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Tassie Internode customers gifted their speed back

Tassie Internode customers gifted their speed back

Internode has given its Tassie ADSL customers an early Christmas present by announcing it will remove speed constraints it imposed on them in May and absorb the extra backhaul costs to make it happen.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2008 12:39PM Telco/ISP
Fibre channel switch prices rise

Fibre channel switch prices rise

Overall prices for fibre channel switches rose for the first time since 2002, but the downturn on host bus adapters continues, according to analyst firm Dell’Oro Group.
Staff Writers Dec 3 2008 12:38PM Storage
Dell weighs into Aussie data centre audit space

Dell weighs into Aussie data centre audit space

Dell has taken the wraps off a new data centre audit services offering in Australia in a move that will pit the vendor against the likes of Eaton and APC.
Ry Crozier Dec 3 2008 12:37PM Hardware
Websense shuts Sydney R&D team down

Websense shuts Sydney R&D team down

Websense has confirmed it will relocate its Sydney-based research and development team to China, resulting in 25 local jobs cut.
Lilia Guan Dec 3 2008 10:42AM Security
Apple advises Mac users to install anti-virus software

Apple advises Mac users to install anti-virus software

For possibly the first time ever, Apple is recommending Mac OS X users deploy anti-virus solutions -- but it remains unclear exactly why.
Dan Kaplan Dec 3 2008 10:15AM Security
Worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability developing into botnet

Worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability developing into botnet

Since Microsoft's Windows Server Service vulnerability was patched in late October, exploits have continually surfaced.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 3 2008 10:03AM Security
Security vendors warn of Christmas e-crime spike

Security vendors warn of Christmas e-crime spike

The IT security vendor community came out in force today to warn consumers and corporate web surfers that internet criminals are likely to double their efforts over the Christmas season to infect machines and steal sensitive data.
Phil Muncaster Dec 3 2008 9:44AM Security
Researchers plan 'honeypot' security project

Researchers plan 'honeypot' security project

Security firm Sans Institute is asking developers to volunteer for a new research project due to launch in the coming months.
Shaun Nichols Dec 3 2008 9:42AM Security
Browser replaces OS

Browser replaces OS

The Linux Good OS team announced its lean, quick booting 'Cloud' browser-based thin-client computing environment at a Netbook expo in Paris on Monday.
Egan Orion Dec 3 2008 6:53AM Software
Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon SimpleDB ready for public use

Amazon has moved its SimpleDB online database service out of beta, claiming that new features have reduced the cost of data storage from US$1.50 to US$0.25 per gigabyte per month.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
VMware View 3 enhances virtual desktops

VMware View 3 enhances virtual desktops

VMware has updated its virtual desktop product with enhancements that make it easier to provision and manage virtual clients, and new capabilities that support mobile workers on laptops.
Daniel Robinson Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
Linux lands on the iPhone

Linux lands on the iPhone

A group of amateur developers has ported the Linux operating system to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
Shaun Nichols Dec 3 2008 6:50AM Software
Telstra’s new NBN conversation tool degenerates rapidly

Telstra’s new NBN conversation tool degenerates rapidly

Telstra have added a new mini-site to nowwearetalking to ‘encourage a conversation’ on the NBN – let’s hope it’s a bit more insightful than the first post, which blasts Aussie journalists, Singtel Optus and basically anyone within reach.
Ry Crozier Dec 2 2008 4:27PM Telco/ISP
40,000 servers, 20% of the world's traffic: Akamai ten years on

40,000 servers, 20% of the world's traffic: Akamai ten years on

Ten years since its creation, distributed computing platform Akamai now delivers 20 per cent of the world’s internet traffic by request. iTnews talks to Stuart Spiteri about high speed internet delivery around the world.
Kathryn Small Dec 2 2008 1:27PM Telco/ISP
Victorian Council eyes 24x7 online access to services

Victorian Council eyes 24x7 online access to services

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is rolling out Objective enterprise content management (ECM) software to 650 users enterprise-wide as part of a wider strategy to enable it to conduct more business process transactions online.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 1:06PM Software
Internode appoints first CIO

Internode appoints first CIO

Internode has appointed the former head of operations at Cable & Wireless, Mike Damms, as its first chief information officer.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 11:39AM Telco/ISP
User-created extensions coming to Google Chrome

User-created extensions coming to Google Chrome

User-created extensions are at the heart of a new Google plan to improve its open source Chrome browser, according to documents on the Chromium development site.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 11:22AM Software
Pownce acquired by Six Apart, will be shut down in two weeks

Pownce acquired by Six Apart, will be shut down in two weeks

Popular microblogging and social networking site Pownce will close forever on 15 December, after it was acquired by rival Six Apart, the company behind Movable Type, Vox and TypePad.
Staff Writers Dec 2 2008 10:29AM Software
Sanity Music’s LoadIt online music service shuts down

Sanity Music’s LoadIt online music service shuts down

Sanity Music’s dud LoadIt online music service will close just five months after it launched, according to chief executive Ray Itaoui.
Ry Crozier Dec 2 2008 10:13AM Software
McKinnon's fate decided on Obama day

McKinnon's fate decided on Obama day

The fate of Pentagon Hacker Gary McKinnon will be decided by a UK judge on the same day that Barak Obama is inaugurated as president of the United States.
Mark Ballard Dec 2 2008 9:51AM Security

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