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Storm II, cheap Curves coming to Blackberry

Storm II, cheap Curves coming to Blackberry

Research in Motion is working on a new version of the Blackberry Bold that combines a touch screen with a QWERTY keyboard, a low-cost version of the Curve and a successor to the Storm featuring a tactile touch screen, according to sources.
Brett Winterford May 7 2009 3:38AM Hardware
Data centre cut disrupts Western Sydney hospital

Data centre cut disrupts Western Sydney hospital

The Sydney West Area Health Service has confirmed a six-hour outage affected access to Nepean Hospital’s electronic medical record system on Saturday.
Ry Crozier May 6 2009 2:38PM Hardware
IBM unveils CloudBurst SOA appliance

IBM unveils CloudBurst SOA appliance

IBM unveiled a raft of new and updated products at its Impact 2009 conference in Las Vegas, aimed at encouraging enterprise use of cloud-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology.
Madeline Bennett May 6 2009 6:38AM Hardware
Interview: RIM founder and CEO, Mike Lazaridis

Interview: RIM founder and CEO, Mike Lazaridis

RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis sits down with iTnews editor Brett Winterford to discuss how the Blackberry will survive the onset of new competition.
Brett Winterford May 5 2009 2:26PM Hardware
Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Gazing into its crystal ball, analyst International Data Corporation predicts "pockets of opportunity" for the IT industry in an otherwise gloomy outlook this year.
Nate Cochrane May 5 2009 2:18PM Hardware
RIM adds failover to Blackberry Enterprise Server

RIM adds failover to Blackberry Enterprise Server

Research in Motion has announced a new version of Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) that allows carriers and enterprise administrators to failover from one server to another.
Brett Winterford May 5 2009 6:47AM Hardware
Apple pegged for price cuts

Apple pegged for price cuts

Apple is reportedly mulling a new round of price cuts for two of its flagship Macintosh computer models.
Shaun Nichols May 4 2009 1:31PM Hardware
USB device lets PCs run tasks in sleep mode

USB device lets PCs run tasks in sleep mode

Researchers from the University of California and Microsoft have demonstrated a new USB device that will let the user perform basic computing tasks even while their machine is in energy-saving sleep mode.
David Neal May 2 2009 7:25AM Hardware
Asus scores Tassie IT hardware contract

Asus scores Tassie IT hardware contract

Taiwanese PC vendor Asus is in the running for hardware contracts worth over $120 million a year after being added to a list of approved hardware suppliers to Tasmanian Government agencies.
Brett Winterford May 1 2009 3:05PM Hardware
iPhone takes customer satisfaction crown

iPhone takes customer satisfaction crown

Apple has claimed an important award for customer satisfaction.
Shaun Nichols May 1 2009 1:42PM Hardware
Intel could face largest EU fine ever

Intel could face largest EU fine ever

Analysts are forecasting that Intel, if found guilty of anti-competitive practices by the EU, could face the largest fine in European history.
Iain Thomson May 1 2009 1:42PM Hardware
Toshiba swallows Fujitsu HDD

Toshiba swallows Fujitsu HDD

As of July 1, Toshiba will be the proud owner of Fujitsu's HDD leftovers.
Paul Taylor May 1 2009 12:19PM Hardware
Dell signs Dick Smith

Dell signs Dick Smith

Dell will stock a range of products including configurations of its Inspiron 15 and Studio 15 laptops and one configuration of its Studio One 19 all-in-one desktop computer in 70 of the retail giant's stores from 6th May.
Jenny Eagle May 1 2009 12:08PM Hardware
Asus F6V Green, solid performance at a budget price

Asus F6V Green, solid performance at a budget price

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different
Zara Baxter May 1 2009 9:17AM Hardware
Review: Asus F6V Green, solid performance at a budget price

Review: Asus F6V Green, solid performance at a budget price

Smells like green spirit, and offers performance at a budget price. The ASUS F6V Green is a laptop with something a little different
Zara Baxter May 1 2009 9:17AM Hardware
Apple rumoured to launch chip arm

Apple rumoured to launch chip arm

Rumours are surfacing that Apple is handpicking a team of engineers and semiconductor specialists, as it seeks to create its own computer chip business.
David Neal May 1 2009 5:49AM Hardware
WebCentral email still down at 49 hour mark

WebCentral email still down at 49 hour mark

WebCentral claims to have fixed the problem that has left tens of thousands of Australians without email over the last three days, but customers continue to report issues with the service.
Brett Winterford Apr 30 2009 11:24AM Hardware
Netbook boom sparks change in PC marketing

Netbook boom sparks change in PC marketing

Analysts suggest PC vendors should study consumer packaged goods like shampoo and cereals to learn how to make do with ever-thinning margins.
Brett Winterford Apr 29 2009 3:04PM Hardware
Microsoft rumoured to be working on iPhone killer

Microsoft rumoured to be working on iPhone killer

Microsoft is working on a new multimedia phone that is designed to compete with Apple’s popular iPhone, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Iain Thomson Apr 29 2009 1:09PM Hardware
IT administrator faces five years for network extortion

IT administrator faces five years for network extortion

An IT administrator faces up to five years in prison after he tried to extort money from his former employers by threatening to crash the company’s servers.
Iain Thomson Apr 29 2009 6:19AM Hardware

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