Gates Defend Microsoft Against 1 Bln Lawsuit; Telstra All Set For National Cable Upgrade

Microsoft's Bill Gates returned to the witness box Tuesday to protect his firm against a $1 billion antitrust case, which claims the company tricked a competitor into big losses and surged onto the market with Windows 95.

Research In Motion Ltd. shares were beaten down in a worsening market on pessimistic estimations from three brokerage houses and after the BlackBerry manufacturer stated a few of its devices are failing to boot up because of a software malfunction

Telstra will take the lead with plans to launch speed upgrades for its hybrid-fibre coaxial system all over the country by December, in spite of approaching finalization of the company's contract with NBN Co.

AT&T stated that a try was made to hack its data system. The organized effort was against almost one million wireless client accounts.