Monthly Archives: February 2013

Worldwide IT Spending Forecast To Reach US$3.5 Trillion Next Year

Gartner has forecast growth in worldwide IT spending next year, with software and IT services revenue leading the way. Spending will reach US$3.5 trillion in 2017, up 2.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the Gartner forecast. Software spending is forecast to grow 6 per cent this year to US$333 billion, and another 7.2 per cent…
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Google Chief Picks Redflow For Across-Property Solar Energy

Google A/NZ engineering director Alan Noble is the first Australian customer to install Redflow’s new world market-leading ZCell batteries to deliver round-the-clock solar energy at his off-grid property in Willunga, SA, as Redflow – whose CEO/chairman is former NBN director Simon Hackett – has revealed. Previously mains power was available in only one corner of…
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Microsoft Surface Pro Slammed In Massive Put Down

Microsoft’s Surface Pro has been slammed, literally, already plagued with display problems a leading US NFL coach was so frustrated with the Microsoft tablet device that he slammed it into the ground at a game being watched by millions. The putdown by leading New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick who also happens to be the most…
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