EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

Senator Nick Minchin's persistent lobbying appears to have paid off, with the Auditor General to announce a comprehensive review of the failed NBN Request for Tender (RFT) Process.

Meanwhile, the ACCC is attempting to convince service providers to continue to invest in DSLAMs, regardless of plans to roll out a national fibre network within seven years.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | June 05, 2009

The Auditor General has cancelled the Audit Office's preliminary inquiry into the failed NBN tender, opting instead for a full-blown performance audit.

By Ry Crozier , Brett Winterford | June 05, 2009

The ACCC intends to extend arrangements governing competitor access to Telstra's copper network for another five years to ensure investment in existing broadband services until the completion of the NBN.

By Brett Winterford | June 05, 2009

Both EMC and NetApp claim to have made superior bids in a torrid war to acquire data de-duplication specialists Data Domain.

By Brett Winterford | June 05, 2009

Revenue from enterprise storage sank 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, according to the latest figures from Gartner.

By Iain Thomson | June 05, 2009

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has convinced a court to shut down the operations of a rogue internet service provider (ISP) that it claims was hosting spamming systems, child pornography and botnets.

By Alexei Oreskovic | June 05, 2009

Apple kicks off its annual developers' extravaganza on Monday under a tight lid of secrecy, with investors expecting the electronics maker to unveil new or cheaper versions of its popular iPhone.

By Staff Writers | June 05, 2009

A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.

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