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Apple hints at cloud-based iTunes in its upcoming San Francisco event, fuelling speculation about new iPods and TV show rentals.

Electronic Arts remains firm in response to calls to ban its upcoming first-person shooter set in modern-day Afghanistan.

Intel acquires McAfee for $7.68bn, aiming to integrate security into its chipmaking, addressing the surge in cyber threats.

Symantec has finalised its acquisition of VeriSign's identity and authentication business, forging a future of simplified and secure online interactions.

NetApp and Symantec team up to improve SAN customers' storage efficiency, offering tools to manage, reduce, and reclaim space, cutting IT footprints and costs.

Fortinet report reveals a surge in Sasfis botnet variants, evolving to spam users with fake invoices and Facebook links.

Virtualisation fuels the cloud's growth, with Gartner predicting a $US6.2bn market by 2013, enhancing efficiency and agility for businesses.

Intel's experimental chip could replace electrons with light beams to carry data at 50Gbps, potentially revolutionizing computer design.

Google launches a suite of apps aimed at government bodies to cut IT costs and boost security, now adopted by Los Angeles.

Microsoft's future roadmap for its Business Productivity Online suite aims to bridge the gap between on-premises and hosted server features by fiscal 2011.

Microsoft partners with Websense to boost data security, offering advanced classification and protection for sensitive business information.

Game designer Peter Molyneux reveals new details about his upcoming Kinect-driven game, Milo and Kate, at TEDGlobal 2010 in Oxford, England.

OneNet unveils a budget-friendly online server backup, offering 75GB storage for USD $125/month, enhancing revenue potential for partners.

PC Battlefield: Bad Company 2 gamers will soon be able to join in on the co-operative fun that their console-gaming counterparts have been enjoying for weeks.

Riverbed enhances its Microsoft collaboration, launching a new secure web gateway and WAN optimisation solution for remote offices.

Ingram Micro now offers Altiris training to empower Symantec resellers, enhancing IT asset management and security solutions.

AVG warns SMBs are neglecting vital IT security policies, offering essential steps to safeguard against online threats.

As businesses face a deluge of communication apps, systems integrators are offering unified solutions to streamline voice, email, and messaging services.

Security requirements and strategies apply to unifi ed communications solutions just as much as they do to traditional phone and email systems.

Unified communications (UC) can elevate how SMBs handle internal and external tasks, offering cost-effective, scalable, and manageable IT solutions.