being sued for patent infringement by Taiwanese chip design house Elan Microelectronics over its use of touch screen controls.
Security
Hackers breach US electric grid
By
Shaun Nichols
| April 09, 2009
News of a recent security breach in the US electrical grid is prompting new security worries and calls for better protections.
Networking
US Govt asks industry for broadband ideas
By
Iain Thomson
| April 09, 2009
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun a 60 day consultation period with the IT industry over the plans for a national broadband infrastructure.
Storage
HP beefs up virtualisation tools
By
Shaun Nichols
| April 09, 2009
HP is rolling out a new version of its Business Service Automation (BSA) software.
Mobility
Google updates Gmail for mobiles
By
David Neal
| April 09, 2009
Google has introduced major changes to its Gmail service for mobile phones to take advantage of the latest browsers, such as those on the iPhone and its own Android-based devices.
Software
Microsoft Germany hit with €9 million fine
By
Iain Thomson
| April 09, 2009
Microsoft in Germany has been hit with a €9 million (AU$16.8m) fine over its business practices.
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