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Friday, 22nd February 2008

Latest headlines

Conroy green-lights ISP filter and $4.7B broadband plan at first industry address

Senator Stephen Conroy gave his first major address to the IT industry as the new Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy at a gala dinner event last night where he outlined the Government’s future ICT goals including its fibre-based broadband plans, digital education reform and ISP-level filtering. ... Read More >>

	Microsoft opens key software details to rivals
	Google to sell display ads in Web videos
	Lunar eclipse 'video' installs Trojan
	Intel plays Havok with developers
	Solid state drives still 'far from practical'
	Malware gets up close and personal
	Nano-liquids promise next-gen mobile displays
	Sony steps up green drive
	Major Canadian hacker ring cracked

Most read articles

Security
Firewalls no longer useful, data and access control future
Data security, identity management and access control will be the face of IT security in the not so distant future as threats move further away from targeting the infrastructure, an EMC global security expert has claimed.

Business
Microsoft seeks to replace Yahoo board
Microsoft has taken on a firm of 'corporate action specialists' in a bid to replace the Yahoo board of directors which formally declined the software giant's US$44 billion offer made on 1 February..

Linux & Open Source
AMD opens up its cores
AMD's announcement that it is making its performance library available as open-source code should stimulate the development of multi-threaded software..

Business
Sony wins format war, but real battle lies ahead
Sony won the home movie DVD format war, but the consumer-electronics giant faces an even tougher battle persuading shoppers to buy Blu-ray discs in an industry which is looking to the download era.

Security
CSIRO develop secure two-way transaction device
The CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device aimed at minimising the risk associated with performing transactions in untrusted and unknown computing environments.

Events

Event Name	Location	Date
Navigate the Unified Communications Jungle Roadshow: Melbourne	Crown Convention Centre	26/02/2008
CeBIT Australia 2008	Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour	20/05/2008
Make Business Sense out Of Green IT	Sydney Convention Centre	14/05/2008
Amazon Web Services presentation by Mike Culver	Melbourne - register for location	25/02/2008
Windows Server 2008 Seminars	All states	05/02/2008

Products

Solaris 10 OS

Solaris 10 OS ... read more »

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