EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Akamai has confirmed yesterday's reports by ISPs of big traffic on their Akamai servers - sustained increases of up to 12 per cent on normal levels, in fact.

Although they were unable to do the 1+1, it appears to confirm speculation that Windows 7 downloads really worked over the local internet infrastructure yesterday.

Akamai also made some interesting comparisons with the streaming of the Obama inauguration - is Windows 7 bigger news than the U.S. president? We'll let you be the judge...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | May 07, 2009

Akamai has confirmed that internet traffic on its Aussie network yesterday sustained levels between nine and 12 per cent higher than normal, caused by an "event" it said was either as big - or bigger - than the Obama inauguration.

By Iain Thomson | May 07, 2009

A 21 year old Swedish hacker has been indicted for attacks on Cisco that saw the networking giant's source code stolen.

By Iain Thomson | May 07, 2009

Microsoft has published a list of applications that it will not allow to be sold in its applications MarketPlace, announced earlier this year.

By Ry Crozier | May 07, 2009

The delayed introduction of the carbon pollution reduction scheme is expected to have a mixed impact on the local green IT sector.

By Staff writers | May 07, 2009

SMS Management & Technology has acquired Sydney-based consultancy Pelion to bolster its NSW data management practice.

By Staff Writers | May 07, 2009

Venture capitalists are increasingly looking to invest in start-up companies that provide complementary services for the Internet "cloud", hoping to get in on the ground floor of a trend that the world's biggest tech companies are pushing.

By Staff writers | May 07, 2009

More than half of Australians aged over 65 don't have the internet at home and 44 per cent have never used the Web, according to an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) report.

By Iain Thomson | May 07, 2009

The US government has been accused of paying lip service to openness over the forthcoming Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty.

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