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Steve Jobs ends cancer rumours

Steve Jobs ends cancer rumours

Steve Jobs has announced that his weight loss is due to a hormone imbalance, rather than the resurgence of pancreatic cancer, and has insisted that he has no plans to step down as Apple chief executive.
Rosalie Marshall Jan 6 2009 6:32AM Hardware
Microsoft restructure rumours abound

Microsoft restructure rumours abound

Microsoft is likely to employ cost-cutting measures in the upcoming months to help it maintain a strong position during the economic downturn, according to a fresh wave of reports.
Rosalie Marshall Jan 6 2009 6:32AM Software
Mozilla breaks 20 per cent market share

Mozilla breaks 20 per cent market share

The latest data on browser market share indicates that Mozilla has broken the 20 per cent barrier in worldwide adoption.
Iain Thomson Jan 5 2009 2:03PM Software
China lays claim to world's largest piracy bust

China lays claim to world's largest piracy bust

The Chinese state government has issued prison sentences for what was believed to be the largest and most lucrative software piracy operation in the world.
Shaun Nichols Jan 5 2009 2:03PM Software
Avaya supports Women’s World Cup

Avaya supports Women’s World Cup
Staff Writers Jan 4 2009 7:28AM Strategy
2009: The year ahead in the US

2009: The year ahead in the US

Predictions are notoriously difficult to make in the IT industry, but here are half a dozen anyway. Some may be wrong, some will be right, but all are based on experience of how the industry works.
Iain Thomson Jan 2 2009 7:34AM Hardware
Telstra ramps mobile network for New Year parties

Telstra ramps mobile network for New Year parties

Telstra claims to have boosted its mobile network capacity to cope with a predicted 76 million text messages to be sent as part of New Year festivities.
Staff Writers Dec 30 2008 10:26PM Telco/ISP
Netregistry deal with local domain name aftermarket

Netregistry deal with local domain name aftermarket

Netregistry has inked a deal with a new local domain aftermarket website, Netfleet, in a move the latter hopes will position it as an Aussie version of international domain selling giants like Sedo.
Staff Writers Dec 29 2008 4:04PM Telco/ISP
Four unusual (and perhaps unpopular) ICT predictions

Four unusual (and perhaps unpopular) ICT predictions

We asked a couple of IT folks to give us a prediction - not a my-product-will-go-on-to-save-the-world-despite-poor-sales-in-2007 type prediction, but one that either would be great if it happened in the next 12 months, or one that may not happen at all. This is what we got back.
Ry Crozier Dec 29 2008 3:37PM Strategy
Mobile web browsing on the up

Mobile web browsing on the up

Mobile web browsing is increasing dramatically, according to the latest report from browser maker Opera.
David Neal Dec 24 2008 6:55AM Telco/ISP
Intel adds to SATA drive range

Intel adds to SATA drive range

Intel is expanding its range of SATA solid state drives with a 160GB version in two different sizes.
David Neal Dec 24 2008 6:55AM Hardware
HP launches iPhone photo app

HP launches iPhone photo app

HP has launched an application that allows iPhone users to print their photos and pictures wirelessly.
David Neal Dec 24 2008 6:55AM Software
Conroy delays ISP trial of Internet content filters

Conroy delays ISP trial of Internet content filters

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has come clean on the highly anticipated technical trials of content filter technologies by ISPs, announcing he will push them back until at least mid-January 2009.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 10:17PM Telco/ISP
Check Point buys Nokia security appliance business

Check Point buys Nokia security appliance business

Security vendor Check Point Software Technologies has snapped up Nokia’s security appliance business for an undisclosed sum.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 12:36PM Security
Oxygen8 content aggregator escapes ACMA wrath

Oxygen8 content aggregator escapes ACMA wrath

Content aggregator Oxygen8 Communications has avoided a spam warning by accepting an ‘enforceable undertaking’ to monitor SMS messages being sent using its technology platforms - but the individuals who sent the messages might not be so lucky.
Staff Writers Dec 23 2008 12:23PM Software
Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic

Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has broken his silence on the controversial ISP content filter trials to start before the end of the year, saying they will now cover new filter technologies that can examine peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic.
Ry Crozier Dec 22 2008 7:00PM Telco/ISP
SMEs shun wireless broadband technology?

SMEs shun wireless broadband technology?

More than half of small business owners who work over Christmas will do so from their offices, despite the fact technology could enable them to work just as effectively from home, according to Telstra.
Staff Writers Dec 22 2008 5:23PM Telco/ISP
Q & A – Sun Microsystems CIO Bob Worrall

Q & A – Sun Microsystems CIO Bob Worrall

On the data centre challenges facing IT managers, why IT service provision is changing and what problems will it present to IT managers
Dave Bailey Dec 22 2008 5:10PM Software
User feedback drives new Hotmail design

User feedback drives new Hotmail design

Microsoft appears to have learned from the recent Hotmail fiasco and is adopting user feedback in its updates.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 20 2008 1:30PM Software
Most consumers research online before they buy

Most consumers research online before they buy

Two-thirds of online shoppers carry out internet-based research about retailers before making a purchase, yet only half of retailers actually monitor their own reputation, according to new research by 1&1 Internet.
Phil Muncaster Dec 19 2008 2:31PM Software

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