A FIFTH of all Australians are victims of credit card fraud or computer hackers, a crime report said.

Apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.

With Yahoo counting on cloud computing to accelerate development, a behind-the-scenes IT guy like Shelton Shugar moves into the spotlight.

TV show's stars talk about the duct tape, dirty cars, ricocheting bullets, and lots of other crazy experiments that will make up the new fall episodes of Discovery channel's most popular show.

(Telecompaper) Cisco has agreed to acquire videoconferencing systems maker Tandberg for USD 3.0 billion, expanding its lead in the telepresence market. Cisco is offering NOK 153.5 per share for the Norwegian company, equal to a 11 percent premium on Tandberg's closing share price the day before the bid and a 25 percent premium on the three-month volume weighted closing price. Tandberg's board is recommending the offer to shareholders. Subject to regulatory approval, the takeover is expected to close in the first half of 2010, and Cisco expects the acquisition to add to its non-GAAP earnings in fiscal 2011. Cisco said it will maintain Tandberg's Norway operations as a European centre of video excellence, alongside its own video team in Belgium. Tandberg's 1,500 employees worldwide will also continue with Cisco, and Tandberg's CEO Fredrik Halvorsen will head the new Telepresence Technology Group, reporting to Marthin De Beer, senior VP of Cisco's Emerging Technologies Group.

Microsoft's new data center in Chicago runs servers packed in shipping containers to let it quickly add or remove capacity as it tries to compete with google in online services.

FinancialForce.com, a startup providing financial and accounting software as a service, is getting a minority investment and on-campus office space from Salesforce.com.

IBM says it has received a "positive response" from the 178 employment offers handed to Qantas IT project delivery staff.

US network equipment maker Cisco Systems is to buy Norwegian video-conferencing equipment maker Tandberg for $3.4 billion in cash.

Show's stars talk about duct tape, dirty cars, ricocheting bullets, and crazy experiments that will make up the new fall episodes of Discovery channel's most popular show.