Toshiba has released a new 1.8-inch hard disk drive based on perpendicular magnetic recording that can hold 40GB of data on a single platter to provide greater storage capacity for workers.

The Australian Information Industry Association has launched a new guide to help small-to-medium enterprises develop marketing strategies so that they will find it easier to grow their businesses.

EMC has agreed to buy Rainfinity for US$100 million to provide a service that aims to reduce the complexities of management of NAS and file system environments that they are used to experiencing with SANs.

A research project created through the efforts of Perth's Curtin Business School (CBS) and Sun Microsystems has formed a computing grid linking three continents.

TOWER Software's solution provider partner, EzyFILE has created an information management solution for REST Superannuation so that it can deliver a more efficient service to 1.5 million fund members.

Symantec has continued its shopping spree of new companies with the recent acquisition of Sygate Technologies, which it plans to use to help it deal with security, compliance and remediation problems faced by many large enterprises.

The global Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering (EXITE) camp, which is aimed at encouraging women to join the ICT workforce, has touched down in Brisbane for the first time.

IBM is to contribute software to Mozilla's Firefox web browser to make it easier for more users - including those with visual and motor impairments - to access and navigate the web.

Aussie firms and organisations will soon be able to take advantage of a new service that allows them to have the data on their system recovered from a remote location, such as an airport lounge, for instance.

It seems that once one virus troublemaker has been brought to justice, there is always another one queuing around the corner, planning to wreak even more havoc than the last one.