Stephen Lawson - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 10/04/2013 Oracle-HP court battle over Itanium delayed indefinitely

Oracle and Hewlett-Packard's ongoing legal battle over software for Itanium has run into another delay, and this time there's no telling how long it w...

Article | 10/04/2013 AT&T looks to Wi-Fi for international roaming

AT&T's addition of Boingo Wireless Wi-Fi hotspots to its international roaming coverage may point toward the future of mobile data across borders.

Article | 9/04/2013 Google to bring gigabit-speed fiber to Austin

Google will roll out its second city fiber network in Austin, Texas, offering gigabit-speed Internet and TV along with free basic broadband on plans s...

Article | 8/04/2013 Network heavy hitters to pool SDN efforts in OpenDaylight project

Software-defined networking, a set of technologies to help networks better adapt to user needs with less manual effort, may at last be getting the com...

Article | 4/04/2013 LenovoEMC fortifies small-business storage with enterprise smarts

Small and medium-sized enterprises with no full-time IT staff are beginning to get some of the same features that large data centers have for efficien...

Article | 4/04/2013 Oracle brings data center fabric to Sparc systems

Oracle has extended its data center fabric to its Sparc-based Unix platforms, promising to let enterprises tie more servers and applications into the ...

Article | 3/04/2013 Network administrators look to SDN with hope, concern

Some network operators say they need new tools to set up and manage connections in a virtualized world, even if that means adopting software-defined n...

Article | 2/04/2013 Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds

Alcatel-Lucent is promising more manageable cloud computing through Nuage Networks, an internal startup that is making its formal debut on Tuesday.

Article | 29/03/2013 With S-Translator, Samsung aims to reach an old industry goal in real time

The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be shipping in 155 countries by the end of next month, and its real-time voice translation to help people communicate acros...

Article | 28/03/2013 Sprint pledges not to use Huawei, lawmaker says

Sprint Nextel and Softbank have pledged to keep Huawei Technologies products out of the Sprint network and try to replace Huawei gear that is already ...

Article | 27/03/2013 Study: One-quarter of U.S. patents issued this year will be in mobile

The land rush for mobile patents is so feverish that about one-quarter of all patents issued in the U.S. this year will be mobile-related, according t...

Article | 26/03/2013 Cell system used in Antarctica may help to cover the Plains

Rural residents in North America may soon get a shot at better cellular coverage with an open-source technology being used in Antarctica, Mexico and P...

Article | 22/03/2013 Fortinet to buy Coyote Point to merge security with application delivery

Network security appliance maker Fortinet will expand its offerings for application delivery by acquiring privately held Coyote Point Systems.

Article | 22/03/2013 FCC Chairman Genachowski to announce resignation Friday, report says

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski reportedly plans to resign, ending a four-year term marked by significant efforts to expand wired and wireless broadba...

Article | 21/03/2013 QLogic promises speed, simplicity with first Mt. Rainier cache-on-adapter products

QLogic's technology for clustered cache storage on SAN adapters will hit the market this month in the form of adapters with integrated 200GB or 400GB ...