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U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines

U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines

U.S. regulators have tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users.
Staff Writers Feb 13 2009 10:07AM Security
Interwoven and Software AG appoint Aussie execs

Interwoven and Software AG appoint Aussie execs

Kyle McManus has returned to the Interwoven fold and will once again assume the role of managing director for Australia and New Zealand.
Staff Writers Feb 12 2009 3:02PM Software
Telstra eyes HSPA 42Mbps demonstration in Spain

Telstra eyes HSPA 42Mbps demonstration in Spain

Ericsson will demonstrate HSPA multi-carrier technology at Mobile World Congress next week that ramps up peak downlink rates to 42Mbps, double Telstra’s 21Mbps Next G upgrade.
Staff Writers Feb 12 2009 2:20PM Telco/ISP
iiNet and Optus shunned in first round of net filter trials

iiNet and Optus shunned in first round of net filter trials

Vocal opponents of the Federal Government’s controversial Internet filters have been excluded from the first phase of the much-anticipated pilot.
Staff Writers Feb 12 2009 10:15AM Security
iiNet and Optus shunned in first round of net filter trials

iiNet and Optus shunned in first round of net filter trials

Vocal opponents of the Federal Government’s controversial Internet filters have been excluded from the first phase of the much-anticipated pilot.
Staff Writers Feb 11 2009 5:41PM Telco/ISP
Civica bolsters Queensland presence with Practical buy

Civica bolsters Queensland presence with Practical buy

Civica has snapped up Toowoomba-based Practical Computing Services and will use the newly-acquired office as its headquarters in Queensland.
Staff Writers Feb 11 2009 3:17PM Software
GlassFish gets LAMP stack and multimedia add-on

GlassFish gets LAMP stack and multimedia add-on

Sun Microsystems has added an integrated LAMP stack and communications server add-on developed with Ericsson to its open source GlassFish Web platform.
Staff Writers Feb 11 2009 3:15PM Software
Patient safety compromised by severe IT outages

Patient safety compromised by severe IT outages

A third of healthcare and IT professionals say patient safety was compromised by a severe outage of administration or clinical systems in the past year, a survey found.
Staff Writers Feb 10 2009 3:00PM Software
NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will extend its primary school-focused Cybersmart Detectives program to NSW as part of today’s Safer Internet Day ‘celebrations’.
Staff Writers Feb 10 2009 9:54AM Security
NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

NSW primary schools to get ACMA cybersafety program

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will extend its primary school-focused Cybersmart Detectives program to NSW as part of tomorrow’s Safer Internet Day ‘celebrations’.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2009 3:22PM Security
RNS faces up to the effects of bad data

RNS faces up to the effects of bad data

The Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service has flagged data quality issues that make comparisons between its hospitals and others state and nationwide difficult.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2009 1:37PM Storage
Vodafone and 3 flag “economies of scale” from merger

Vodafone and 3 flag “economies of scale” from merger

Jobs at two of Australia’s major mobile telcos are on the line after Vodafone and Hutchison 3 said they will form a joint venture through a merger.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2009 11:12AM Telco/ISP
Twitter users saved from spam overload

Twitter users saved from spam overload

TwitterHawk, a new target marketing provider, said on Saturday it would curtail its services to try and save Twitter users from spam.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2009 10:18AM Security
PIPE formalises Sydney-Guam fibre funding

PIPE formalises Sydney-Guam fibre funding

PIPE Networks will restart its Sydney to Guam submarine cable project after formalising alternative finance.
Staff Writers Feb 6 2009 3:16PM Telco/ISP
ATUG issues final call for Aussie broadband awards

ATUG issues final call for Aussie broadband awards

The Australian Telecommunications User Group (ATUG) has issued a final call for nominations for the 2009 Broadband Awards.
Staff Writers Feb 5 2009 3:08PM Telco/ISP
$42 billion stimulus package doesn’t impress ACS

$42 billion stimulus package doesn’t impress ACS

Overnight approval of the Federal government’s latest economic stimulus package has failed to win Australian Computer Society (ACS) support with the peak body accusing the government of “failing to recognise the potential of the ICT industry”.
Staff Writers Feb 5 2009 3:06PM Financial Services
WiMax Forum taps VeriSign for wireless security

WiMax Forum taps VeriSign for wireless security

The WiMax Forum, the organisation driving the development, standardisation and adoption of WiMax technology, has picked VeriSign's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to provide security for the wireless broadband technology.
Staff Writers Feb 5 2009 11:45AM Security
Anglicare takes on IT SaaS

Anglicare takes on IT SaaS

Community care provider Anglicare has purchased a subscription to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) email and web security solution covering 1,200 users on its network.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 4:03PM Security
Aussies OK pirated software for personal use

Aussies OK pirated software for personal use

Almost half of Australians believe it is okay to use pirated software for personal use, and many can’t tell the difference between genuine and illegal software, new research commissioned by Microsoft Australia shows.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 4:02PM Software
Anglicare takes on IT security SaaS

Anglicare takes on IT security SaaS

Community care provider Anglicare has purchased a subscription to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) email and web security solution covering 1,200 users on its network.
Staff Writers Feb 4 2009 3:59PM Security

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