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Google's Rubin quizzed on Java copyright

Google's senior vice president of mobile, Andy Rubin, took the stand on Monday afternoon during the ongoing intellectual property trial between Google and Oracle.

April 24th, 2012 in Legal by Rachel King Comment Vote

AMSA buoys rescue system with new kit

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is refreshing the infrastructure it uses for its 24/7 search and rescue support system as the current hardware reaches end of life.

February 8th, 2011 in Government by Colin Ho Comment Vote

BOM to provide better flood, fire prediction

All of Australia will from next year have access to a new modelling system that will improve the scope, accuracy and length of weather forecasts, which could help prepare for future repeats of Queensland's devastating floods.

January 14th, 2011 in Research And Development by Darren Pauli Comment 2 Votes

OpenOffice gets forked

A group of programmers has forked OpenOffice.org, the open-source rival to Microsoft Office that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems.

September 29th, 2010 in Open Source by Stephen Shankland Comment 1 Vote

Centrelink issues massive storage tender

Centrelink has kicked off a major technology purchasing initiative worth between $30 million and $40 million, as the national welfare agency continues to shift its storage architecture to being used as a service.

September 27th, 2010 in Government by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Illumos Foundation resurrects OpenSolaris

Following a month that saw software giant Oracle lay OpenSolaris to rest amid a chorus of controversy, a non-profit software community quietly worked to reignite the platform's ailing flame through a new project.

September 16th, 2010 in Open Source by Luke Hopewell Comment 1 Vote

Open-source devs irked by Oracle decision

Following Oracle's decision to end open distribution of source codes for its Solaris enterprise operating system, the company now faces backlash from the open-source community which is likely to damage its relationship with developers in the long-run, industry watchers noted.

August 19th, 2010 in Open Source by Kevin Kwang 1 Comment Vote

Oracle puts OpenSolaris to rest

Software giant Oracle has closed the book on developer distributions of the open enterprise operating system, OpenSolaris.

August 16th, 2010 in Open Source by Luke Hopewell 2 Comments Vote

Oracle to layoff more Sun staff

Oracle will lay off more Sun Microsystems workers, according to a regulatory filing it made on Friday in the United States.

June 8th, 2010 in Layoffs by Victoria Ho Comment Vote

Sun Microsystems Aussie MD resigns

The Australian managing director of Oracle subsidiary Sun Microsystems, Andrew Goodlace, has resigned from his position following news that the company was heading in a different direction locally.

March 9th, 2010 in Sun Microsystems by Ben Grubb Comment Vote

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
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