TODAY ON ITNEWS
Business
Week in review: Free as in speech
By
Ry Crozier
| December 13, 2008
It seems this past week was one of either taking or handing out liberties as more ISPs freed ABC iView from download quotas, Cybersource made the case for free software in the school laptop project, and Telstra stood up for a filter-free net. And that was just the beginning.
Hardware
Suncorp goes Agile for 19k desktop integration project
By
Staff writers
| December 13, 2008
Suncorp has revealed that, as part of its merger with Promina, it used a variation of the Agile software development methodology to deliver a major desktop integration project covering 19,000 computers.
Linux & Open Source
Cisco sued by FSF over GPL violation
By
Iain Thomson
| December 13, 2008
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is suing Cisco for violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) in its Linksys line of products.
Internet
Sony pays up for privacy gaffe
By
Shaun Nichols
| December 13, 2008
Sony's BMG Music branch has been fined for illegally collecting information from its youngest users.
Internet
Google turns Chrome to gold
By
Shaun Nichols
| December 13, 2008
Google has issued the first official non-beta release of the Chrome web browser.
Hardware
Ericsson and Intel lock down laptops
By
Ian Williams
| December 13, 2008
Intel and Ericsson are teaming up to help make laptops more secure by ensuring that Ericsson's mobile broadband modules are interoperable with Intel's anti-theft PC protection technology.
Security
Firefox tops app vulnerability list
By
Phil Muncaster
| December 13, 2008
Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser recorded the highest number of severe vulnerabilities among popular consumer applications this year, according to new research from whitelisting firm Bit9 released today.
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