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CA axes 31 staff at Australian security R&D lab E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
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%.

 
Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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.

 
Dotcom pioneer Low breaks new ground in mobile ad frontier E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Sunday, 22 March 2009
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.

 
Wikileaks threatens Conroy with criminal prosecution E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Friday, 20 March 2009
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.

 
Conroy's climate of fear E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Friday, 20 March 2009
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.


 
VoIP for iPhone through new Java app? E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Thursday, 19 March 2009
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.

 
IBM to cement server dominance with US$6.5 billion Sun acquisition E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Thursday, 19 March 2009
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.

 
Discovery Channel owner sues Amazon alleging Kindle infringes ebook patent E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Thursday, 19 March 2009
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.

 
Incensed Freeview says existing plasma and LCD TVs OK E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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.

 
Not easy being a Green IT manager in Australia E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
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.

 
IT organisations go Linux as economy dives says survey E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
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.

 
Primus US parent files for Chapter 11 with debts of AUD$1 billion E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
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.

 
NBN will not happen but structural separation will says Gen-i boss E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
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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