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Microsoft, Lenovo win massive NSW netbooks schools deal
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 19:49:12
Microsoft and Lenovo have won a massive deal worth hundreds of millions to supply sub-notebooks running Windows XP and Microsoft Office to 200,000 year 9 students in NSW state schools. The three year deal, with an option to renew, will see all year 9 students get the notebooks to keep for the remainder of their school years and beyond.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 19:49:12
Microsoft and Lenovo have won a massive deal worth hundreds of millions to supply sub-notebooks running Windows XP and Microsoft Office to 200,000 year 9 students in NSW state schools. The three year deal, with an option to renew, will see all year 9 students get the notebooks to keep for the remainder of their school years and beyond.
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MySpace to support Windows Mobile and Silverlight
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 00:53:24
Social network MySpace and Microsoft have moved to build a closer relationship in the mobile platform and rich media areas after years of favouring each other's direct competitors. Google paid US$900 million for a search and ad contract with MySpace in 2006 which runs until 2010, while Microsoft paid US$240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook in 2007.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-31 00:53:24
Social network MySpace and Microsoft have moved to build a closer relationship in the mobile platform and rich media areas after years of favouring each other's direct competitors. Google paid US$900 million for a search and ad contract with MySpace in 2006 which runs until 2010, while Microsoft paid US$240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook in 2007.
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HP claims ProLiant Nehalem servers reduce ROI to 3 months
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 22:12:02
HP has announced the next generation of its HP ProLiant servers based on Intel’s new Nehalem 45nm processor architecture, claiming that it can reduce the return on investment from 12 months down to 3 months because of energy savings.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 22:12:02
HP has announced the next generation of its HP ProLiant servers based on Intel’s new Nehalem 45nm processor architecture, claiming that it can reduce the return on investment from 12 months down to 3 months because of energy savings.
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Motorola virtualized smartphone will kill iPhone price: OK Labs
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 18:04:45
Motorola's new Evoke QA4 is the world's first commercially available virtualized handset capable of running multiple operating systems, including Android, on a single ARM processor and will be hundreds of dollars cheaper than the iPhone and other smartphones. This is the claim of Open Kernel Labs, the company that provides the OKL4 hypervisor that the new smartphone will use.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-03-30 18:04:45
Motorola's new Evoke QA4 is the world's first commercially available virtualized handset capable of running multiple operating systems, including Android, on a single ARM processor and will be hundreds of dollars cheaper than the iPhone and other smartphones. This is the claim of Open Kernel Labs, the company that provides the OKL4 hypervisor that the new smartphone will use.
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Conroy invokes Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law to support net filter
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-29 16:36:22
What do the Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law have in common? They were all invoked in the space of 30 minutes to support Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's drive to impose a mandatory Internet filter at the ISP level on the Australian public.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-29 16:36:22
What do the Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law have in common? They were all invoked in the space of 30 minutes to support Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's drive to impose a mandatory Internet filter at the ISP level on the Australian public.
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CA axes 31 staff at Australian security R&D lab
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-25 03:07:33
Enterprise management software vendor CA has axed 31 staff at its Melbourne security R&D Lab in what it is calling a restructuring move. Melbourne is one of CA's largest centres for international R&D outside of the US and the move amounts to a downsizing of about 20%.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-25 03:07:33
Enterprise management software vendor CA has axed 31 staff at its Melbourne security R&D Lab in what it is calling a restructuring move. Melbourne is one of CA's largest centres for international R&D outside of the US and the move amounts to a downsizing of about 20%.
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Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-24 02:37:44
A low priced mobile handset capable of running multiple operating systems in virtual windows and with similar features of much higher priced smart phones is about to hit the market. The handset will run Linux and at least one other OS on top of the OKL4 hypervisor from Open Kernel Labs.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-24 02:37:44
A low priced mobile handset capable of running multiple operating systems in virtual windows and with similar features of much higher priced smart phones is about to hit the market. The handset will run Linux and at least one other OS on top of the OKL4 hypervisor from Open Kernel Labs.
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Dotcom pioneer Low breaks new ground in mobile ad frontier
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-22 04:27:48
Ten years ago a young Australian Internet pioneer showed the world how it could surf the web for free. Now Sydney Low, co-founder of one-time free ISP FreeOnline and its affiliated Internet technology company Sharinga Networks, is back in the game. However, this time he's playing in the mobile phone space with a new company called RedTxt.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-22 04:27:48
Ten years ago a young Australian Internet pioneer showed the world how it could surf the web for free. Now Sydney Low, co-founder of one-time free ISP FreeOnline and its affiliated Internet technology company Sharinga Networks, is back in the game. However, this time he's playing in the mobile phone space with a new company called RedTxt.
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Wikileaks threatens Conroy with criminal prosecution
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-20 00:10:14
Anti-censorship site Wikileaks has threatened Australian Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy with criminal prosecution if he attempts to discover the source of its leaked Australian Internet blacklist. Wikileaks says that under Swedish law it is a criminal offence to try to breach confidentiality agreements between the press and sources.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-20 00:10:14
Anti-censorship site Wikileaks has threatened Australian Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy with criminal prosecution if he attempts to discover the source of its leaked Australian Internet blacklist. Wikileaks says that under Swedish law it is a criminal offence to try to breach confidentiality agreements between the press and sources.
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Conroy's climate of fear
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-19 09:07:49
I don't know about you but I'm old enough to remember a time when classic works of fiction such as D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover were banned from publication. After the permissive era of the late 1960s and 1970s, I never thought I would see those days return. I was wrong.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-19 09:07:49
I don't know about you but I'm old enough to remember a time when classic works of fiction such as D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover were banned from publication. After the permissive era of the late 1960s and 1970s, I never thought I would see those days return. I was wrong.
