Russian IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab today unveiled plans to establish an Australian presence, including local security researchers, to better support customers and partners in the region.
Shadow Communications Minister Senator Nick Minchin today said he thought it unlikely a builder for the Federal Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network would be locked in for another 12 months.
Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.
Although Telstra has taken the plunge into Twitter, using the tool to monitor service outages and contact customers about support issues, major broadband rivals Optus, Internode and iiNet have no immediate plans to follow Telstra's lead.
Despite the hype, it seems few IT departments are testing Google's recently launched Web browser Chrome yet.
The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service.
Labor's policy of socialised broadband has certainly proved much harder than the party believed it would be back when it was in Opposition, but it is Telstra that stands to lose the most from the NBN - and that applies whether it loses the NBN contract or wins it.
The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualisation leader VMware.
Cisco's annual Networkers conference draws thousands of networking engineers and administrators from all over Australia. This year it was held in Brisbane. We bring you some highlights from the first day.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.
Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.
Dell's president, Asia Pacific South, Paul-Henri Ferrand says the company's direct model is working well, but customers have forced it to explore channels to meet demand. While it has developed channels in Asia, Australia will have to wait Dell's not rushing into channels for the sake of it.
It's a little slimmer and it has loads of storage, but Nokia's latest flagship model has little to justify its top-shelf price tag.
Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.
Once you've calibrated the colours using the bundled PerfectSuite Plus software, the VP950b will deliver exceptional image quality. All that's left to consider is whether a 19in. display with a native resolution of 1,280 by 1,024 pixels is adequate for your professional needs.
The latest bundle of mobile technologies from Intel arrives late and somewhat piecemeal, but delivers a useful set of incremental enhancements.
ViewSonic's LED back-lit monitor leaves a lot to be desired in the performance stakes, especially considering its price.
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