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Avaya expands unified comms portfolio

Avaya expands unified comms portfolio

Telecoms vendor Avaya has unveiled several new additions to its range of unified communications devices, including a hybrid telephone/PC that gives users access to applications and the web through a large colour touch-screen.
Ian Williams Mar 3 2009 6:01AM Hardware
Sony rings the changes

Sony rings the changes

Sony has announced a major re-structuring of its business which will see its Vaio PC business bundled with its mobile products and PlayStation platform, and a new management team.
Phil Muncaster Mar 2 2009 2:08PM Hardware
Overheating BlackBerrys not big in Japan

Overheating BlackBerrys not big in Japan

The new BlackBerry Bold has been withdrawn from sale after barely two weeks in Japan following complains that it was overheating.
Iain Thomson Mar 2 2009 6:41AM Hardware
Intel set to form new partnership with TSMC

Intel set to form new partnership with TSMC

Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will be announcing a "strategic partnership" at a US event this week.
Rosalie Marshall Mar 2 2009 6:38AM Hardware
JB Hi-Fi caught selling used phones as new

JB Hi-Fi caught selling used phones as new

JB Hi-Fi claims a 'procedural error' led to one of its stores selling used mobile phones as new - a glitch that has seen the retailer dragged over the coals by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission.
Staff Writers Feb 27 2009 4:52PM Hardware
Dell profits take nose dive

Dell profits take nose dive

Dell announced a fresh round of cuts Thursday in the aftermath of a rough fiscal quarter.
Shaun Nichols Feb 27 2009 3:15PM Hardware
Nokia looking to build laptops

Nokia looking to build laptops

Nokia is “looking very actively” at getting into the laptop market, according to the company’s chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
Iain Thomson Feb 27 2009 9:40AM Hardware
HP and Sun ink Solaris deal

HP and Sun ink Solaris deal

Sun and HP have agreed to a new deal which will see the Solaris software platform offered on HP's servers.
Shaun Nichols Feb 26 2009 1:50PM Hardware
Nokia and Vodafone cut jobs

Nokia and Vodafone cut jobs

Mobile giants Nokia and Vodafone have both announced job cuts in an effort to adapt to the challenging economy.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 26 2009 11:19AM Hardware
Server revenue tumbles as recession deepens

Server revenue tumbles as recession deepens

Blade servers have emerged as the one shining light in an otherwise bleak report from market research firm IDC, which said that IBM, HP, Dell and Sun Microsystems have all seen a plunge in yearly and quarterly server revenues.
Sylvie Barak Feb 26 2009 11:19AM Hardware
Asus planning to port Android to netbooks

Asus planning to port Android to netbooks

Asus is planning to port Android, Google's operating system designed for phones, onto netbooks.
Iain Thomson Feb 23 2009 6:34AM Hardware
AMD spinoff gets the green light

AMD spinoff gets the green light

AMD shareholders have finally approved a plan to spin off the company's embattled fabrication operations.
Shaun Nichols Feb 20 2009 3:42PM Hardware
Hospital broadband laptops are childs' play

Hospital broadband laptops are childs' play

Seven of Australia’s largest children's hospitals will get laptops and wireless broadband in a $7.2 million online community for youth living with a serious illness, chronic condition or disability.
Ry Crozier Feb 19 2009 3:43PM Hardware
MWC: Optus to launch Nokia’s ‘Comes-with-Music’ phone

MWC: Optus to launch Nokia’s ‘Comes-with-Music’ phone

Optus is set to launch a new Nokia device that offers free, unlimited music downloads for a year.
Brett Winterford Feb 19 2009 6:39AM Hardware
Melbourne contactless trial successful but next steps sketchy

Melbourne contactless trial successful but next steps sketchy

Telstra, NAB and Visa said a three-month trial into contactless mobile phone payments at Melbourne’s Docklands was a success but are only vaguely committing to its deployment.
Staff Writers Feb 18 2009 3:21PM Hardware
Lenovo users offered BlackBerry integration

Lenovo users offered BlackBerry integration

A new partnership between Lenovo and Research In Motion will allow laptop users to receive email whenever their BlackBerry smartphone can access the Internet, even if the laptop is turned off.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 17 2009 6:59AM Hardware
Ericsson and ST combine for mobile designs

Ericsson and ST combine for mobile designs

Ericsson and STMicroelectronics are forming a joint venture to develop new designs for mobile platforms.
Iain Thomson Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Hardware
iPhone changes on the way?

iPhone changes on the way?

Apple has hinted that iPhone price changes could be on the way, despite confidence in the camp that this quarter will be another healthy one for the firm, according to reports.
Phil Muncaster Feb 16 2009 12:43AM Hardware
Primus customers explore options after data centre blackout

Primus customers explore options after data centre blackout

At least two Melbourne data centre operators claim customers affected by the Primus blackout last week are re-evaluating their options as they seek assurances over redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.
Ry Crozier Feb 13 2009 3:34PM Hardware
US, Russian satellites collide in space

US, Russian satellites collide in space

Nasa has confirmed that a Russian and US satellite have collided in space.
Iain Thomson Feb 12 2009 2:58PM Hardware

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