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Cisco buys set-top box arm of DVN, plans Chinese market assault
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2009-11-02 19:25:01
Cisco has announced plans to pay $US44.5m in cash for the set-top box business of DVN Holdings saying the move will further its vision for the global connected home. In particular it is eyeing a massive Chinese market for digital set-top boxes.


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Mobile phone market on road to recovery
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-11-01 01:55:13
The worldwide mobile phone market is showing the first signs of improvement since the start of the global economic crisis, with IDC reporting mild sequential growth in the third quarter this year and vendors “setting the stage for further gains by launching their flagship devices to meet pent up demand.”


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Data warehouses expanding as info needs grow
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-29 01:56:20
There’s a growing trend amongst businesses in the Asia Pacific region towards ‘real-time’ information needs as companies continue to grow their data warehouses (DWs) to cope with increasing requirements for data analysis, and to meet compliance requirements and enable fact-based decision making.



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Report: China ready for cyber war
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-23 21:25:48
A report prepared for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission describes the ways the Chinese government is preparing to fight a cyber war, and concludes that China is probably already practicing some of the techniques against the U.S. and other countries.


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WA IT services vendor wins contract with Chinese-owned group
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-10-20 03:46:17
Listed Western Australian IT services vendor, Empired,  says it has accelerated its east coast expansion with a major, multi-million dollar contract win with the Melbourne-based, Chinese owned, Minerals and Metals Group (MMG).



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Phishing attacks decrease, but respite may be short-lived
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-10 18:39:56
Phishing attacks around the globe dropped by five percent over recent weeks and there was a significant decrease in attacks using phishing toolkits, but the respite from the dreaded phishers may be short-lived.


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Kindle e-book goes international
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-10-06 23:54:53
Amazon is expanding the availability of its Kindle e-book device to more than 100 countries, including Australia. Hundreds of thousands of titles are offered, mostly at prices below the print editions.


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Russia delays first Chinese Mars mission to 2011
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2009-10-03 09:22:40
The Phobos-Grunt mission has been delayed by two years in order to provide better reliability to the mission. When launched, it will go to Mars and its moon Phobos. Part of the spacecraft will return samples back to Earth.


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China 3Ds the Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2009-09-29 11:17:12
According to a leader of the Chang'e 1 mission to the Moon, the Chinese have completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the lunar surface. In fact, this mapping is the most detailed imaging of the Moon so far taken by any spacecraft of the entire lunar surface.


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China starts construction of new spaceport
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2009-09-14 08:25:19
The Chinese space agency China National Space Administration (CNSA) began construction of its fourth space center on Monday, September 14, 2009. The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is expected to greatly expand China's ability to launch heavier payloads into space.


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APAC server market takes hit, but Australia benefits from stimulus
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-09-08 00:05:44
The Asia Pacific region continued its downward trend in server shipments in the three months to the end of June, with a 17.2 percent year-on-year decline and a total of 323,388 units shipped, although Australia showed some improvement over the previous quarter as it benefitted from the federal government’s stimulus program.


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Chinese site renews threat to sue UK blogger in Australia
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-08-30 19:24:46
Lawyers in New South Wales, acting on behalf of the Chinese owners of massive multiplayer online game Evony, have reiterated their threats of legal action to a British blogger, for allegedly making remarks defamatory of the firm.


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Lawson gets a lift with Hydraulics and ERP contract
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-08-26 00:40:53
ERP provider, Lawson Software, has secured a contract to deploy its ERP manufacturing solution for Australian hydraulics manufacturer and distributor, RYCO Hydraulics, with a phased rollout to RYCO plants in Melbourne as well as Dalian in China and Kuala Ketil in Malaysia.



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Dramatic drop in virus-infected emails hitting Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.


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Australia 2nd to China in APAC security software market
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-08-16 04:34:50
The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008 – albeit it, down from 36 percent in 2007 - with Australia becoming the second-largest market for security software in the region after China.


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Mobile broadband ‘no threat’ to fixed broadband services
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-08-16 00:53:18
Fuelled by regional government broadband initiatives, including Australia's NBN, Asia-Pacific fixed broadband subscribers are expected to grow 17.3 percent to reach 182 million users by the end of this year, with total industry billings for the region estimated to top US$44.9 billion which will be 13.3 percent more than billings in 2008.



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NetSuite into fast foods with SaaS rollout
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-08-12 22:32:10
Cloud computing vendor, NetSuite, is rolling out its SaaS ERP software solution to hundreds of fast food outlets across the United States and Asia in a contract with Filipino company, Jollibee, as it undergoes rapid worldwide expansion of its chain of fast-food stores.


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Microsoft trawls 40 million Chinese graduates for top talent
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-08-12 06:02:08
Microsoft’s China based R&D laboratories, run by Dr Ya-Qin Zhang, an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney, are building up their talent reserves, trawling China’s annual crop of 40 million graduates for top talent.


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PC microprocessor market rebounds, but still weak
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-08-10 00:06:39
PC microprocessor shipments are up around the world, with the increase driven more by Intel and OEM inventory refreshes, rather than the return of significant end-demand for PCs.


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MelbourneIT and Alibaba thick as thieves in new partnership
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: E-Commerce

2009-07-29 04:07:36
Business-to-business e-commerce website, Alibaba and web hosting and Internet service group, MelbourneIT, have formed a partnership to launch a service for Australian export-oriented small businesses trading with companies around the world.


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