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WLAN market slammed, but 802.11n gains

The first quarter of this year may have been the gloomiest ever for the wireless LAN market, with overall revenue falling about 11 percent from a year earlier, the first year-over-year drop recorded by industry analyst firm Dell'Oro.

By Stephen Lawson | 18 June, 2009 14:41

Tags: Wi-Fi, WLAN, wireless lans, wireless, market research, 802.11n, Dell'Oro

Citrix CEO hails 'free' apps as way forward

Citrix's decision to give many of its important applications away for free makes sense in an era where business technology is becoming increasingly 'consumerised', company CEO Mark Templeton has said at his company's showcase iForum event in Edinburgh.

Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011

On Tuesday, Michael Silver of Gartner took Microsoft to the woodshed over the company's decision to let computer makers sell PCs with Windows XP for only six months after Windows 7 debuts.

Hills Industries climbs three-year IT overhaul

Australian manufacturing icon Hills Industries is powering ahead with in IT refresh that will see that majority of its server infrastructure go virtual.

By Rodney Gedda | 18 June, 2009 13:14

Tags: Citrix, Hills Industries, VMware, virtualisation

Optus inks $100M ABC deal

Optus has today inked a $100 million eight-year deal to continue the provision of satellite services to the ABC.

By Darren Pauli | 18 June, 2009 12:50

Tags: abc, satellite, optus

Eureka! Prospectors search Internet for lost gold

Aussie prospectors are scrambling to find $10,000 buried somewhere in the Internet.

By Darren Pauli | 18 June, 2009 11:41

Tags: web browsers, Microsoft

NASA looks to launch shuttle Endeavour in July

After a gaseous hydrogen leak today forced NASA to scrub the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for the second time, the space agency said it is now looking to try again in July.

EU, US push computers, printers to be greener

Computers, copiers and printers sold the European Union and the U.S. will have to become more energy-efficient from next month in order to gain Energy Star approval, following an agreement signed Wednesday by the European Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

By Paul Meller | 17 June, 2009 22:26

Tags: Printers, desktop pcs, energy efficiency

Buy an infected PC for 5 cents

It doesn't take much to get started in Internet crime these days. Find the right site, hand over $US50, and you can start wreaking havoc with 1,000 already-infected PCs.

By Erik Larkin | 18 June, 2009 04:30

Tags: botnets

Broadband important for rural areas, US groups say

Without broadband, Becky Collins would be out of business.

By Grant Gross | 18 June, 2009 05:59

Tags: broadband

Twitter says U.S. asked that shutdown be delayed

Twitter Inc. late yesterday acknowledged that the U.S. State Department had contacted the Web company about delaying its scheduled site maintenance because of the number of Iranians who have been using Twitter to get information out about the political situation there.

By Sharon Gaudin | 18 June, 2009 07:16

Tags: us state department, iran, twitter

Nvidia: Ion will outperform next-gen Intel Pineview Atoms

Intel Corp. may not have officially released the specs of its upcoming Pineview family of Atom CPUs, but that hasn't stopped Nvidia Inc. from claiming that its Ion platform will best its Intel counterpart, especially in the areas of high-definition movies and games.

By Eric Lai | 18 June, 2009 08:01

Tags: intel atom, nvidia

Apple delivers iPhone 3.0 update on schedule

As anticipated, Apple opened the download gate for iPhone OS 3.0 today shortly after 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT.

By Gregg Keizer | 18 June, 2009 04:24

Tags: Apple, iPhone 3G S, iPhone, iphone 3g, iTunes, iphone 3.0

Clinton urges stronger India ties in speech laced with IT speak

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for a "dramatic expansion" in relations with India and offered what were mostly hints about the role of the H-1B visa program.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 18 June, 2009 08:21

Tags: india, H-1B visas, hillary clinton

Debate heats up over Apple threat to disable iTunes sync with Palm Pre

A debate is heating up over Apple Inc.'s apparent threat to kill the iTunes sync feature on the new Palm Pre and other non-Apple digital media players.

By Matt Hamblen | 18 June, 2009 07:16

Tags: Palm, Apple, Palm Pre, iPhone, iTunes