Monday, January 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 19/01/2009


Sun bundles drive virtualisation into SMB market
Sun Microsystems has created two hardware and software bundles as part of an initiative to drive server virtualisation downstream into the SMB space.
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Weather widget takes out chumby developer competition
A Victorian software developer that created a widget for touchscreen access to Australian weather forecasts has won Internode’s chumby competition.
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NEC adds ArrayComm software to WiMAX base stations
NEC and ArrayComm will work together to develop new WiMAX base stations that integrate the latter’s multi-antenna signal (MAS) processing software, A-Mastm.
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Verizon brings Singapore into Pacific Mesh
Verizon Business has expanded its Pacific mesh network to encompass Singapore and now has its sights set on adding India as well.
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Aussies go sleepless in Sydney for startup camp
Thirty-nine entrepreneurs sacrificed sleep for up to 38 hours straight to create six new web and iPhone application start-ups at the second Startup Camp held in Sydney this past weekend.
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McKinnon's fate to be decided in next four weeks
Gary McKinnon should find out within the next four weeks if he has been successful in his last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition to the US by pleading guilty to hacking offences under UK law.
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EU brings new gripe to Microsoft
European Union authorities are bringing new anti-trust concerns to Microsoft.
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Google takes a stand on gay marriage
Google has filed an amicus brief in several legal challenges to Proposition 8, which make gay marriage illegal in California.
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HP bolsters Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio
HP has launched the second phase of its Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio with a range of new applications, features and capabilities aimed at helping customers survive the economic downturn.
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IBM and Nuance team up on speech technology
IBM and Nuance have signed a join licensing and technical services agreement to help enhance and expand speech technology.
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Windows worm hits 8.9 million PCs in past week
Security researchers are reporting that in the past four days a worm has infected 3.5 million Windows computers.
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Inside the Digital Sense high-density data centre
iTnews looks at how the Brisbane-based centre is enabling rack densities up to 15.2kW without sacrificing cooling efficiency and saleable real estate. And of course we have the first photos to prove it.
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