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Ubisoft surprises fans with a demo of James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, available exclusively on the German Coke Zero site.

'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' becomes the biggest entertainment launch in history, grossing $550 million in just five days.

Growing signs of a “cyber cold war” as cyber attacks become politically motivated instead of financially motivated, says security firm McAfee.

For just $1000 a corporate spy can buy equipment to hack into a business's DSL connection and access – even change – highly confidential information.

Vodafone is offering SKY customers with Ideal or Ultimate packages a free upgrade to MYSKYHDi plus a discounted installation rate of NZD $49 from December 7th.

National Journal unveils cyberwar realities, differentiating between cyberwarfare's role in conflict and cybercrime's impact.

Education consultant Charles Newton warns the Government that delivering fibre broadband to rural schools is just step one in a complex digital puzzle.

Security takes centre stage in the new cloud computing offering from Unisys, which was originally developed for the US Department of Defence.

ShoreTel the IP phone systems and Unified Communications vendor has signed an established New Zealand reseller to on-sell its products.

Kiwi company Right Hemisphere, whose clients number many Fortune 500 companies, has cemented a partnership with Mecanica.

A new worm targets jailbroken iPhones, exploiting a vulnerability for those with OpenSSH installed. Time to reset your passwords.

Despite a dismal year for IT spending with a 5.2% global decline, Gartner predicts a rebound in 2010 with a 3.3% increase, reaching USD $3.3 trillion.

Microsoft's Bing search engine has just announced a series of new features, some of which are powered by the Wolfram Alpha 'answer engine'.

In a move that will disrupt the networking industry, Hewlett-Packard has entered into an agreement to buy network, switching, routing and security.

The Commerce Commission's report reveals that 2degrees has injected competitiveness into NZ's mobile market, but fixed line services remain costly.

Telecom has brought forward plans to offer wholesale services on its XT Network by a year, it's been announced today.

Visceral Games, the studio behind Dead Space, has announced that a demo for Dante's Inferno will be available in December.

Rupert Murdoch plans to remove News Corp content from Google searches, making it exclusive to paying subscribers amid claims that Google is 'stealing' stories.

Vodafone, Telecom and 2degreees have until tomorrow to decide if they should meet to reach mutual agreement on non-price terms for mobile termination rates.

According to the latest Fortinet report, scareware tactics dominated the October threat landscape and were four times more prominent than in September.