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HP claims Cisco 'alternative' mantle

Emboldened by its extended partnership with Microsoft, HP ProCurve is positioning itself as the clear alternative to Cisco with renewed vigor.

By Jim Duffy | 20 May, 2009 07:10

Tags: HP, Interop, cisco, hp procurve

Cisco unveils a grab bag of wireless LAN products

Cisco unveiled a grab bag of wireless LAN announcements at Interop Tuesday, including much of what you'd expect in the form of new hardware. But there's a somewhat surprising twist: the equipment vendor's wide-ranging emphasis on software applications.

By John Cox | 20 May, 2009 07:13

Tags: Interop, LAN, cisco, wireless

Free tools help protect users from IIS zero-day exploit

Security and patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies Tuesday recommended a pair of free tools from Microsoft to help users protect themselves from a zero-day exploit in Internet Information Server.

By John Fontana | 20 May, 2009 07:13

Tags: Microsoft, microsoft patches

Nokia cuts logistics, support jobs

Nokia plans to cut approximately 170 employees working in logistics, production management and support, it said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 May, 2009 04:04

Tags: mobile phones, layoffs, Nokia

Microsoft, HP expand unified communications push

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging services to office workers.

By James Niccolai | 20 May, 2009 04:05

Tags: HP, unified communications, partnership, Microsoft

Wi-Fi hikes security by adding to WPA2 requirements

The Wi-Fi Alliance has expanded its WPA2 certification program to include a tool for secure handoffs between Wi-Fi and 3G networks, as well as an authentication system that uses multiple secured tunnels.

By Stephen Lawson | 20 May, 2009 04:15

Tags: Wi-Fi, wpa2, wireless, wireless security

Google gets fast-track trial in Italy defamation case

A Milan judge Tuesday granted a request by Google lawyers for a fast-track procedure in a trial of four senior executives accused of defamation and privacy violations for allowing a video showing the bullying of a Down syndrome sufferer to be posted on Google Video.

By Philip Willan | 20 May, 2009 03:25

Tags: Google, legal, google video, defamation

Paid Twitter services coming by year's end

Twitter is steering clear of advertising as it prepares to launch new tools and services for businesses by the end of this year, company cofounder Biz Stone said Monday.

By Robert McMillan | 20 May, 2009 05:30

Tags: social networking, twitter

Flock enhances social browser's links to Twitter, Facebook

Flock has released a new version of its social browser that improves its links to social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 20 May, 2009 03:10

Tags: web browsers, flock, social networking, twitter, Facebook

Record companies step up crusade against Pirate Bay

Four record companies want to close the Pirate Bay file sharing service and have filed a motion with the Stockholm district court to fine the people behind the operation as long as its users can access copyright-protected material.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 May, 2009 04:14

Tags: the pirate bay, digital music, legal, piracy

Intel aims to add speed to Atom with new platform

Intel on Tuesday revealed further details surrounding its next-generation Atom netbook platform that should provide improved system performance and power savings to low-cost laptops.

By Agam Shah | 20 May, 2009 03:59

Tags: intel atom, intel, atom chip, netbooks

Intel goes after Windows 7 on netbooks with Linux

In an effort to counter the growing dominance of Microsoft's Windows OS in netbooks, Intel on Tuesday announced a beta version of a Linux OS it has developed for low-cost laptops and mobile devices.

By Agam Shah | 20 May, 2009 04:48

Tags: pc shipments, moblin, mobile linux, Windows 7, intel, netbooks

Google outage won't threaten cloud adoption: CIOs

Late last week, Google suffered a highly-publicised and widespread outage that affected most of their products, and while this heightens caution around the use of cloud computing in the enterprise, Australian CIOs believe adoption won't be compromised.

By Kathryn Edwards | 19 May, 2009 14:45

Tags: SaaS, Google, CIOs, cloud computing, Google Apps

Dell gets touchy over new netbooks

Dell has today released its first of what will be a series of durable touchscreen netbooks in Australia in the lead up to Windows 7.

By Darren Pauli | 19 May, 2009 14:38

Tags: notebooks, Dell, touchscreens, education, netbooks, ubuntu

NBN panel did not back FttH

The coalition has attacked the decision-making process behind the National Broadband Network (NBN) following alleged denials by the government's expert panel that it did not advise on the Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) upgrade.

By Darren Pauli | 19 May, 2009 12:44

Tags: NBN, ftth

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