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  • Microsoft to launch 'Windows Cloud' this month

    Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.

  • Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd in London this week that Microsoft this month will show off its new development environment for internet-based applications, dubbed "Windows Cloud".

  • Ballmer calls for finance crisis resolution

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer expressed hope yesterday that the US Congress would take action to address a deepening financial crisis, which he warned could ripple across spending on all levels of the economy.

  • OpenNet wins Singapore NBN bid

    The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has appointed the OpenNet consortium as the network company (NetCo) for the country's planned next-generation National Broadband Network (NBN).

  • Ninemsn gets new CEO

    Microsoft-flavoured media company ninemsn has appointed a new chief executive offer, Joe Pollard, who will start next week.

  • Oracle unveils first hardware product

    Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive.

  • Early Windows 7 will be out at PDC

    Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday in the US that developers attending a Microsoft conference next month will get an early version of Windows 7 to take home.

  • Oracle's Beehive buzzes at OracleWorld

    Oracle unveiled a new open enterprise software application on Monday in the US, designed to improve the way users collaborate and communicate on projects.

  • IT glitch shuts down Sydney's M5

    Sydney motorists are facing lengthy traffic tailbacks and delays today after a computer problem forced the closure of the M5 tunnel for the second time in three months.

  • Cisco to pitch for NBN work

    Cisco Systems this week said it would respond to Terria's call for companies to supply the products and services required to build the federal government's $4.7 billion national broadband network.

  • VMware reveals ESX 4.0 features

    VMware's forthcoming ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor update will allow users to change the amount of RAM allocated to virtual machines without rebooting them, VMworld 2008 attendees heard this week in the US.

  • Nortel slashes outlook, sells assets

    Telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks announced on Wednesday that it has slashed its business outlook and is looking to sell some of its assets as the economy worsens.

  • Windows 7 gets closer

    Although a public test version of Windows 7 is still at least a month away, Microsoft has hit a key internal milestone, according to several Windows enthusiast sites.

  • Cisco Australia targets energy utilities

    Cisco's Australian division yesterday said Australia's utility sector could deliver it significant new business as electricity giants adapted to demand to feed power back into their grids.

  • VMWare chief laughs off Microsoft jabs

    A confident VMWare chief executive Paul Maritz today laughed off attempts by Microsoft staff to conduct a guerrilla marketing campaign at VMWare's annual worldwide conference in Las Vegas.

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