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  • Ex-MyGrocer manager fined after ASIC investigation

    Former manager of MyGrocer, Ross Whitehead, has been fined AU$6,000 by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after being found guilty of assisting in the management of two companies while an undischarged bankrupt.

  • Alcatel, Lucent agree US$33 billion merger

    French telecoms technology provider Alcatel and US equipment firm Lucent Technologies on Sunday announced a merger agreement, creating a US$33 billion dollar giant in global telecommunications.

  • SGI stares into the abyss

    Silicon Graphics (SGI), once a leading light of the supercomputing world, has admitted that its financial situation is so grim that it could be forced into bankruptcy.

  • Microsoft bankrupts the Spam King

    Scott Richter, self-confessed Spam King and one-time peddler of ladies' underwear, has filed for bankruptcy, with Microsoft cited as the main reason.

  • Web services patents fetch US$15.5 million

    A mysterious bidder paid US$15.5 million Monday in the US in a bankruptcy court auction of dozens of Internet-related patents--and then rushed out of the courtroom.

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    A new showcase for optical networking technology is beginning to light up, offering a test bed for research that could help spark a fire under the moribund industry.

  • Looting allegations surface as MyGrocer presses on

    Acrimony between MySupercentre and disgruntled former licensees reached a new low point over the weekend with allegations of looting at the company's headquarters.

  • UPDATE: ASIC closes in on controversial online grocer

    Authorities are closing in on business identity Ross Whitehead over his involvement with online shopping start-up MySupercentre Pty Ltd which was placed in liquidation by its creditors Monday.

  • Queensland Fair Trading on trail of dot-com veteran

    MyGrocer.com.au's office and customer lines were today out of service fair trading minister Margaret Keech today issued a strong warning not to deal with one of its key executives and dot-com veteran, Ross Whitehead.

  • Inside the Linux arcana

    Did a 1994 agreement with SCO hand Sun a smoking gun?

  • Things are looking up

    It looks like the days of the long lunch and the headhunter are back!

  • I could tell you but...

    Microsoft gets accused of a lot of sneaky things. Who would have thought they were all true?

  • The real future of Linux

    For Linux to grow, a more traditional model of capitalism must be implemented. Red Hat is attempting this move with recent changes to its licensing and support policies. Find out how this might affect future distributions.

  • Are strike-it-rich stock options facing extinction?

    Microsoft did something last week that was unthinkable in Silicon Valley: It did away with stock options.

  • Apple in court dispute over Unix

    As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the Unix operating system, another dispute has been quietly simmering over the rights to the Unix name itself.

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