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CA buys systems monitoring firm Nimsoft 
By David Neal | Mar 12, 2010
Targets cloud and virtualisation spaces.
 
Customs seizes Nintendo game copiers 
Mar 12, 2010
R4 mod chips seized from would-be importer.
 
Video: LHC on the brink of 7 TeV 
By Liz Tay, Munir Kotadia | Mar 12, 2010 | 1 Comment 
CERN Large Hadron Collider to be revved up this month.
 
Crunch: Telepresence and the end of the world 
By Munir Kotadia | Mar 12, 2010
Sydney gets telepresence but with CERN ramping up the LHC, Coco doesn't believe anybody will be around to use it.
 
ATO tax returns backlogged no longer 
By Liz Tay | Mar 12, 2010
Newly implemented system processes one million tax returns.
 
Grey cloud hangs on NBN Co greenfields role 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 11, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Even NBN Co unsure of whether it can compete in new housing estates.
 
Adelaide gets nod for high density data centre 
By Brett Winterford | Mar 11, 2010
Gauvin to build data centre in old Mitsubishi plant.
 
Plans afoot for new Sydney-US fibre link 
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 11, 2010 | 3 Comments 
Kiwi big wigs plan new Pacific cable.
 
NT Education Dept buys 3Com kit 
Mar 11, 2010
Three-year multi-million dollar deal.
 
Gagged flash mob planned for Sydney 
Mar 11, 2010
Silent demonstration on internet filtering.
 
iiNet in talks to buy Netspace 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 11, 2010
Price estimates too high.
 
Ex-Sun boss reveals Apple patent threats 
By David Neal | Mar 11, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Jonathan Schwartz dishes dirt on Steve Jobs.
 
EMC claims to halve storage needs 
By Iain Thomson | Mar 11, 2010
Celerra Plug-Ins for VMware Environments.
 
Australia comes clean on ACTA role 
By Brett Winterford | Mar 11, 2010 | 5 Comments 
No intention of changing Australian law.
 
Alto creator wins 2009 Turing Award 
Mar 11, 2010
Association for Computing Machinery honours father of graphical user interface, tablet PC.
 
Interview: Oakton chief on lawsuits and other liabilities 
By Renai LeMay | Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Oakton chief insists problems are "not systemic".
 
Auditor: New IT systems just the ticket for NSW buses 
Mar 10, 2010
But where are the plans?
 
Capgemini offers test-and-dev as a service 
By Brett Winterford | Mar 10, 2010
Partners with data centre HarbourMSP and HP for first of cloud services.
 
NBN implementation report in Conroy's hands 
By Liz Tay | Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Senators call for report to be made public.
 
Revealed: Apple's draconian app developer contract 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 10, 2010
EFF says we should demand better.
 
Twitter takes action on spammers and scammers 
By Iain Thomson | Mar 10, 2010
Company to screen all links for dodgy sites.
 
Google sets Apps Marketplace live 
By Shaun Nichols | Mar 10, 2010
Service will offer third-party add-ons.
 
Video: Building a supercomputer for Happy Feet 2, Mad Max 4 
By Brett Winterford, Munir Kotadia | Mar 10, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Builds 6,000 core grid in E3's new Sydney data centre.
 
Coalition to vote down Telstra break-up 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 10, 2010
Supports "sensible" reforms.
 
Libs question health identifier privacy 
By Tanya Hall | Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Asks how else Government will use the data.
 
Datacom CEO speaks about flood damage 
By Ry Crozier, Brett Winterford | Mar 10, 2010 | 6 Comments 
Affected customers can expect compensation.
 
Aussie Antarctic researchers on 'ADSL 1' speed 
 
Microsoft amends code for browser ballot screen 
By Dan Worth | Mar 10, 2010
Responds to non-random shuffling complaints.
 
Serious flaw discovered in Apache 
By Iain Thomson | Mar 10, 2010 | 3 Comments 
IT admins warned to upgrade immediately.
 
Google explains Apps data centre failure 
By Iain Thomson | Mar 10, 2010
Honest assessment of February outage.
 
Energizer warns of malware in battery chargers 
By Shaun Nichols | Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Infection keeps going and going and going.
 
Lender putting www.sex.com domain on auction block 
Mar 9, 2010
Valuable domain name on the market.
 
Ex-IBMers enter the channel 
By Liz Tay | Mar 9, 2010
Some won’t be redundant for long.
 
Datacom NOC staff win support 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 9, 2010
More customer stories emerge.
 
SAP names local CIO council 
Mar 9, 2010
Utilities and retail brands represented.
 
Comverge joins fibre network wholesale ranks 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 9, 2010
Builder to operate future greenfields networks.
 
European Parliament joins ACTA protests 
By Rosalie Marshall | Mar 9, 2010
Calls for more MEPs to sign declaration against ACTA secrecy.
 
ITU launches satellite interface standard for mobiles 
By David Neal | Mar 9, 2010
Promises to boost international roaming and rural broadband access.
 
Internet perceived as a fundamental right 
By David Neal | Mar 9, 2010 | 10 Comments 
Global attitudes to online access.
 
Microsoft to kill off Essential Business Server 
By David Neal | Mar 9, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Development will end on 30 June.
 
Feds, states work on new Aussie data centre metric 
 
Telstra launches external research program 
By Liz Tay | Mar 9, 2010
First dibs on new technology.
 
Video: First ASKAP radio telescope is listening 
By Liz Tay, Munir Kotadia | Mar 8, 2010
35 more identical telescopes expected by 2013.
 
Web24 hit by DDoS attack 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 8, 2010
Prolonged attack blocked upstream.
 
Not all welcome at Perth anti-filter rally 
By Liz Tay | Mar 8, 2010 | 22 Comments 
Protesters chant: "No room for racists."
 
Datacom data centre flooded by Melbourne storm 
By Ry Crozier | Mar 8, 2010 | 30 Comments 
Carriers and customers hit as operator denies outage.
 
Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition 
Mar 8, 2010
Allows Office users to edit and share documents on the 'net.
 
Apple iPad to spur growth in tablet market 
By Dan Worth | Mar 8, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Long-term shift away from desktop PCs.
 
Microsoft readies March Patch Tuesday fixes 
By David Neal | Mar 8, 2010
Two bulletins address eight vulnerabilities.
 
Researchers dissect ZeuS botnet blueprint 
By Shaun Nichols | Mar 8, 2010
Malware startup costs put at $2,753.
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