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Review: Transcend StoreJet Cloud

David Heath — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:05:10 +0000

Imagine a mini wifi server that can deliver content to all your devices from the safety of your backpack. Here's the StoreJet Cloud.

Debian ends support for Lenny

Sam Varghese — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:45:36 +0000

The Debian GNU/Linux project has ended support for version 5.0 of its distribution, otherwise known as Lenny, which was released on February 14, 2009.

Mobile operators get fixed price spectrum renewal in $3b Government windfall

Stuart Corner — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:28 +0000

The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.

Want to live as one world? You can in the far future!

William Atkins — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:08:44 +0000

Scientists are predicting in the far, far future, that all of the continents will join together, as they have in the distant past. In fact, Asia and the Americas are said, according to the latest model, to join together in about one hundred million years in a land mass being called Amasia.

Optus gains mobile subscribers, Vodafone loses

Stuart Corner — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:34:49 +0000

Optus has managed to grow its mobile subscriber base despite Telstra's addition of a massive one million new services in the past six months, but Vodafone continues to lose customers.

Finally an answer: Why do zebras have stripes?

William Atkins — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:22:35 +0000

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology answers the question as to why zebras have stripes. The answer by these Hungarian and Swedish researchers may surprise you but, at least, it is a step in the right direction to answer the pressing question: Why do zebras have stripes?

The Weather Channel on WiFi for Melbourne commuters

Stuart Corner — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:20:11 +0000

Users of a free WiFi service to be offered at Flinders Street station from March will be the first in Australia to get weather information via the US's Weather Channel.

Qld Government maps out NBN exploitation strategy

Stuart Corner — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:14:51 +0000

The Queensland Government has set out a four year plan designed to enable the state to maximise its opportunities from the rollout of the NBN

NEC and CA Technologies team to secure smartphones & tablets

Stuart Corner — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:51:59 +0000

NEC has teamed up with CA Technologies to develop a cloud-based security service based on CA technology that will be offered to telcos and content service providers to enable them to manage and secure their customers' smartphones and tablets.

Kubuntu funding cut just one step in Canonical's grand plan

Sam Varghese — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:52:32 +0000

Canonical's withdrawal of funding to the Kubuntu project apparently is not very important to the company's owner, Mark Shuttleworth.

Mars gets the (irrational?) chopping block by NASA

William Atkins — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:43 +0000

It is expected to be announced that NASA will cut funding for the exploration of the planet Mars after Congress cut its 2013 budget. However, a former high ranking NASA official calls the move “irrational and unjustified.”

IBM fills its shopping bags with multi-million dollar DJs deal

Peter Dinham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:39:40 +0000

IBM has secured a multi-million dollar deal to develop a complete cross-channel retail platform for Australia’s longest-standing department store group, David Jones, which IBM says will allow consumers to buy on their terms, according to their preferences.

Aussies flock to LinkedIn in their millions

Peter Dinham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:41 +0000

LinkedIn reached a global milestone today with 150 million users worldwide now signed up and using the online professional network, including more than two million in Australia – about 10 percent of the population – LinkedIn devotees.

NZ ‘getting on with IT’, but caution prevails: report

Peter Dinham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:47:34 +0000

New Zealand IT decision-makers are optimistic, but cautious, about their investment plans this year, and an analyst report just published suggests that businesses will just get on with business as usual and still spend on IT despite the prevailing caution.

Faster, better SSD data recovery

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:42:12 +0000

Even though solid state drives aren't as prone to physical damage as conventional hard drives, it's still possible to lose data. Kroll Ontrack says it has developed proprietary techniques to recover more data in less time.

Thomson Reuters puts tax and law references onto iPad

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19:35 +0000

The range of ebook readers for the iPad just got bigger - but this one is aimed at professionals such as accountants and lawyers.

Microsoft's Valentine message: apply these patches!

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:05:21 +0000

What better Valentine's Day gift could there be for a systems administrator than a bouquet of nine long-stemmed Microsoft security patches?

How to stop newly recorded iPhone videos from wiping themselves ‘accidentally’

Alex Zaharov-Reutt — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:08 +0000

Have you ever recorded a video clip on your iPhone – only to discover it has deleted itself after trying to get the camera application to respond… and are wondering why?

Windows Live to be default email service for BigPond customers

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:48:43 +0000

Telstra is moving BigPond customers onto a Windows Live email service while retaining their existing email addresses. Customers will also receive other Windows Live services.

Interactive Intelligence picks Phillips for Australian sales

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:35:42 +0000

Unified communications provider Interactive Intelligence has appointed Mitchell Phillips as Australia territory manager.