EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

The outstanding message from speaking with fibre network operators over the last couple of months is that more information is needed on NBNCo before they'll consider vending in some assets to it.

This is now backed up by a Macquarie Equities note which, for the first time, lays out some interesting models for how that vending could take place.

Have a read of the three options and let us know whether you think any might be winners...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | June 11, 2009

The Government will need to provide far more information about the proposed structure of NBNCo if it wishes the private sector to vend assets into it, according to a note by Macquarie Equities.

By Jim Finkle | June 11, 2009

Microsoft is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for PCs that will compete with products sold by Symantec and McAfee.

By Staff Writers | June 11, 2009

A U.S.-based language monitoring group crowned Web 2.0 as the one millionth word or phrase in the English language on Wednesday, although other linguists slammed it as nonsense and a stunt.

By David Neal | June 11, 2009

Red Hat's Fedora Project has released version 11 of its Linux-based operating system, code-named Leonidas.

By Tarmo Virki, | June 11, 2009

More than one-third of IT professionals abuse administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.

By Rosalie Marshall | June 11, 2009

Mozilla will release details over the next few weeks about what to expect in the upcoming release of Firefox 3.5.

By David Neal | June 11, 2009

Adobe has delivered its first quarterly roundup of security patches, fixing critical vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat that could cause the applications to crash, and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the systems.

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