In an unexpected move that could be a sign of the times, Hutchison and Vodafone will merge their telecom operations to form a 50:50 joint venture [ + ]

UsabilityOne reports that Federal governent websites prove to be inaccessible for some Australians.  [ + ]

Document creation and generation without the need of the IT department has to be a winner. Intelledox has released its SaaS version. [ + ]

CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide — the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records. [ + ]

Polaris, the disaster, terrorist and earthquake proof centre that will host mission-critical ICT systems for government departments and corporate enterprises, will open and close tomorrow. [ + ]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has put out its initial green storage power measurement specification which is designed to classify storage systems. [ + ]

A research partnership between CSIRO and China into wireless technologies is an exciting development which should bear fruit in the 4G and 5G mobile networks arena. [ + ]

Finger vein authentication technology, developed by Hitachi following several years of R&D, uses the vein patterns of one's fingers to verify individual identity. [ + ]

Gen-i has won the Fonterra WAN and telephony services for Fonterra supplanting outsourcer EDS. [ + ]

The panel judging bids for the National Broadband Network has made its final submission to the federal government — but the government refuses to reveal any of the findings. [ + ]

A wave of emails claiming that Barack Obama is refusing to accept the US Presidency is actually an attack carrying the Waledec botnet, say experts from Marshal8e6. [ + ]

Nortel's bankruptcy filing will spur a new wave of competition in the telecommunications industry, according to Ovum. [ + ]

More than half of complaints about violations of the Do Not Call Register are about telecommunications companies, ACMA has found. [ + ]

One of North America's biggest telcommunications equipment suppliers, Nortel has filed for bankruptcy but purportedly the local operations are unaffected. [ + ]

Dr Steve Hodgkinson, Research Director at Ovum, raises the question: Should it one day be green to shun the internet? The answer is, of course, that data centres need to be more efficient but there is also a 'catch 22' scenario that he explores. [ + ]