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• Microsoft Hohm outs home energy hogs

  Microsoft has expanded its Hohm energy monitoring portal so home owners can see, directly from their personal computers, how much power their homes use.

• Iran was prime target of SCADA worm

  Computers in Iran have been hardest hit by a dangerous computer worm that tries to steal information from industrial control systems.

• Siemens: Removing SCADA worm may harm plants

  Removing a dangerous worm that targets industrial systems could disrupt plant operations, Siemens Industry warned customers Thursday.

• Siemens: German customer hit by industrial worm

  Siemens confirmed Tuesday that one of its customers has been hit by a new worm designed to steal secrets from industrial control systems.

• After worm, Siemens says don't change passwords

  Although a newly discovered worm could allow criminals to break into Siemens' industrial automation systems using a default password, Siemens is telling customers to leave their passwords alone.

• New virus targets industrial secrets

  Siemens is warning customers of a new and highly sophisticated virus that targets the computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems used by manufacturing and utility companies.

• AGL hit by IT systems outage

  Twitter isn’t the only company with IT woes; customer systems at energy provider, AGL, are also offline.

• Origin Energy forms solar JV with Micron

  Origin will develop solar photovoltaic technology with the US-listed company

• Petratherm and Geodynamics win millions in gov funds

  The funds will be used to help build demonstration geothermal energy power plants

• AGL forecasts NPAT of $420m for FY10

  But profit to be hit by the unseasonably warm Winter

• Shell to debut floating LNG plant in Australia

  New technology has the potential to reduce costs and emissions, Shell says

• Gorgon gas project gets go-ahead

  Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell in joint gas venture

• Energy providers call for Smart Network consideration in NBN

  Energy providers have urged the federal government to recognise the benefits of existing fibre infrastructure in the national broadband network (NBN) roll out and to consider the 'Smart Network' opportunities.