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Microsoft reportedly pondered buying Nokia, bailed

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 5:29
The plan was to combine Microsoft with a device maker with scale and then go after the likes of Apple and Samsung.
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Enterprise apps landing on Google Glass by 2014

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 5:22
You may not think Google Glass has any practical applications in the enterprise — not yet, anyway — but one U.S. firm is working on disproving the naysayers by bringing a range of enterprise apps to the search giant's wearable technology by early 2014.
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Which Microsoft apps are supported (and not) on Windows Azure?

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 5:09
Wondering which Microsoft apps and services are validated and supported on Windows Azure for running in virtual machine? Here's the list.
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Red Hat Q1 earnings: Right in line

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 5:09
Results are in for the U.S. open source software company's fiscal first quarter 2014. A look at the numbers.
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Kim Dotcom: Petabytes of MegaUpload users' data has been destroyed

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 3:31
An enraged Dotcom says European Web hosting company LeaseWeb is guilty of "the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet."
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Microsoft unleashes bug bounty program — for betas, too

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 2:00
The software giant's bug bounty program will aim to fix security flaws, bugs, and vulnerabilities even before products are released.
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MicroStrategy, Hortonworks partner to connect business intelligence, Hadoop

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 1:50
Specifically, MicroStrategy has certified Hortonworks Data Platform 1.3 with MicroStrategy 9.3.1. Legacy vendors are increasingly cutting Hadoop partnerships.
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AMD exec at Structure 2013: The one-size-fits-all hardware era is over

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 1:43
"For a long time in this industry, we just sat around for a more efficient processor to come out and put that on a motherboard. Those days are over," according to an AMD executive.
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DRAM prices up as market matures: IHS

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 1:02
Oversupply and decreasing demand, which in turn led to weak pricing, have put pressure on the DRAM market. But now the industry has matured in such a way that is can still grow despite tough conditions.
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SHI's cloud mantra: Keep IT involved

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 0:08
With more than $4.45 billion in annual sales, the reseller has close ties to Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Microsoft, Symantec and VMware.
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Nokia's outsourced IT staff facing layoffs at HCL and TCS

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 20. June 2013 - 0:04
Imminent layoffs at Nokia's key IT outsourcing partners will likely amount to more than half of the Finns it transferred earlier this year.
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Review: Microsoft Surface Pro

(AU) itnews - 52 min 42 sec ago
A year is a long time in the computer hardware business.
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Catch Team: mobile note-taker adds enterprise-grade collaboration

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 1 hour 4 min ago
Catch, the popular mobile app for note-taking and collaboration, is aiming for increased enterprise take-up with the launch of its secure, managed Team product.
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Microsoft to pay cash for vulnerability reports

(AU) itnews - 1 hour 8 min ago
Up to US$100,000 bounty.
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Vodafone has no plans for 4G modems

(AU) itnews - 1 hour 11 min ago
Unlikely in 2013.
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Zetta.net speeds up cloud backup solution

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 1 hour 16 min ago
The service provider has nabbed $8 million in venture funding, bringing its total backing to $39.5 million.
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'Data massacre' as Megaupload files deleted

(AU) itnews - 1 hour 31 min ago
LeaseWeb wipes hundreds of servers.
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NSA seeks to justify vast surveillance

(AU) itnews - 1 hour 32 min ago
Helped to disrupt more than 50 attacks.
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SiSense announces analytics on Rackspace cloud

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 1 hour 32 min ago
SiSense brings its single-server Prism BI/Big Data package to the Rackspace cloud, offering low-overhead analytics, on a subscription basis.
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BT lines up new CEO as Livingston departs for ministerial job

(AU) ZDNet Australia - 2 hours 8 min ago
Ian Livingston is leaving BT after five years at the top, and will be succeeded by the current head of its retail arm.
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