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Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

The Eclipse Foundation has upgraded the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project to version 2.0 to add support for the object-oriented programming features of PHP.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:43PM Software
Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra said it will not seek a successor to its chief operating officer position after announcing its current COO Greg Winn will leave at the end of the month.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:40PM Telco/ISP
NBN final report in, but government is gagged

NBN final report in, but government is gagged

The Federal Government will get its first detailed look at the NBN proposals on the table after the 'expert panel' handed over its final report today.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:38PM Telco/ISP
VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill

VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill

Hackers have breached the VoIP PBX telephone system of a ‘small Perth business’ and made over 11,000 international calls in 46 hours, resulting in a bill in excess of $120,000, according to WA Police.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:37PM Security
VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business

VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business

Hackers have breached the VoIP PBX telephone system of a ‘small Perth business’ and made over 11,000 international calls in 46 hours, resulting in a bill in excess of $120,000, according to WA Police.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:35PM Security
Gary McKinnon extradition case postponed

Gary McKinnon extradition case postponed

As expected, the case against hacker Gary McKinnon has been put on hold for a number of weeks.
Staff Writers Jan 21 2009 11:24AM Security
7-Eleven buys SAP for store-level reports

7-Eleven buys SAP for store-level reports

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has gone live with a new SAP business intelligence (BI) system in an attempt to improve store-level reporting in Australia.
Staff Writers Jan 20 2009 2:56PM Software
Jetstar extends project management outsourcing deal

Jetstar extends project management outsourcing deal

Jetstar’s CIO Stephen Tame has espoused the need for businesses to run leaner in order to keep IT projects on-track, as the low-budget carrier extended an outsourced project management deal for a further two years.
Staff Writers Jan 20 2009 2:51PM Strategy
Sun bundles drive virtualisation into SMB market

Sun bundles drive virtualisation into SMB market

Sun Microsystems has created two hardware and software bundles as part of an initiative to drive server virtualisation downstream into the SMB space.
Staff Writers Jan 19 2009 2:34PM Hardware
Weather widget takes out chumby developer competition

Weather widget takes out chumby developer competition

A Victorian software developer that created a widget for touchscreen access to Australian weather forecasts has won Internode’s chumby competition.
Staff Writers Jan 19 2009 2:32PM Software
NEC adds ArrayComm software to WiMAX base stations

NEC adds ArrayComm software to WiMAX base stations

NEC and ArrayComm will work together to develop new WiMAX base stations that integrate the latter’s multi-antenna signal (MAS) processing software, A-Mastm.
Staff Writers Jan 19 2009 2:31PM Hardware
Verizon brings Singapore into Pacific Mesh

Verizon brings Singapore into Pacific Mesh

Verizon Business has expanded its Pacific mesh network to encompass Singapore and now has its sights set on adding India as well.
Staff Writers Jan 19 2009 2:30PM Telco/ISP
Australian Unity stacks network with Juniper boxes

Australian Unity stacks network with Juniper boxes

Australian Unity has purchased new switches and network security boxes from Juniper Networks in a deal announced today.
Staff Writers Jan 16 2009 2:05PM Networking
Passive RFID users granted four-watt reprieve

Passive RFID users granted four-watt reprieve

Ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID devices up to four watts have been approved for use by the Australian Communications and Media Authority following four years of successful tests.
Staff Writers Jan 16 2009 2:05PM Hardware
NSW DECC overhauls ICT platform

NSW DECC overhauls ICT platform

The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has revamped its IT architecture by consolidating email and backup applications and servers from 101 sites statewide into two data centres in Sydney.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009 2:45PM Hardware
Telcos the worst offenders for Do Not Call breaches

Telcos the worst offenders for Do Not Call breaches

Telcos trying to promote new phone plans and other related services accounted for over half of all Do Not Call Register complaints in the last 12 months.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009 2:44PM Telco/ISP
Fractal Antenna edges closer to invisibility curtain

Fractal Antenna edges closer to invisibility curtain

A United States firm is claiming to have developed some foundations for a new field of applied optics that, when perfected, could lead to invisibility curtains, cloaks and ‘super’ lenses.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009 2:43PM Security
Aussie telescopes join global networked space imaging project

Aussie telescopes join global networked space imaging project

Australian researchers will join their counterparts from 13 countries to demonstrate a way of generating cosmic radio images up to 100 times clearer than is possible from the best optical telescopes.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2009 2:42PM Telco/ISP
Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down

Optus cops $110,000 spam fine after talks break down

Optus Networks has been handed an $110,000 fine for allegedly breaching the Spam Act after attempts to reach an enforceable undertaking with the communications regulator failed.
Staff Writers Jan 14 2009 1:40PM Telco/ISP
Telstra appeals wholesale voice service ‘red tape’ ruling

Telstra appeals wholesale voice service ‘red tape’ ruling

Telstra’s lawyers will appeal a determination by the Australian Competition Tribunal that overturned an ACCC ruling to release the carrier from specific wholesale local voice service regulations.
Staff Writers Jan 14 2009 1:37PM Telco/ISP

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