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France says 'non' to three strikes law 
Telco/ISP
France says 'non' to three strikes law
Apr 14, 2009 | Comment Now 
The Upper House of the French Government has rejected a bill which would have seen people accused of illegal online file sharing deprived of an Internet connection without ...
 
Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm 
Telco/ISP
Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm
Mar 24, 2009 | Comment Now 
Internet privacy campaigners have written to the world's top internet companies urging them to steer clear of behavioural targeting software vendor Phorm, which they see as ...
 
Unshackled EMI man says fight against file sharing is useless 
Software
Unshackled EMI man says fight against file sharing is useless
Feb 16, 2009 | Comment Now 
As an employee of global music giant EMI Per Erik Johansen felt the need to toe the company line when it came to the prickly subject of file sharing and illegal downloads.
 
Intel and Micron push the button on 34nm flash fab  
Hardware
Intel and Micron push the button on 34nm flash fab
Nov 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Intel and Micron have today announced mass production of their jointly developed 34nm, 32 gigabit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory device
 
Apple opens 250th store 
Strategy
Apple opens 250th store
Nov 13, 2008 | Comment Now 
APPLE WILL OPEN its 250th retail store on Friday continuing the Cupertino company's rapidly-expanding presence on the world's High Streets.
 
Hack paves way for unlocked Android 
Software
Hack paves way for unlocked Android
Nov 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Google's first foray into the world of mobile phones, the Android G1, has been hacked just days after being released into the wild.
 
Sandisk speeds up SSD 
Hardware
Sandisk speeds up SSD
Nov 7, 2008 | Comment Now 
FFS... that's fast!
 
Adobe Acrobat 8 full of holes 
Security
Adobe Acrobat 8 full of holes
Nov 6, 2008 | Comment Now 
Users of version 8 of Adobe's ubiquitous PDF reader software should patch immediately to version 8.1.3 or upgrade to version 9 to prevent problems caused by serious flaws in ...
 
Future is rank for 3,000 Xerox employees 
Training & Development
Future is rank for 3,000 Xerox employees
Oct 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
Tech giant Xerox is the latest company to announce large-scale redundancies and blame it on the current economic turmoil.
 
Unidentified Mac spotted by web watchers 
Hardware
Unidentified Mac spotted by web watchers
Oct 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
Steve Jobs was being as enigmatic as ever when asked if Apple would enter the increasingly cut-throat netbook market during a recent financial conference call.
 
Greenest Macbooks ever still not green enough 
Hardware
Greenest Macbooks ever still not green enough
Oct 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
Despite the fact that the new Macbook line-up is supposedly the greenest ever, with better energy efficiency and less toxic components, Greenpeace is still saying Apple could ...
 
Apple Brick rumours building 
Hardware
Apple Brick rumours building
Oct 7, 2008 | Comment Now 
The web has been buzzing with rumours that a new Apple product, code-named Brick, would be announced in an industry keynote on October 14th.
 
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria 
Finance
$3 billion pledged to wipe out malaria
Sep 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated over US$168 million to wipe out malaria and other deadly diseases by 2015.
 
Itunes 8 goes Hi Def 
Software
Itunes 8 goes Hi Def
Sep 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
The next version of Apple's iTunes software will include high definition video downloads according to a leak reported by Digg main man, Kevin Rose.
 
Skymarket apes Apple App Store 
Software
Skymarket apes Apple App Store
Sep 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
Redmond's biggest employer is evidently about to launch a competitor to Apple's eye-wateringly successful App Store.
 
iPhone emergency flaw to be fixed 
Security
iPhone emergency flaw to be fixed
Sep 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
A gaping hole in the iPhone's security will be fixed next month according to Macworld.
 
BBC loses burglar's dream data 
Security
BBC loses burglar's dream data
Aug 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
The BBC has given one lucky thief the opportunity of a lifetime by becoming the latest British institution to find itself at the centre of a loss of data scandal.
 
Steve Jobs: Mobile Me launch was a mistake 
Networking
Steve Jobs: Mobile Me launch was a mistake
Aug 6, 2008 | Comment Now 
Steve Jobs has made an unprecedented move by admitting that Apple made a big mistake rolling out its paid-for cloud computing service Mobile Me in one go.
 
