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. [ + ]

Satyam, the Indian outsourcing vendor, is doing everything in its power to reassure its customer base that it is business as usual, despite its woes. [ + ]

The 'one laptop per child' initiative that started with great hopes has been hit by the financial storm. [ + ]

A new search engine has entered into the already crowded web search market, claiming to have several time-saving features to differentiate it from existing engines. [ + ]

Chinese regulators have issued 3G licences to the country's three operators. In contrast, India has postponed the kick-off date for the auction of 3G licences to the end of January 2009. [ + ]

Jens Butler, Principal Analyst at Ovum, comments on the possible impact of the Satyam fraud for the Australian customers that include Telstra, NAB, Qantas, Optus and AAPT. [ + ]

Well it had to happen with the financial industry imploding due to questionable practices — the IT industry has taken its first hit with Indian outsourcing company, Satyam fiddling with its balance sheet to the tune of US$1.6 billion.   [ + ]

A new Ovum report declares that unified communications works well for some companies, but is not a must-have. [ + ]