Study: Users want self-healing, 50-year storage

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 8:30 pm in Computerworld by Computerworld Staff
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Data Management Forum has just reported-out the results of a landmark study that looked at the current state of long-term storage -- that is, data stored for more than 10 years. Some disturbing results jump out of this study. They suggest that we live in a digital version of the Dark Ages.

Diddy combs YouTube

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pm in Fairfax Digital by SMH.com.au Staff
When Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs wanted to hire a new personal assistant he asked for CVs to be posted on YouTube.

Windows 7: Microsoft knows where its bread is buttered

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 5:00 pm in iTWire by iTWire Staff
Vista is barely starting to take hold in the marketplace, yet the loose lips in Redmond are once again busily quivering in time with their wagging tongues about the next...

Phoenix to launch August 3, 2007, for trip to Mars

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:58 pm in iTWire by iTWire Staff
Launched aboard a Delta II rocket, the Phoenix spacecraft will travel to Mars so that it can dig in the Martian soil on the planet’s arctic region. This area is...

ANZ, govt in chip card agreement

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:54 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
THE federal Government has signed an agreement with ANZ that will see some of the bank's customers trial secure access to online government services.

Alarm over Facebook predators

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm in Fairfax Digital by SMH.com.au Staff
The discovery of at three convicted sex offenders on Facebook may just be the tip of the iceberg says the Connecticut Attorney General.

2007 Perseid meteor shower is upon us

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm in iTWire by iTWire Staff
The Perseid meteor shower, sometimes generally called shooting stars, will be putting on a great performance in August—with hundreds of streaks crossing the night sky in mid-August.

SAP polishes Business One update

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:24 pm in Computerworld by Computerworld Staff

SAP is showing a new version of its Business One software to channel partners, an important step towards the general release of the product later this year.

Price surprise on NZ local loop

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:20 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
NEW ZEALAND'S competition regulator has set a lower than expected price for wholesale access services from Telecom.

Cost cuts deliver Sun profit

Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 4:09 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
SUN Microsystems has swung to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss as it reduced costs, sending the shares up 10 per cent.
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