http://www.itwire.com – With buyer intentions in some doubt, IDC has suggested that global IT spending might be flat or even down over the next 12-months, although it says that eventually, spending in the post-economic downturn phase, will have to pick up again, as projects and updates that were put on hold during the downturn become more critical to competitiveness in the recovery. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Woolworths has just concluded a review of its Australia-wide enterprise telecommunications requirements, resulting in a restructure of telecommunication services across the company over the next year and the identification of what the company says are “opportunities to gain productivity benefits through flexibility and increased efficiency across the business.” (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – The maiden voyage of the solar-powered Solar Impulse HB-SIA airplane occurred on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, from its home base in Switzerland. The craft uses only sunlight for its power, and stores it in batteries so it can fly at night.   (IT news)

http://www.tuxradar.com – There's a problem with the state of Linux audio, and it's not that it doesn't always work. The issue is that it's overcomplicated. This soon becomes evident if you sit down with a piece of paper and try to draw the relationships between the technologies involved with taking audio from a music file to your speakers: the diagram soon turns into a plate of knotted spaghetti. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Nokia Siemens Networks has announced completion of a capacity upgrade to the TasGovNet optical fibre backbone network, provided by Government-owned power utility, Aurora Energy. (IT news)

http://www.itwire.com – Following several months of worrisome news about security holes in its Acrobat and Reader software, Adobe is looking at ways to make exploits more difficult. (IT news)