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CENTRELINK's computer system went offline across the eastern seaboard due to "unforeseen technical difficulties".

LOCALLY listed optical chip manufacturer Arasor has appointed a new CEO to replace Dr Simon Cao.

WESTERN Australia-based ComputerCorp has embarked on an east coast push with the acquisition of Queensland ICT solutions providor Coretech.

THE CSIRO's national research flagships program has the government's full support, Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.

Sharp is planning to more than double its production of solar cells over the next few years as it targets sun-rich nations in southern Europe, Southeast Asia, Central and South America and Africa.

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Representatives from 19 North American utility companies met in San Francisco on Thursday to explore ways of cutting IT energy consumption by offering rebates and other incentives.The effort has been led by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), which serves much of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, areas replete with technology companies and datacenters that have some of the greatest need to reduce energy consumption.Thursday's meeting marked the first time utility representatives from across North America have met to discuss how to implement such incentive programs, which focus largely on datacenters but also include desktop PCs and other equipment.Following a brief lull after the dot-com bubble, energy consumption at datacenters has been surging again, particularly at colocation facilities that provide capacity for other companies, said Mark Bramfitt, PG&E's principal program manager of customer energy efficiency.He estimated the current total demand from data

Controlling the movements of trailers that arrive from all over the country, unloading them and then reloading them with the correct packages is at the heart of the company's operations

Arrow Imaging meets customer demand and adds capacity for future growth using Kodak's i1860 production scanners

BlueStar has announced its distribution of the LXE MX7CS hand-held computer for cold storage