EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Since the NBN Expert Panel's report was suppressed by the Government there has been a lot of speculation about what's inside - and indeed whether the panel's recommendations were significantly different from the plans now on the table.

Panellist Reginald Coutts sets the record straight in this morning's main story. You'll just have to read on to find out what went down!

And remember, it's your last chance to register for our free online NetSeminar today - 5 Strategies for Providing Superior Tech Support While Cutting Costs. So register now if you haven't already.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ben Grubb | May 06, 2009

Professor Reginald Coutts says the Government's U-turn on the National Broadband Network is very much in the spirit of the recommendations the expert panel made in its report.

By Staff Writers | May 06, 2009

Microsoft said on Tuesday it is laying off more workers, almost completing its plan to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010, and left the door open for yet more job cuts.

By Staff Writers | May 06, 2009

Sweden's Pirate Party, which wants to reform copyright law, could ride a wave of discontent over tighter control of computer file-sharing all the way into the European Parliament in June.

By Staff writers | May 05, 2009

Aussie consumers say they are more tempted to buy or "obtain" pirated products such as software due to the flailing economy.

By Iain Thomson | May 06, 2009

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is carrying out a probe into the boards of Apple and Google to see if the two companies are breaking anti-trust rules.

By Madeline Bennett | May 06, 2009

IBM unveiled a raft of new and updated products at its Impact 2009 conference in Las Vegas, aimed at encouraging enterprise use of cloud-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology.

By Daniel Robinson | May 06, 2009

Network access provider iPass has introduced a client for the iPhone, enabling business users of Apple's smartphone to access thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots around the globe that are covered by its service.

By Daniel Robinson | May 06, 2009

Parallels is preparing a virtualisation tool that will let users continue to run Windows XP applications on Windows 7 systems, a move that will put it in direct competition with Microsoft's recently announced Windows XP Mode.

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