Apple sued over its use of 'iBook'
A New York book publisher has filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that its use of the term "iBook" violates the publisher's trademark — the second trademark infringement suit filed against the tech giant in less than a week. More...
Internet call market set to double
The market for making phone calls over the Internet is set to more than double to US$40 billion within five years, researchers said. . More...
Our future is up in the cloud
The more gadgets we accumulate the harder it becomes to remember where we put them and, more often, what we've put on them. I remember I took photos of a dogs' pool party at the weekend on my iPod Touch however the pictures of the last barbecue could be on my Android smartphone or the digital camera - and I may have copied them to my PC or my laptop, or like as not not at all. More...
Conroy promises Tassie schools
However, The Federal Government, just in case the Tasmanian State Government, have repetitively touted the ability to bring high-speed broadband to schools as a benefit of the NBN, holding demonstrations of the fibre-optic innovation in schools in both Tasmania and other early stage release sites just as Armidale over the past year. More...
Statement by GCE President Ray Muslimani About Vivek Kundra Resignation and His Role in Promoting Cloud Computing
"Vivek Kundra has been a trailblazer in the effort to modernize Federal information innovation. Kundra provided not only a vision nevertheless also the guidelines and a specific timeline needed for agencies to implement innovative technologies like cloud computing. More...
COO Yuile takes AAPT's Broad reins
Broad came to AAPT with the company's acquisition of wholesale telco PowerTel, which he as well led. Earlier his time at PowerTel, the executive had been one of NSW's best-known utilities and infrastructure executives, leading EnergyAustralia from 1997 and transforming the company from a public utility into a competitive business in the fledgling electricity market. More...
VoIP Market to Become a $40 Billion Industry
According to a recent Point Topic analysis, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) currently has a remarkable 120 million subscribers worldwide- a number in other words growing at a rapid speed. More...
Electro Standards Laboratories Unveils New Fiber Optic ST Duplex A/B Softswitch
Electro Standards Laboratories, a provider of data network solutions, announced a new fiber optic ST duplex A/B softswitch that features dual wavelength, remote serial control and optional graphic user interface. More...
Government in cyber fight but can't keep up
Notwithstanding the military's efforts, but, the overall gap appears to be widening, as adversaries and criminals move faster than government and corporations, and technologies just as mobile applications for smart phones proliferate more rapidly than policymakers can respond, officials and analysts said. More...
Solving the Elasticity-in-the-Cloud Equation
One of the lesser appreciated attributes of cloud computing is the need for elasticity. As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technologies, applications running on a cloud should be able to scale up and down automatically. More...