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IBM sets aside US$15bn for stock repurchase

IBM sets aside US$15bn for stock repurchase

IBM's board of directors has authorised $15bn in additional funds for use in the company's stock repurchase programme.

a Staff Writer Mar 3 2008, 7:13AM Finance
EPSON appoints Tonnex as a ‘Genuine Gold Seal Supplier’

EPSON appoints Tonnex as a ‘Genuine Gold Seal Supplier’

Hardware vendor Epson Australia has announced the appointment of Tonnex International Pty Ltd as a Genuine Gold Seal Supplier of its printer consumables.
a Staff Writer Feb 29 2008, 2:21PM Hardware
Submarine cable to link US and Japan

Submarine cable to link US and Japan

A consortium of six international companies, including Google, is to build an ultra high-speed submarine fibre optic cable system linking the US and Japan.

a Staff Writer Feb 29 2008, 7:35AM Collaboration
LogicaCMG shortens its name to Logica

LogicaCMG shortens its name to Logica

Global IT and business services company, LogicaCMG group is unifying its existing brands under one new name – Logica. The LogicaCMG brand, along with the brands of Edinfor, Unilog and WM-data, will transition to the new global brand name from 28 February.
a Staff Writer Feb 28 2008, 3:22PM Collaboration
Australia’s communications industry agrees on broadband policy principles

Australia’s communications industry agrees on broadband policy principles

Australia’s communications industry has agreed on a series of “fundamental principles” that should be the basis for development of policy governing the broadband environment.
a Staff Writer Feb 26 2008, 2:14PM Collaboration
AVG: Google take the block off the St Kilda Football Club’s Website

AVG: Google take the block off the St Kilda Football Club’s Website

Roger Thompson, Chief Research Officer at AVG Technologies, has just posted an item about the problems with the St Kilda Football Club website and it seems Google is to blame.
a Staff Writer Feb 26 2008, 12:49PM Security
Phil Harrison steps down at Sony

Phil Harrison steps down at Sony

Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has announced his resignation effective from 29 February.
a Staff Writer Feb 26 2008, 7:09AM Hardware
Skills shortages threatens Australia's ICT growth

Skills shortages threatens Australia's ICT growth

The Australian ICT industry is in danger of stagnating according to a report released today by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
a Staff Writer Feb 25 2008, 2:59PM Training & Development
Toshiba and SanDisk combine Nand Flash production

Toshiba and SanDisk combine Nand Flash production

Toshiba and SanDisk have announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to build a new 300mm wafer plant in Japan.

a Staff Writer Feb 25 2008, 7:46AM Hardware
Microsoft unveils Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft unveils Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft has revealed details of Windows Small Business Server 2008 ahead of the official launch of Windows Server 2008 at the end of February.

a Staff Writer Feb 25 2008, 7:45AM Software
Land rush begins on .asia domains

Land rush begins on .asia domains

The DotAsia Organisation has announced that .asia domain names are now open to all-comers having been restricted to applications from governments and organisations for several months.

a Staff Writer Feb 21 2008, 7:16AM Collaboration
Nokia dials into mobile gaming vision

Nokia dials into mobile gaming vision

Nokia has showcased its new Snap Mobile games platform at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, along with live demos of N-Gage First Access.

a Staff Writer Feb 20 2008, 7:39AM Mobility
Telstra gets its ninth accounting separation current cost report

Telstra gets its ninth accounting separation current cost report

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued its ninth current cost accounting report relating to Telstra.
a Staff Writer Feb 19 2008, 6:45AM Collaboration
Liberal party claims Labor has raided communications fund for the bush

Liberal party claims Labor has raided communications fund for the bush

Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Bruce Billson, has come out all guns blazing at the Government, claiming it has made its first moves to raid rural Australia’s 'future proofing' Communications Fund.
a Staff Writer Feb 16 2008, 9:00AM Collaboration
IDC: Mobile data services to grow at a rate of more than 50 percent

IDC: Mobile data services to grow at a rate of more than 50 percent

New mobile data services will grow at a rate of more than 50 percent in 2008, according to an IDC review of the performance of Australian Telecom Service Providers in the third quarter of 2007.
a Staff Writer Feb 15 2008, 7:12AM Mobility
Internet hindering more than helping SMEs

Internet hindering more than helping SMEs

Small firms in the UK have a love-hate relationship with the internet, according to research published by the Cranfield School of Management.

a Staff Writer Feb 14 2008, 7:28AM Collaboration
Microsoft pushes mobile technology with Danger purchase

Microsoft pushes mobile technology with Danger purchase

Software giant Microsoft Corp has acquired Danger Inc, the company responsible for software and services powering popular consumer handsets. Microsoft also announced that several additional mobility companies worldwide will adopt and deploy Microsoft’s software and services.
a Staff Writer Feb 12 2008, 4:04PM Mobility
Yahsoft in the head

Yahsoft in the head

Rabid Reseller believes the potential Yahoo deal is a further indication that Microsoft will do whatever it takes to gain ground on the Google goliath.
a Staff Writer Feb 12 2008, 3:28PM Software
Telco giant formed after SOUL merges with TPG

Telco giant formed after SOUL merges with TPG

SP Telemedia, the telecommunications company known as SOUL, is to merge with internet service provider TPG.
a Staff Writer Feb 8 2008, 10:22AM Collaboration
NEC trials femtocells with mobile operators

NEC trials femtocells with mobile operators

NEC has announced that it is ready to start user trials of its femtocell technology in Europe.

a Staff Writer Feb 7 2008, 7:46AM Mobility

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