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  • Web addresses set for overhaul

    Internet regulator ICANN is working to head off a slew of potential intellectual property disputes as it prepares to open up the web to new top-level addresses that would compete with .com, .net and other traditional domains.

  • Yahoo talks on if board goes

    Microsoft has waded into a looming board stoush at Yahoo! and said it would be willing to reopen discussions with the one-time takeover target if its shareholders voted to oust a number of directors, including chief executive Jerry Yang.

  • Data centres too hot to handle

    Power-hungry data centres and computer rooms are posing a major challenge to efforts to improve the green credentials of buildings.

  • Downgrade of entertainment industry as downloads affect profits

    A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry yesterday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on.

  • Fast facts

    Qmastor ups forecast

  • Fast facts

    Call, not email, from Seoul

  • Internet, take note - darkness won't be tolerated

    As we come to rely more and more on the internet, the pressure is on web companies to be error free, writes Brad Stone.

  • Energex switches on GENe controls

    Queensland power distributor Energex Australia has completed a $12 million upgrade of its network control platform, installing new systems based on the open source Linux operating system.

  • Word is out as Electronic Arts spell end for Scrabble wannabe

    As Facebook has blossomed into a hot internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends - or at least, an unauthorised version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.

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