Archive for 'Beerfiles - IT blog'
iPhone worm portends precarious problem for Apple
Published on November 11th, 2009.
This year, according to at least one report, Apple has sold about 20 million iPhones. A young post-secondary college student easily figures out a way to hack into them and inject...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Intel points the way for a computer led recovery
Published on July 14th, 2009.
In an earnings season when stocks go up if a company posts results that are not as bad as expected, giant chipmaker Intel has joined its financial and healthcare brethren Goldman Sachs and...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Europe v Microsoft, gloves are on in farce of the century
Published on June 14th, 2009.
It seems that the competition regulator of an unelected government purporting to represent the sovereign nations of Western Europe is waging a socialist war against US technology companies - and Microsoft is the...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Server market permanently under the Cloud says EMC boss
Published on June 8th, 2009.
The global server market suffered a devastating decline in the first quarter and what has been tagged as the worst slump in history may be due to a shift toward virtualisation and...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
“Windows 7 crippleware!” scream outraged netbook owners
Published on May 31st, 2009.
Microsoft has once again upset many in the netbook user community with news of artificially imposed limitations on the entry level version of its upcoming new operating system Windows 7. All over the...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
“Windows 7 crippleware!” scream outraged netbook owners
Published on May 31st, 2009.
Microsoft has once again upset many in the netbook user community with news of artificially imposed limitations on the entry level version of its upcoming new operating system Windows 7. All over the...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Microsoft to launch last ditch search effort
Published on May 25th, 2009.
The blogosphere is teeming with reports and rumours about the imminent release of a new Microsoft search engine possibly as early as next week. We caught a glimpse of it a couple of...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Vodafone and 3 attempt to ward off ACCC with pricing promise
Published on May 25th, 2009.
Some market watchers say that a pricing announcement today by Vodafone and Hutchison will not influence an ACCC determination about their proposed merger on May 29. However, it is hard not to view...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Microsoft questions EU unfair treatment in browser hearing
Published on May 25th, 2009.
Microsoft has lashed out at the European Commission over its treatment in a new antitrust case and for once the Redmond software company may have a point. The EC has brought a case...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Windows 7 leaves netbook market open for Linux
Published on May 1st, 2009.
Microsoft's newest operating system Windows 7 will leave much of the burgeoning netbook market open for Linux because of its relatively large footprint. This was confirmed to iTWire by a local Microsoft executive today,...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
$43 billion FTTH Nation Building Network back to the future
Published on April 7th, 2009.
Those old enough remember the days when Telstra and Australia Post were one combined Federal Government authority called the PMG (Postmaster General). Under the control of the Government, the PMG built up...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Vodafone follows Optus into $0 iPhone zone
Published on April 6th, 2009.
Vodafone has finally bitten the bullet and followed rival Optus with $0 upfront plans for the 8GB iPhone on 2 year contracts. The $69 and $79 plans offer reasonable data allowances but...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Greenwash billing ripoff: so what makes Optus any different?
Published on April 5th, 2009.
Australia's second largest carrier Optus tells us that going to online billing is the only way to avoid being slugged with an extra charge. Optus is no different from the other carriers...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
CSIRO takes HP to cleaners over Wi-Fi patent - next!
Published on April 2nd, 2009.
The largest IT company in the world, Hewlett-Packard, has been humbled by Australia's national science agency CSIRO and agreed to settle for an undisclosed sum over a long running Wi-Fi patent infringement suit....Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Conroy jumps out of filter fire into iiNet ire
Published on April 2nd, 2009.
Senator Stephen Conroy's watch as Communications Minister seems to be going from bad to worse after publicly making comments that could land him legal hot water. The comments at a public telecoms...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
NSW schools OLPC program to present a $600 million bill for taxpayers
Published on April 2nd, 2009.
While people have been scratching their heads over the cost of the NSW Government schools laptops program, over the next three years Lenovo, Microsoft and Adobe will rake in $600 million. And the...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Conroy invokes Russian mob, human error and Moore’s Law to support net filter
Published on March 29th, 2009.
What do the Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law have in common? They were all invoked in the space of 30 minutes to support Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's drive to impose...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market
Published on March 24th, 2009.
A low priced mobile handset capable of running multiple operating systems in virtual windows and with similar features of much higher priced smart phones is about to hit the market. The handset...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Dotcom pioneer Low breaks new ground in mobile ad frontier
Published on March 22nd, 2009.
Ten years ago a young Australian Internet pioneer showed the world how it could surf the web for free. Now Sydney Low, co-founder of one-time free ISP FreeOnline and its...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.
Dotcom pioneer Low breaks new ground in mobile ad frontier
Published on March 22nd, 2009.
Ten years ago a young Australian Internet pioneer showed the world how it could surf the web for free. Now Sydney Low, co-founder of one-time free ISP FreeOnline and its...Filled under Beerfiles - IT blog, latest news. No Comments.