Communications vendors Motorola and Cox have achieved return path data transmission speeds of 356 Mbps in Las Vegas tests, claiming a world record in the process.

The two millionth .au domain registration occured last night, prompting celebration from within the industry.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) welcomes the comprehensive review of media and communications regulation recently announced by Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

NEC has launched one of the world’s first devices to simultaneously acquire fingerprint and finger vein characteristics without physical contact. Dubbed the HS100-10 Contactless Hybrid Finger Scanner (HS100-10), it is scheduled to ship in May 2011.

The acquisition of McAfee by Intel is complete with plans to tackle security in a completely different way.

IBM has been awarded a $23.6m contract with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to design and build Australia’s National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) project.

A new study suggests that as the majority of Australian organisations already use or are actively planning to use cloud computing, there will be a development to hybrid clouds in the future.

Acronis warns small-sized businesses about the concerns associated with the rapid adoption of virtualisation.

Telecom is endeavouring to maintain operations in earthquake-hit Christchurch; however, many challenges remain.

Software developers will have the opportunity to turn NSW Government information into apps for community use.

EMC has announced the RSA Cloud Trust Authority, a set of cloud-based services aimed at creating stronger relationships between organisations and cloud service providers.

Pacnet announced the launch of its Sydney Data Centre, their latest investment into Australia that is designed to meet the rapidly growing hosting and co-location demands of Australian businesses.

Smith Micro Software has announced an agreement with Telecom New Zealand over the use of the Smith Micro Software QuickLink Mobile.

BitGravity has been acquired by Tata Communications and becomes a Tata Communications operating business subsidiary.

A Supplementary Order Paper, outlining further proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act, along with supporting Cabinet Papers has been released.