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Oracle has expanded its Fusion Middleware with new components aimed at Java developers.

China Telecom has reported an 8% decline in net income to CNY 12.67bn ($1.85bn) for the first half of 2008, on revenue up 1% to CNY 90.43bn ($13.2bn). It attributed the decline to price cuts offered by wireless carriers to customers.

Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has launched a low-power business desktop priced below $400.

South African mobile operator Vodacom has agreed to acquire African satellite and terrestrial network services provider Gateway Telecommunications for $675m. It will also pay an additional $25m to Gateway's high-yield bond.

THE nation's e-health steering body has appointed National Australia Bank tech specialist Peter Fleming as its new chief executive.

IBM staff will hold four-hour rolling stoppages in Sydney, a move that would affect customers such as Qantas, Westpac and Medicare.

TAKEOVER target St George Bank is still signing off on technology deals despite its looming $20 billion takeover by Westpac.

TELSTRA chief Sol Trujillo has ordered an internal productivity review across all businesses into the delayed $2 billion IT overhaul.

ERICSSON has demonstrated a new wireless broadband technology that transmits data 20 times faster than current 3G systems.

TWO companies connected with the defunct 2Clix accounting software company are beginning to implode amid a looming ASIC probe.