Oracle handed setback in HP Itanium case

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 3:40 pm in Computerworld by John Ribeiro
A court in California rejected Oracle's bid to use a fraud claim to undo an agreement to support the Itanium processor, that it is said to have made with Hewlett-Packard.

Salesforce.com launches Desk.com help-desk service

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 3:09 pm in Computerworld by Chris Kanaracus
Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

European Commission launches $12m cloud partnership

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 2:32 pm in iTNews by iTnews
To develop common requirements for government procurement.

Vodafone teams up with McAfee to offer security app for Android

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 2:23 pm in Computerworld by Hamish Barwick
Vodafone has teamed up with security vendor, McAfee, to offer a protection service for the telco’s Android phone customers.

Java roadmap: Oracle’s two-year plan

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 1:57 pm in Computerworld by Paul Krill
The company is planning aggressive moves for the critical software platform in the next few years. Here's a rundown.

Macquarie Telecom appoints general manager for govt hosting

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 1:56 pm in Computerworld by Computerworld Staff
Cloud and business telco, Macquarie Telecom, has appointed former SingTel Optus account manager, Brian Fenwick, as its general manager for government hosting.

iiNet concludes Internode acquistion

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 1:48 pm in Computerworld by Tim Lohman
iiNet has confirmed the completion of its [[artnid: 411072 |acquisition of Internode|new]], some five weeks after it first announced its intention to acquire the South Australia-based internet service provider.

Simple mobile add-ons make big money

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 1:07 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
FORGET complexity, ingenuity and technical sophistication: the simplest of mobile phone attachments are making a mint for accessory makers.

Tourists turned back from US over Twitter joke to ‘destroy America’ and dig up Monroe’s grave

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 12:56 pm in Fairfax Digital by SMH.com.au Staff
An Australian information technology expert said social media users have to get used to being cautious about what they write online, after two British tourists said they were thrown out of the US for joking on Twitter that they were going to "destroy America" and dig up Marilyn Monroe's grave.

In pictures: Optus milestones

Posted on January 31st, 2012 at 12:56 pm in Computerworld by Hamish Barwick
Telecommunications company, Optus, celebrated its 20th anniversary this week. We take a look back at some recent history.
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