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In pictures: AusCERT 2013 Day One

The annual AusCERT conference began on the Gold Coast with an invasion by some friendly storm troopers. Delegates heard insights from Google, the Department of Environment and Queensland Police Service. The conference continues until Friday.

Maile Carnegie new Google ANZ boss

Google Australia and New Zealand has appointed Procter & Gamble (P&G) boss Maile Carnegie as its new managing director.

Telecom NZ completes Revera acquisition

Telecom New Zealand has announced it has completed its acquisition of data centre and infrastructure services provider Revera.

Skills index surfaces IT manager job shortfall

A shortage of 100 IT manager jobs has emerged, while the second half of the year will see improvements in ICT job hiring due to new projects coming online, according the Clarius Skills Indicator report for March quarter 2013.

VHA still fighting to regain consumer trust

A "combination of events" led to loss of consumer trust in the Vodafone brand, and regaining that trust is Vodafone Hutchison Australia's "key focus", Conning Fok Kin Ning, the chairman of part VHA owner Hutchison Australia, told his company's AGM today.

State of the Storage Survey – Terms and Conditions

The Computerworld State of Storage 2013 Survey is a game of skill with the winner chosen by the Computerworld Editorial team at IDG Communications. All entries will be judged on their merit.

State of Storage Survey – win a free iPad 4

Organisations’ storage requirements are exploding. But IT managers, infrastructure managers and storage engineers aren’t just dealing with storing the massive amounts of data that businesses are generating.

Breaking: Marathon bombing suspect reportedly identified

A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday has reportedly been arrested, according to numerous news agencies, although there were conflicting reports about the status of the investigation.

Video: Boston Marathon explosion

A fixed camera at IDG's Boston offices captured the moment two explosions rocked the finish line of today's Boston Marathon. The camera shakes slightly and then smoke envelopes the view.

Verizon boosts Canberra data centre space

Verizon this morning announced that it had doubled the capacity of its Canberra data centre, bringing the total floor space of its Australian data centres to 6900 square feet.

Google Play speeds up instant gratification

Google has released what it calls a "fresh look" for Google Play, with a goal of making a purchase quick and easy.

BlackBerry stems bleeding, but sells 1 million Z10s

BlackBerry today reported a return to operating profit for its fourth quarter amid sales of 1 million Z10 smartphones. But there was also a decline of 3 million global subscribers, down to 76 million.

Live stream: Samsung's Galaxy S4 reveal (7 pm ET)

Samsung's next-generation Galaxy S4 smartphone is being unveiled Thursday night in New York City. The event starts at 7 p.m. ET.

Streaming video: RIM BlackBerry 10 Launch event (10 a.m. ET)

Research In Motion's long-anticipated release of its BlackBerry 10 OS at 10 a.m. ET today could be a make or break moment for the company.

Apple doubles down on iPad by doubling max storage to 128GB

Apple today doubled the maximum storage space of its fourth-generation iPad to 128GB, and announced it would start selling the new tablet next week.