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VoIP for iPhone through new Java app?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 18:47:11
A new web-based telephony application is being touted by its developer as a soon to be released VoIP application on the iPhone App Store. The application has already been submitted and is awaiting approval according to the developer.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 18:47:11
A new web-based telephony application is being touted by its developer as a soon to be released VoIP application on the iPhone App Store. The application has already been submitted and is awaiting approval according to the developer.
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IBM to cement server dominance with US$6.5 billion Sun acquisition
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 17:44:51
Computer hardware giant IBM is seeking to clear out from its rival server makers by acquiring the fast declining Sun Microsystems for about double its present market value. Sun is currently the number four server player, while IBM holds a narrow lead at the top over rival hardware monolith HP.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 17:44:51
Computer hardware giant IBM is seeking to clear out from its rival server makers by acquiring the fast declining Sun Microsystems for about double its present market value. Sun is currently the number four server player, while IBM holds a narrow lead at the top over rival hardware monolith HP.
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Discovery Channel owner sues Amazon alleging Kindle infringes ebook patent
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 16:17:49
Discovery Communications, the owner of the popular Discovery Channel, has filed a patent infringement suit against web titan Amazon.com alleging infringement of a patent for electronic book technology. The suit names the Kindle and Kindle 2 e-book readers and Amazon's e-book delivery system and seeks damages and royalty payments for continued use of the technology.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 16:17:49
Discovery Communications, the owner of the popular Discovery Channel, has filed a patent infringement suit against web titan Amazon.com alleging infringement of a patent for electronic book technology. The suit names the Kindle and Kindle 2 e-book readers and Amazon's e-book delivery system and seeks damages and royalty payments for continued use of the technology.
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Incensed Freeview says existing plasma and LCD TVs OK
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 02:52:45
Claiming that the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper had misled Australians in a report on Monday that claimed millions of plasma and LCD televisions would become obsolete from 1 May, 2009 due to changes in the way broadcasters transmit, a seething free-to-air TV broadcasters' body Freeview has issued a statement to sooth the frayed nerves of consumers.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-18 02:52:45
Claiming that the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper had misled Australians in a report on Monday that claimed millions of plasma and LCD televisions would become obsolete from 1 May, 2009 due to changes in the way broadcasters transmit, a seething free-to-air TV broadcasters' body Freeview has issued a statement to sooth the frayed nerves of consumers.
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Not easy being a Green IT manager in Australia
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-17 00:53:16
Despite large volumes of rhetoric Australian IT managers are doing a woeful job of implementing Green IT policies, according to a new report. To make matters worse, the vast majority of senior IT executives are not even in the early stages of formulating, let alone implementing a Green IT policy.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-17 00:53:16
Despite large volumes of rhetoric Australian IT managers are doing a woeful job of implementing Green IT policies, according to a new report. To make matters worse, the vast majority of senior IT executives are not even in the early stages of formulating, let alone implementing a Green IT policy.
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IT organisations go Linux as economy dives says survey
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 19:33:51
There has been a surge in Linux acquisition as a result of the global recession, according to a new market survey. According to a new whitepaper, more than half of IT executives are planning to fast track Linux adoption in 2009.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 19:33:51
There has been a surge in Linux acquisition as a result of the global recession, according to a new market survey. According to a new whitepaper, more than half of IT executives are planning to fast track Linux adoption in 2009.
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Primus US parent files for Chapter 11 with debts of AUD$1 billion
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 17:03:32
Primus Telecommunications Group, the US holding company of Primus Telecom Australia has filed for Chapter 11 protection to reduce interest rate payments to creditors on debts totalling US$650 million (about AUD$1 billion). The consensual Chapter 11 filing with creditors will see the debts reduced to US$315 million.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 17:03:32
Primus Telecommunications Group, the US holding company of Primus Telecom Australia has filed for Chapter 11 protection to reduce interest rate payments to creditors on debts totalling US$650 million (about AUD$1 billion). The consensual Chapter 11 filing with creditors will see the debts reduced to US$315 million.
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NBN will not happen but structural separation will says Gen-i boss
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-11 03:34:10
The departure of Sol Trujillo from Telstra will pave the way for structural separation of the carrier and the NBN is dead in the water says the Australian boss of Telecom NZ's giant services subsidiary Gen-i. What's more, regulation will continue to play a big role in the newly separated Telstra.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-11 03:34:10
The departure of Sol Trujillo from Telstra will pave the way for structural separation of the carrier and the NBN is dead in the water says the Australian boss of Telecom NZ's giant services subsidiary Gen-i. What's more, regulation will continue to play a big role in the newly separated Telstra.
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Conroy's finest hour or depth of despair as NBN decision looms
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-10 09:03:58
There is a growing feeling that the coming week could well shape up to be one of the most significant turning points in Australian telecommunications history. The Federal Government, represented by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, has a monumental decision to make and an equally monumental problem on its hands.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-10 09:03:58
There is a growing feeling that the coming week could well shape up to be one of the most significant turning points in Australian telecommunications history. The Federal Government, represented by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, has a monumental decision to make and an equally monumental problem on its hands.
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EEE PC 1000HE vs 1000HD: What you get for $400 more in a recession
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-10 06:02:30
I'm writing this on my full sized desktop computer but sitting next to me on my desk is a brand new Asus Eee PC HE, idling away on battery power in between the paragraphs I'm writing. I'm yet to see evidence of the much touted 9.5 hours of battery life but we'll get to that later.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-10 06:02:30
I'm writing this on my full sized desktop computer but sitting next to me on my desk is a brand new Asus Eee PC HE, idling away on battery power in between the paragraphs I'm writing. I'm yet to see evidence of the much touted 9.5 hours of battery life but we'll get to that later.
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