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  • NEC steals a march with all-in-one drive

    NEC Corporation has completed the development of a storage device that is capable of playing back HD DVDs, DVDs, and CDs with a single optical head, enabling creation of the world's first half height size drive suitable for desktop compute...

  • Sensis driving for wireless mapping future

    Universal Publishers, one of Australia's biggest mapping and street directory businesses, is the latest company to be bought by Sensis, which plans to offer digital mapping in cars eventually, as well as many other advanced mapping services.

  • Cisco promises tighter network security

    Security within the network is set to be enhanced following the acquisition of Protego Networks by Cisco Systems, which provides security monitoring and threat management appliances for enterprises and small-to-medium business networks.

  • Financial services set to buck IT spend trend

    While the IT economy at large is expected to remain fairly lukewarm in terms of growth in the coming year, the financial services industry is on pace to buck the trend, with significant increases in IT spending predicted for the sector.

  • Microsoft stalled by spyware legal problems

    Microsoft's plans to offer new software to help customers cope with vulnerabilities following the take over of anti-spyware company Giant Company Software could be scuppered after Sunbelt Software claimed that its share in the company woul...

  • Pocket PC is next year's target for viruses

    Despite 2004 being a good year on record for catching virus writer and cyber criminals, with authorities in many countries completing big arrests, pocket PCs could be next year's big target for hackers.

  • Siebel deal caps tumultuous week for software industry

    CRM software provider Siebel Systems has capped what has been an incredible few days of activity in the software industry, with the acquisition of eBilling and customer self-service software provider edocs for US$115 million in cash.

  • Lots of lolly in Linux

    Despite the operating system's close association with freely available software, there is certtainly money to be made from Linux, according to the findings of a new global Linux market share and forecast study conducted by market research firm IDC.

  • NEC steals a march with all-in-one drive

    NEC Corporation has completed the development of a storage device that is capable of playing back HD DVDs, DVDs, and CDs with a single optical head, enabling creation of the world's first half height size drive suitable for desktop compute...

  • Sensis driving for wireless mapping future

    Universal Publishers, one of Australia's biggest mapping and street directory businesses, is the latest company to be bought by Sensis, which plans to offer digital mapping in cars eventually, as well as many other advanced mapping services.

  • Cisco promises tighter network security

    Security within the network is set to be enhanced following the acquisition of Protego Networks by Cisco Systems, which provides security monitoring and threat management appliances for enterprises and small-to-medium business networks.

  • Financial services set to buck IT spend trend

    While the IT economy at large is expected to remain fairly lukewarm in terms of growth in the coming year, the financial services industry is on pace to buck the trend, with significant increases in IT spending predicted for the sector.

  • Microsoft stalled by spyware legal problems

    Microsoft's plans to offer new software to help customers cope with vulnerabilities following the take over of anti-spyware company Giant Company Software could be scuppered after Sunbelt Software claimed that its share in the company woul...

  • Pocket PC is next year's target for viruses

    Despite 2004 being a good year on record for catching virus writer and cyber criminals, with authorities in many countries completing big arrests, pocket PCs could be next year's big target for hackers.

  • Siebel deal caps tumultuous week for software industry

    CRM software provider Siebel Systems has capped what has been an incredible few days of activity in the software industry, with the acquisition of eBilling and customer self-service software provider edocs for US$115 million in cash.

  • Lots of lolly in Linux

    Despite the operating system's close association with freely available software, there is certtainly money to be made from Linux, according to the findings of a new global Linux market share and forecast study conducted by market research firm IDC.