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Inside Alcatel-Lucent's bid to keep its NBN contracts
Big guns brought in to lay out strategy to NBN Co.
Nov 18 2013 6:55AM
Telecom NZ inflates network value by $1 billion
No big deal, says financial analyst.
May 3 2011 11:30AM
Novell sold for $2.2 billion
As Microsoft-led consortium sweeps up 882 Novell patents.
Nov 23 2010 9:55AM
Novell acquired by Attachmate
Part of a $US2.2 billion deal.
Nov 23 2010 9:38AM
HP to buy ArcSight for US$1.5 billion
Bolsters presence in SIEM space.
Sep 14 2010 2:41PM
Microsoft IE8 stops one billion malware attacks
SmartScreen web spam filter reaches milestone.
Jul 27 2010 11:56AM
Facebook takes top spot with over a third of internet visits
Latest Google data shows social networking domination.
May 31 2010 7:13AM
US$51bn losses from software piracy contribute to malware
Four out of ten software packages installed last year were pirated.
May 14 2010 2:41PM
Apple logs more record sales numbers
Company continues to defy hard times with solid sales.
Oct 20 2009 2:34PM
Indian outsourcing market begins to pick up
Tata Consultancy Services announces recruitment drive.
Sep 5 2009 10:00AM
Visa aims for mobile payments on four billion phones
E-commerce network to span the globe.
Jul 2 2009 6:43AM
Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years
Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years.
May 27 2009 2:02PM
Sun builds world's biggest application store for Java
Sun chief executive has announced that Sun is to build an application store for Java and is aiming for a billion users.
May 22 2009 9:04AM
Global mobile connections hit four billion
The GSM Association (GSMA) has released figures from its Wireless Intelligence unit, claiming that the global number of connections on mobile phone networks has exceeded four billion, and will reach six billion by 2013.
Feb 12 2009 6:28AM
Online population tops one billion
The global online population has topped one billion, not including children or mobile internet users, according to comScore.
Jan 27 2009 6:40AM
Mobile web browsing on the up
Mobile web browsing is increasing dramatically, according to the latest report from browser maker Opera.
Dec 24 2008 6:55AM
Jobs shows up to report strong Apple earnings
Macs, iPods and especially iPhones grow revenues, profits for Apple as 'surprise guest' Steve Jobs makes cameo to talk up smartphone growth, weigh in on economic crisis.
Oct 23 2008 2:53PM
IBM makes a billion here, a billion there
IBM has defied analyst predictions, posting a 20 per cent increase in the third quarter profit over last year, despite poor hardware sales.
Oct 18 2008 10:28AM
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated over US$168 million to wipe out malaria and other deadly diseases by 2015.
Sep 29 2008 2:59PM
Global internet users reach 1.4 billion
A quarter of the global population will regularly use the internet during 2008, according to IDC's Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast.
Jul 22 2008 8:37AM
