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For just $1000 a corporate spy can buy equipment to hack into a business’s DSL connection and access – even change – highly confidential information.

Intel and NEC team up to revolutionize supercomputing, aiming to enhance high-performance computing systems with Intel's leading processors.

The UK government has received strong interest from private players for its Ultra Fast Broadband network, including international players.

Nominations are open for the 2010 Gen-i Public Sector Excellence Awards, recognizing stars in the public sector.

While the recession is proving tough for most businesses, resellers focused on the information space are witnessing a strong surge in demand.

Resellers could be cut out as Microsoft moves towards a more sustainable means of selling its software <br /> <br /> licenses.

Vodafone is offering SKY customers with Ideal or Ultimate packages a free upgrade to MYSKYHDi plus a discounted installation rate of NZD $49 from December 7th.

National Journal unveils cyberwar realities, differentiating between cyberwarfare's role in conflict and cybercrime's impact.

Telecom snubs ComCom's demand to retract statements deemed misleading amid legal fallout over compliance issues.

Labour accuses ICT Minister Steven Joyce of evading questions on Telecom's potential breakup during the Ultra Fast Broadband rollout discussions.

Education consultant Charles Newton warns the Government that delivering fibre broadband to rural schools is just step one in a complex digital puzzle.

Security takes centre stage in the new cloud computing offering from Unisys, which was originally developed for the US Department of Defence.

A new worm targets jailbroken iPhones, exploiting a vulnerability for those with OpenSSH installed. Time to reset your passwords.

ShoreTel the IP phone systems and Unified Communications vendor has signed an established New Zealand reseller to on-sell its products.

Kiwi company Right Hemisphere, whose clients number many Fortune 500 companies, has cemented a partnership with Mecanica.

Despite a dismal year for IT spending with a 5.2% global decline, Gartner predicts a rebound in 2010 with a 3.3% increase, reaching USD $3.3 trillion.

In a move that will disrupt the networking industry, Hewlett-Packard has entered into an agreement to buy network, switching, routing and security.

The Commerce Commission’s report reveals that 2degrees has injected competitiveness into NZ's mobile market, but fixed line services remain costly.

Telecom has brought forward plans to offer wholesale services on its XT Network by a year, it’s been announced today.

Microsoft’s Bing search engine has just announced a series of new features, some of which are powered by the Wolfram Alpha ‘answer engine’.