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BREAKING IT NEWS FOR AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS Tuesday May 5, 2009
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EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

After the storm over Exetel's five-day trial of internet filter technology, its chief John Linton sits down with iTnews to set the record straight on what the results mean for the ISP and customers.

Linton isn't the only chief to chat to us today - RIM founder and CEO, Mike Lazaridis, also takes to the chair in an interview direct from the RIM Conference in Florida!

Closer to home, if you're in tech support, don't miss our free online NetSeminar this Wednesday - 5 Strategies for Providing Superior Tech Support While Cutting Costs. Register now!

-- Ry Crozier

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

Internet
Exetel says no to internet filtering

By Ry Crozier | May 05, 2009

Exetel chief John Linton has ruled out selling an opt-in 'clean feed' internet service to users as a result of last week's trial because the technology can be too easily bypassed.

 
 
Mobility
Interview: RIM founder and CEO, Mike Lazaridis

By Brett Winterford | May 05, 2009

RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis sits down with iTnews editor Brett Winterford to discuss how the Blackberry will survive the onset of new competition.

 
 
Telecommunications
Yankee Group primes for NBN advisory role

By Ry Crozier | May 05, 2009

The Yankee Group will make a play to become advisers to the National Broadband Network by establishing a presence in Australia.

 
 
Hardware
Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

By Nate Cochrane | May 05, 2009

Gazing into its crystal ball, analysts International Data Corporation predict "pockets of opportunity" for the IT industry in an otherwise gloomy outlook this year.

 
 
Software
Objective, CSC win state government deals

By Staff writers | May 05, 2009

Objective has been appointed to the Queensland Government whole-of-government arrangement for electronic document and records management systems (EDRMS) while outsourcer CSC has collected two deals at West Australian Police.

 
 
Software
Blackberry 'push' technology opened to developers

By Brett Winterford | May 05, 2009

Research in Motion has announced that the prized 'push' technology behind its Blackberry email service is now available to third party developers.

 
 
Security
Researchers hijack Torpig botnet

By Shaun Nichols | May 05, 2009

In an effort to better understand the workings of cybercrime, a group of researchers recently hijacked and dissected a massive botnet.

 
 
Telecommunications
IBA Health pursues 25 per cent IT budget cut

By Staff writers | May 05, 2009

Health software developer IBA Health has revealed plans to deploy "follow-me" unified communications to its 4,200 staff worldwide after outsourcing its IP network to Verizon Business.

 
 

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