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BREAKING IT NEWS FOR AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS Thursday April 9, 2009
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EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

Former Sun Microsystems managing director Jim Hassell has re-surfaced at data centre service provider Hostworks, filling in while parent company Broadcast Australia seek a replacement for the departed Marty Gauvin.

Internal candidates are already making their mark for the job, signing a two-year hosting deal with budget airline Jetstar.

All at iTnews wish our Australian readers a very happy and safe Easter weekend.

-- Brett Winterford

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

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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