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  • EFTel expands network with Nextep

    Internet service provider Eftel has signed an agreement with NEC-owned Nextep Broadband, giving it sole access to certain equipment in telephone exchanges which will increase its new broadband network by around twice its current size.

  • Business warming up to the iPhone

    Apple has captivated the general public with the iPhone, but has it convinced the business world to take the plunge?

  • Sun to shed up to 6,000 jobs

    Sun Microsystems late last week announced plans to shed between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs.

  • 3 launches Facebook phone

    Mobile operator 3 has unveiled a phone designed for accessing web 2.0 services such as Facebook.

  • AMD debuts 45nm 'Shanghai' CPU

    AMD launched its latest quad-core Opteron processor, code-named 'Shanghai', yesterday internationally.

  • Microsoft overhauls Window Live

    Microsoft has announced an overhaul of its Windows Live products, Hotmail and MSN Messenger, which the new products being available from February 2009.

  • White boxer swallows Optima warranties

    Local generic PC manufacturer Impact Systems has today agreed to take on the warranties of its failed competitor, Optima Technology Solutions.

  • Internode gets Chumby

    The 'net gets friendly, courtesy of Internode and Chumby.

  • Vodafone grows Aussie customer base

    Vodafone Australia added 84,000 customers in the sixmonths to September for a total of 4.1 million, despite what it called a challenging economic environment. But profits fell.

  • Gmail gets voice, video chat

    Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It's a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it's simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail.

  • NSW razor broadly misses IT spending

    Technology spending within the NSW Government appears to have largely escaped the razor in today's mini-budget, despite a slew of other spending cuts announced by Treasurer Eric Roozendaal.

  • Novell gets new Aussie chief

    Software company Novell has appointed former Oracle and Informix executive Alan Robinson to be its new managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

  • Aussies pay more: dollar hits ICT prices

    The local branches of a number of global technology powerhouses last week admitted they would hike prices as a result of the declining value of the Australian dollar; and local IT chiefs are not impressed.

  • Ballmer backs Obama's leadership

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer this week said he had confidence in President-elect Barack Obama's leadership, during a whirlwind visit to Sydney.

  • NBN doomed to failure: iiNet

    Australia's third-largest ISP iiNet said yesterday that the government's $4.7 billion national broadband network was "doomed to be a monumental failure" despite the fact that iiNet itself is a member of Terria, a consortium bidding to build the network.

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