EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Microsoft and Asus have joined HP and Fujitsu in coming to out-of-court settlements with the CSIRO in a long-running Wi-Fi patent battle in Texas.

The battle relates to core elements of the technology used in 802.11a and 802.11g wireless devices made by the industry's largest players.

Many have appealed their granting in the first place and the battle continues with nine more firms...

-- Ry Crozier

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By Brett Winterford | April 15, 2009

Microsoft and Asus have settled with Australia's CSIRO over its claim to Wi-Fi patents, following similar moves by HP and Fujitsu to bail out of a continuing court battle contesting CSIRO's claims.

By Phil Muncaster | April 16, 2009

Microsoft has released a beta version of Exchange Server 2010, the first to be designed by the company to work on-premise and as an online service, and has also detailed its forthcoming Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2007.

By Phil Muncaster | April 16, 2009

Oracle has released 43 security fixes across its portfolio of products as part of its quarterly patch update, including several for vulnerabilities marked as 'critical'.

By Nate Cochrane | April 16, 2009

A freshly decorated Australian researcher in the $78 billion a year cloud computing industry is using his $1000 award to lift the subject's profile locally.

By Ian Williams | April 16, 2009

Sun Microsystems has launched a range of products aimed at the high performance computing (HPC) market as part of its Open Network Systems initiative.

By Brett Winterford | April 15, 2009

The European Commission has sent an infringement notice to the United Kingdom Government over privacy oversights related to the use of Internet snooping technology from UK-based Phorm.

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