Apple making 800,000 iPhones a week 
Hardware
Apple making 800,000 iPhones a week
Aug 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Apple is currently asking its Taiwanese assembly plant to churn out 800,000 iPhones every week according to Tech Crunch.
 
Opinion: Mobile Me finally fixed... for now 
Software
Opinion: Mobile Me finally fixed... for now
Jul 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
Apple fans can finally breathe a fruit-flavoured sigh of relief as the Cupertino Collective announces that its Mobile Me fluffy Cloud service is up and running properly.
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Bankwest builds continuous delivery capability
Bankwest builds continuous delivery capability
To automatically deploy test/dev sandboxes by mid-year.
Veterans' Affairs sets sights on modernisation
Veterans' Affairs sets sights on modernisation
Data safe with Human Services, CIO says.
Citi Australia drops platform customisations
Citi Australia drops platform customisations
Technology chief shifts focus from building to leveraging systems.
VicRoads restructures IT team
VicRoads restructures IT team
Department moves to align with industry benchmarks.
Zurich Australia extends IT team offshore
Zurich Australia extends IT team offshore
Malaysian staff served from Australian data centres.
Leigh Berrell - Utilities CIO of the Year
Leigh Berrell - Utilities CIO of the Year
Yarra Valley Water CIO Leigh Berrell accepts his Benchmark Award for Utilities CIO of the Year.
Wayne McMahon - Retail CIO of the Year
Wayne McMahon - Retail CIO of the Year
Domino's Pizza CIO Wayne McMahon accepts his Benchmark Award for Retail CIO of the Year.
Inside Perpetual's ongoing IT transformation
Inside Perpetual's ongoing IT transformation
CIO Jenny Levy discusses how outsourcing will help the firm "simplify, refocus and grow".
Managing Complexity - Defence's Daniel McCabe
Managing Complexity - Defence's Daniel McCabe
Daniel McCabe, Assistant Secretary of Australia's Department of Defence, provides the audience at the iTnews Data Centre Strategy Summit with a deep dive into the organisation's data centre consolidation program.
How Facebook designed the data centre from scratch - Marco Magarelli
How Facebook designed the data centre from scratch - Marco Magarelli
The full keynote by Facebook data centre architect Marco Magarelli at the Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit. Magarelli details the design considerations behind the social network's Prineville, Oregon; North Carolina and Luleรฅ, Sweden data centres.
Modernising Legacy Data Centres - Telstra's Jon Curry
Modernising Legacy Data Centres - Telstra's Jon Curry
Telstra general manager of managed data centres Jon Curry guides the audience at the iTnews Australian Data Centre Summit through the build of the telco's Clayton, Victoria data centre.
NSW Government launches NABERS data centre rating tools
NSW Government launches NABERS data centre rating tools
Matthew Clark from the NSW Department of Environment guides facilties managers through the details of the new NABERS data centre energy rating tool at the Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit.
NABERS launch panel: Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit
NABERS launch panel: Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit
Matthew Clark (NSW Dept of Environment), Greg Boorer (Canberra Data Centres), Glenn Allan (National Australia Bank), Mike Andrea (Strategic Directions) and Bob Sharon (Green Global Consulting) discuss the impact of the NABERS data centre rating.
Judges notes: Fortescue Metals [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Fortescue Metals [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Fortescue Metals 'New World of Work" project, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Industrials category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Retail [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Retail [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss the shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Pacific Aluminium [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Pacific Aluminium [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Pacific Aluminium's lightning fast service desk refresh, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Industrials category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Domino's Pizza [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Domino's Pizza [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Domino's Pizza's shift to hosted services, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: McDonald's Australia [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: McDonald's Australia [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss McDonald's Australia's new self-service portal for employees, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: ING Direct [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: ING Direct [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss ING Direct's 'Bank in a Box', one of three shortlisted finalists for the banking and finance category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Yarra Valley Water [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Yarra Valley Water [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Yarra Valley Water's insourcing project, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Utilities category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
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