IBM has again been named the top cloud performer in Longhaus' annual Australian cloud-provider report, which ranks providers of infrastructure as a service. From a list of 175 providers that offer cloud services to Australian firms, 50 were qualified to be evaluated by Longhaus, and 45 were shortlisted using the answers to over 90 survey questions

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IBM still the best cloud: Longhaus

A failure in social media education on behalf of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has led to yet another public embarrassment for the organisation, after over 1000 soldiers have been implicated in a hate group that engages in regular sexism, homophobia and racism, according to a report. ABC's 7.30 program revealed last night that the closed Facebook group has played host to over 1000 soldiers trying to outdo each other with various inappropriate comments

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Social media again proves army's undoing

Broadband wholesaler Eftel has reported a half-year loss of $3.1 million due to writing down its BroadbandNext DSLAM equipment, worth $3.9 million. The company stated in its financial report released yesterday that the board viewed its BroadbandNext DSLAM network equipment as being "impaired", and wrote down the assets at the end of 2011

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A recent domain seizure has shown that the US Government doesn't need the Stop Online Piracy Act to do something about websites that contravene its laws and principles. The seizure notice (Screenshot by Suzanne Tindal/ZDNet Australia) This week, a federal grand jury in Maryland, US, indicted the founder of a company running online gaming site Bodog.com along with three other people for conducting a gambling business that is illegal in that state. It also accused them of arranging payment of winnings from bank accounts outside the country to US gamblers, as well as payments made to companies inside the US for site promotion

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iiNet plans to offer services on the interim National Broadband Network (NBN) satellite service later this month. The Interim Satellite Service offers peak download speeds of up to 6 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 1 megabit per second

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iiNet to offer NBN satellite services

A laptop stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station, an internal investigation has found. The laptop, which was not encrypted, was among dozens of mobile devices lost or stolen in recent years that contained sensitive information, the space agency's inspector general told Congress in testimony highlighting NASA's security challenges. "The March 2011 theft of an unencrypted NASA notebook computer resulted in the loss of the algorithms used to command and control the International Space Station," NASA Inspector General Paul K

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Stolen NASA PC held space station control codes

Space is already full of heavenly bodies, but apparently not enough of the kind to satisfy those at Playboy, which is taking matters into its own hands. (Credit: Thomas Tenery/Playboy Enterprises) The adult magazine company has come up with a concept for a Playboy Club in space that includes a zero-gravity dance club and Playboy bunnies with jet packs.

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The significance of the Telstra structural separation undertaking (SSU) seems to have missed many people. This week Twisted Wire tries to explain why it's so important. The Prime Minister said on Tuesday that the new agreement is the green light for the roll-out of the National Broadband Network

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Optus has launched two unlimited data roaming packages for Australians travelling to select destinations in Asia. The Bridge DataRoamUnlimited packs are available in two options: a $27, three-day pack; and a $40, five-day pack. If the user continues to use their phone past the nominated days, they will be charged at Optus' standard roaming rates of $0.15 per kilobyte, or $15.36 per megabyte (for Bridge Alliance customers).

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Take a peek inside the Windows 8 consumer preview , and see what Microsoft has in store for the iconic Windows operating system.

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Inside the Windows 8 beta: photos