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IEEE votes on updated low-power design standard

IEEE votes on updated low-power design standard

IEEE is set to vote on the unified power format (UPF) 2.0 low-power design standard for integrated circuits, signifying the draft standard is now stable.
Staff Writers Oct 31 2008 3:03PM Hardware
DSTO shows off two new Land Warfare robots

DSTO shows off two new Land Warfare robots

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) demonstrated two new robots at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane this week.
Staff Writers Oct 31 2008 12:03AM Hardware
Haley to become the next Oracle business unit

Haley to become the next Oracle business unit

Aussie business rules and compliance software developer Haley is the latest firm to be acquired by Oracle.
Staff Writers Oct 31 2008 12:02AM Software
Telstra stands ready to build NBN

Telstra stands ready to build NBN

Telstra has conducted ‘detailed planning’ and secured financing to build what they claim is ‘Australia’s most urgent and important infrastructure project’, but has stopped short of committing to actually bid for it.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 2:52PM Telco/ISP
mBlox cops $11,000 of ACMA’s wrath

mBlox cops $11,000 of ACMA’s wrath

mBlox has been fined $11,000 by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for spamming phones with ringtone download offers without a way to unsubscribe.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 2:49PM Telco/ISP
Vodafone buys more SAS software

Vodafone buys more SAS software

Vodafone Australia is hoping a move to SAS analytics software will help it cut its multi-million dollar direct marketing costs by as much as 30 percent.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 2:48PM Software
Javascript to be next core malware language

Javascript to be next core malware language

The demand that web 2.0 has placed on browsers is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at IT security firm Radware, has warned.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 9:31AM Security
Virtual servers to roam across networks

Virtual servers to roam across networks

A consortium of University researchers has developed a way to make Internet switches and routers both open and programmable, a move that will allow virtual servers to roam between networks in real-time.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 12:26AM Networking
Embedded Nano kit announced

Embedded Nano kit announced

Via has produced a working mini-ITX motherboard with a Nano processor on it.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:47PM Hardware
3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 lets users share wireless broadband capacity

3 Mobile has taken the wraps off a new 3G Wi-Fi router offering that lets users share their wireless broadband connection with others at work or home.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:34PM Telco/ISP
Online shoppers using more coupons but ordering less

Online shoppers using more coupons but ordering less

Online coupon aggregator Tjoos.com released statistics today which show that coupon use is up while order sizes are down by 30 per cent in the past two months.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 3:03PM Software
Self-assembling organic wires present sci-fi possibilities

Self-assembling organic wires present sci-fi possibilities

U.S. scientists have developed water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into ‘wires’ much narrower than a human hair.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 12:00AM Hardware
Telstra pumps $20m into West Oz networks

Telstra pumps $20m into West Oz networks

Telstra has been conspicuously absent from the NBN saga this week, instead announcing a $20 million injection of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems on fibre routes in regional Western Australia.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 4:36PM Telco/ISP
Email spam increases eightfold; Agent-HNY blamed

Email spam increases eightfold; Agent-HNY blamed

The rate of spam emails has increased eightfold between July and September, according to a Sophos report, which also reveals that the United States was the top country responsible for relaying spam worldwide.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 3:24PM Security
McDonald's chooses earthwave to secure WiFi

McDonald's chooses earthwave to secure WiFi

McDonald’s has chosen earthwave to secure its ‘Family Friendly’ internet service in over 720 stores across Australia.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 2:56PM Security
International science community to build a 'World Data System'

International science community to build a 'World Data System'

Scientific organisations representing 134 countries have agreed to overhaul existing data centres and services to establish a global virtual library for scientific data.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 2:51PM Software
Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu has revealed further details of a new multi-million dollar data centre to open in Perth in ‘late 2010’, including the free cooling system it will use.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 10:50AM Networking
SIMable unlocks 3G iPhone, Blackberry Bold

SIMable unlocks 3G iPhone, Blackberry Bold

The much-hyped SIMable handset unlocking chip developed in the UK has been expanded to unlock equally hyped smartphone offerings from Apple and RIM.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 12:31AM Hardware
ICANN releases draft gTLD guidebook

ICANN releases draft gTLD guidebook

New generic top-level domain names will change the face of the Internet, according to a newly released draft 'Applicant Guidebook' by domain name regulator ICANN.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2008 3:16PM Telco/ISP
SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering

SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering

The System Administrators Guild of Australia has called on the federal government to embrace open discussion of its proposed Internet filtering regime, after allegations of attempted censorship of critics surfaced last week.
Staff Writers Oct 27 2008 2:03PM Telco/ISP

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