http://www.itnews.com.au/Breaking IT news for Australian businessCopyright 2006 Haymarket Media Pty. Ltd.Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:31:17 +100060http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84146&r=rssApple's first Victorian store will open in just one week -- but it will not be located in the Melbourne CBD.Kathryn SmallFri, 5 Sep 2008 15:55:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84143&r=rssSony's Vaio TZ series notebooks may overheat and should be brought into Sony offices for repairs, the company said today.Kathryn SmallFri, 5 Sep 2008 15:42:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84142&r=rssThe combination of ICT and pervasive computing could enable individual activity to be monitored even more closely than George Orwell imagined in his novel 1984, social scientists warn.Liz TayFri, 5 Sep 2008 14:01:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84133&r=rssThe Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has appointed Robert Clark, of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, as its Chief Defence Scientist.Staff writersFri, 5 Sep 2008 12:12:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84126&r=rssIBM has set the tone for this year’s Cognos Forum by putting the sell on Cognos customers to ascribe to a wider 'information agenda' vision.Ry CrozierFri, 5 Sep 2008 10:40:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84115&r=rssCognos has previewed a new customisable dashboard for its business intelligence tools based on Adobe’s Flex technology.Ry CrozierFri, 5 Sep 2008 10:14:43 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84109&r=rssThe next version of Apple's iTunes software will include high definition video downloads according to a leak reported by Digg main man, Kevin Rose. Stewart MeagherFri, 5 Sep 2008 07:10:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84108&r=rssWater damage – the bane of mobile phone makers and users alike – could be a thing of the past thanks to a plucky U.K. company, Peratech.Tony DennisFri, 5 Sep 2008 07:10:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84094&r=rssA newly developed technique of characterising artificial atoms could speed the development of quantum computers.Liz TayFri, 5 Sep 2008 06:56:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84075&r=rssIBM has made available its first security software based on technology from its March 2008 Encentuate acquisition.Staff writersFri, 5 Sep 2008 06:54:22 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84085&r=rssTelecommunications and telesales personnel are toughing it out finding jobs in the employment market, new data from Seek Intelligence reveals.Staff writersFri, 5 Sep 2008 04:13:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84081&r=rssBest Buy Australia has been fined $4,400 for sending emails to people after they had requested to be removed from the mailing list.Staff writersFri, 5 Sep 2008 00:08:14 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84060&r=rssLast-minute talks have prevented a strike at IBM’s Baulkham Hills offices today.Kathryn SmallThu, 4 Sep 2008 14:50:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84046&r=rssSamsung expects Sony’s Blu-ray technology to be superseded within five years, despite winning the high definition format war in February.Kathryn SmallThu, 4 Sep 2008 14:18:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84048&r=rssSpeculation from industry insiders has it that Intel is having significant trouble getting publishers and developers to programme for Larrabee.Sylvie BarakThu, 4 Sep 2008 13:54:00 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84057&r=rssGoogle has signed an exclusive deal with satellite company GeoEye for sole rights to images from its GeoEye-1 orbiter..Iain ThomsonThu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:27 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84056&r=rssEnterprise architects must change their skill set and adopt a different approach to the job if they want to be more highly valued within their organisation and help to drive real business value, according to analyst firm Gartner.Phil MuncasterThu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:26 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84055&r=rssIBM has announced a new blade server system designed specifically for high-traffic network security.Shaun NicholsThu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:26 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84054&r=rssLess than two days into its public life, Google's Chrome browser is being put under the microscope by security researchers.Shaun NicholsThu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:25 +1000http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=84012&r=rssA free educational game for babies that is controlled by mashing a computer keyboard has already achieved 20,000 downloads in less than two months.Ry CrozierThu, 4 Sep 2008 11:15:26 +1000