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Software
EDS foils ATO move to on-demand DR capacity
By
Ry Crozier
| October 22, 2008
An EDS policy prevented the Australian Taxation Office from using on-demand capacity to reduce underutilisation in its disaster recovery operations, it has been revealed.
Internet
An e-postcard service to notify sexual partners of STDs
By
Liz Tay
| October 22, 2008
Need to notify an estranged sexual partner of a recently discovered sexually transmitted disease (STD)? Why not send an electronic postcard.
Business
ICT departments will lead the way in sustainability: forum
By
Kathryn Small
| October 22, 2008
ICT departments will have to measure their carbon emissions and find ways to reduce them. That's the message from the recent AIIA Sustainability Forum in Melbourne.
Telecommunications
Dodo flies in face of Do Not Call register
By
Staff writers
| October 22, 2008
Telco upstart Dodo has been fined $147,400 after an offshore call centre it used called numbers listed on the Do Not Call register.
Security
FBI administrated over busted online crime site
By
Iain Thomson
| October 22, 2008
The FBI has been releasing more details of how it shut down the Dark Matter online crime forum.
Business
Samsung Electronics drops bid for SanDisk
By
Rhee So-eui
| October 22, 2008
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, said on Wednesday that it was withdrawing its US$5.9 billion unsolicited bid for U.S.-based flash memory card maker SanDisk.
Business
Intel opens its wallet for science
By
Shaun Nichols
| October 22, 2008
Chipmaker Intel has launched a new program in hopes of training young engineers. The company said today that it would be spending some US$120 million over the next ten years as part of a program to improve science and math education.
Security
Corporates failing on email security
By
Iain Thomson
| October 22, 2008
Barely a quarter of companies have an effective system in place to stop data leaks over email, according to a new IDC survey of American businesses.
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