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Tekken 6 ready to fight in 2.5 million homes
NAMCO BANDAI is taking no chances with today’s release of Tekken 6.  2.5 million copies of the fighting game have been shipped to retail outlets.

 
Australian Interactive Games industry nudges $2 billion
Recession proof? Not quite, whilst numbers announced today show green upward arrows across the board for the videogame industry, there were some shaky moments through 2009 for Australians in the business of bringing consumers living room fun.

 
The wisdom of Phil Burgess, brought to you by the WSJ
Telstra's erstwhile mouthpiece, Phil Burgess, has been at it again, peddling his views on the Australian Government, the ACCC and Australian telecommunications in general to anyone who will give him a hearing and, preferably, disseminate his views to as wide an audience as possible.

 
Dutch government launches ODF service
The Dutch government has launched a web service called Officeshots.org which enables users to compare the output quality of various office suites as far as interoperability is concerned.
 
FBI: Watch out for spear phishers and money mules
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned small and midsize businesses and other organizations about a wave of cyber fraud involving targeted e-mails, malware, and work-from-home schemes.

 
Beware the phantom tweet
Over the past few days, twitter users have been receiving DM messages supposedly from friends linking to a Twitter login page.  DON'T DO IT!

 
Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation?
Parallels claims its new Desktop 5 for Mac virtualisation software for Mac OS X is significantly faster than competing products.

 
App Store: 100,000 apps and counting
Apple's App Store now carries more than 100,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, and there have been more than 2 billion downloads.

 
1.7 million T-Mobile subscribers hit by outage
It has not been a good month for T-Mobile: first the Sidekick data loss escapade and now a network outage that has left more than a million and a half subscribers without voice and data services.


 
Aussie mapping technology set to take on Google
Perth based Ipernica (ASX: IPR) is poised to launch a new media company based around high resolution digitised terrain maps, that it says will compete with Google Maps and with Microsoft Bing.

 
New appointments to drive Objective UK growth plans
Australian-listed Objective Corporation has put in place an expanded leadership team which it says will help the company drive business growth in the UK market and to further capitalise on “recent success and opportunities” in the UK public sector.

 
Compuware pushing ANZ partner network
Compuware is looking to expand business with its partner network in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment today of a new manager, channels and alliance for ANZ.


 
Virtualisation take-up defies economic downturn
Australia has the fastest uptake and penetration of server virtualisation in the Asia-Pacific region, and the depressed economy has “done little to stifle the uptake”, according to the latest report from industry analysts, IDC.

 
Finite successful expansion to WA
ICT recruitment and consultancy group, FiniteIT, expanded into Western Australia earlier this year and has found the local jobs market has bounced back even faster from the financial downturn than the company anticipated when its new Perth office was opened.

 
ITU to promote interoperability of ICT products
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is to set up a global database that will log products' declaring conformity to ITU standards. The move is part of a wider ITU initiative designed to give purchasers of ICT equipment a much clearer picture of that equipment's ability to interoperate with other ICT devices.

 
Major bank anchors Fujitsu’s Perth data centre
One of Australia’s major banks will be the foundation client for Fujitsu’s new Perth based data centre, signalling a fresh push from the Japanese IT giant to win more financial services sector business in Australia.
 
iiNet not enforcing own user agreement: AFACT
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has accused iiNet of not abiding by its own contractual agreements with users by failing to disconnect accused copyright infringers who allegedly violate the terms and conditions of their contracts.

 
'Thanks for choosing iiNet. Happy downloading.': invitation to infringe?
Australia's third largest ISP iiNet has been accused of inviting illegal downloads through its marketing messages by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the Federal Court today. As iiNet CEO Michael Malone took the stand for the third successive day in the dispute, AFACT alleged that iiNet has encouraged copyright infringement through its marketing strategy and unwillingness to act on copyright infringement notices.

 
Community TV gets digital spectrum and funding
The Federal Government has finally acted to provide the Community TV sector with spectrum and funding to make the transition to digital TV.

 
CA’s new man for Asia Pacific
CA has appointed a new head of its Internet security business unit (ISBU) for Asia Pacific, to service the region from Sydney.

 
Microsoft cuts price of BPOS productivity service
Microsoft has reduced the subscription price of its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), and jacked up the mailbox size.

 
Sony Ericsson launches first Android handset, meet the X10
Sony Ericsson has officially launched the Xperia X10, formerly known by the codenames X3 or Rachael. The X10 is the company's first foray into the Android market, but the announcement comes at an odd time, especially with Christmas drawing near.


 
Peek introduces mobile Twitter device
Mobile e-mail and texting vendor Peek has added a Twitter client to its lineup of portable devices. Only available in the U.S., the TwitterPeek offers lifetime service for $US200 (including device), or a device for $100 plus a monthly service fee.

 
Rudd to open two-day NBN summit in Sydney
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will host a two-day broadband summit in Sydney next month to identify industry development opportunities and productivity windfalls that can be derived from the National Broadband Network project.

 
Brennan acquires SCentral, signals more buying
Mid-market vendor, Brennan, has acquired IT services provider, SCentral in a deal which the company says will boost its revenues by 50 percent, extend its customer base and reach into Australian regional markets.

 
Dutch iPhones held hostage
A number of iPhones in the Netherlands have been held hostage for a small ransom by a hacker.
 
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