EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

The surge of interest in Microsoft's newest operating system is continuing unabated, with local ISPs reporting sharp rises in traffic following public availability of Windows 7.

It appears the new OS may even have had a role in choking fibre links into Tasmania overnight - prompting calls for more capacity to be added.

The news will undoubtedly please Microsoft. Let us know how your RC download experience is going.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | May 06, 2009

Australian ISPs have reported Akamai server traffic spikes of up to 50 percent as Windows 7 RC was released to the public, while Internode has blamed it for congestion on fibre links into Tasmania.

By Ry Crozier | May 06, 2009

The Sydney West Area Health Service has confirmed a six-hour outage affected access to Nepean Hospital's electronic medical record system on Saturday.

By Iain Thomson | May 06, 2009

Hackers have taken control of the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) in the U.S. and are demanding a US$10 million (A$13.6 million) ransom for the return of patient's records.

By Shaun Nichols | May 06, 2009

IBM has agreed to acquire data discovery software vendor Exeros.

By Ian Williams | May 06, 2009

Mobile voice-over-IP (VoIP) is starting to gain traction, and will soon offer a direct challenge to traditional mobile operators, according to a recent report from analyst firm Gartner.

By Dave Bailey | May 06, 2009

Half of business applications will run on virtual machines by 2011, but firms lack tools to secure and manage virtual environments, according to a global survey.

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