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Classic games move onto mobiles

Classic games move onto mobiles

Video game developer ID Software has joined forces with Fountainhead Entertainment to create ID Mobile, which will develop games for mobile phones, Nintendo's DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable.
Staff Writers Nov 19 2007 12:16PM Software
Aussie launches secure transaction technology at Paris show

Aussie launches secure transaction technology at Paris show

Australian based authentication solutions vendor, Emue Technologies has launched a 12-button keypad to enable secure remote banking and enhanced point-of-sale security at the card manufacturing trade show Cartes & Identification in Paris.
Staff Writers Nov 16 2007 10:56AM Security
Surfers unwittingly put themselves at risk

Surfers unwittingly put themselves at risk

Internet users are at an increased risk of web-based crime, despite 88 per cent having some form of internet security software, according to a poll by Get Safe Online.
Staff Writers Nov 16 2007 10:11AM Security
Agent Trojan targets Asian gamers

Agent Trojan targets Asian gamers

Online security firm ESET has warned of a new Trojan targeting online gamers in Asia.
Staff Writers Nov 16 2007 10:10AM Security
Microsoft unveils Windows HPC Server 2008

Microsoft unveils Windows HPC Server 2008

Microsoft has released the first public beta of Windows HPC Server 2008 designed for the high performance computing market..
Staff Writers Nov 16 2007 7:17AM Networking
Google announces new country GM: Karim Temsamani

Google announces new country GM: Karim Temsamani

Google has announced the appointment of its new Australian and New Zealand general manager, Karim Temsamani, leaving behind his post at Fairfax Media to manage Google’s domestic business.
Staff Writers Nov 15 2007 4:50PM Training & Development
Postini boosts botnet protection and email security

Postini boosts botnet protection and email security

Postini has revamped its Email Security service adding new content policy management capabilities including protection for credit card numbers.
Staff Writers Nov 15 2007 2:33PM Security
NSW Govt. fights terrorism online

NSW Govt. fights terrorism online

In a bid to keep the community informed and prepared in case of a terrorist attack, the NSW Government has launched its own counter terrorism site.

Staff Writers Nov 15 2007 1:13PM Security
Commonwealth Bank partner with CA to offer free security

Commonwealth Bank partner with CA to offer free security

Commonwealth Bank Australia is offering 25,000 Netbank customers free access to Computer Associates (CA) security software as it aims to improve security for its online services.
Staff Writers Nov 15 2007 11:46AM Security
TechEd 2007: Security should be taught in schools

TechEd 2007: Security should be taught in schools

More user education and better collaboration needed to beat online threats.
Staff Writers Nov 15 2007 7:20AM Security
iiNet targets business with low cost VoIP

iiNet targets business with low cost VoIP

Getting serious about its stake in the corporate market, iiNet has extended its consumer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offering to business after announcing the release of graded VoIP phone services.
Staff Writers Nov 14 2007 3:42PM Telco/ISP
Pacific Internet launches PacNet CleanWeb

Pacific Internet launches PacNet CleanWeb

Pacific Internet (Australia) has launched PacNet CleanWeb, managed web filtering solution, tailored for businesses and government sectors.
Staff Writers Nov 14 2007 1:15PM Telco/ISP
Indigenous software gets Microsoft support

Indigenous software gets Microsoft support

Microsoft has signed on a Darwin-based software developer, part of the Indigenous community engagement program, as one of its Partners in Learning (PiL) alliance.
Staff Writers Nov 14 2007 9:59AM Software
Objective Coporation chosen to provide solution for $18B industry

Objective Coporation chosen to provide solution for $18B industry

Australian Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software developer, Objective Corporation has been chosen to provide an ECM solution to the Australian offshore petroleum industry.
Staff Writers Nov 13 2007 4:05PM Software
Conroy vs Coonan: The war of words wages on

Conroy vs Coonan: The war of words wages on

Labor’s Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, has hit out at the Government's $1 billion fixed wireless broadband network scheme, claiming it offers 50 percent less coverage than promised.
Staff Writers Nov 13 2007 3:57PM Telco/ISP
Doctors go virtual with ‘Internet prescriptions’

Doctors go virtual with ‘Internet prescriptions’

The traditional doctor-patient relationship is being transformed by the Internet according to a recent study that found GPs are passing the diagnosis buck by increasingly prescribing ‘health websites’ to their patients.
Staff Writers Nov 13 2007 3:38PM Software
BitDefender to defend Linux operating systems

BitDefender to defend Linux operating systems

BitDefender’s anti-virus software products have received approval for compliance with Red Hat and Novell Linux operating systems, the vendor announced today.
Staff Writers Nov 13 2007 1:33PM Security
Hyro to acquire Indigo Pacific for $4.5 million

Hyro to acquire Indigo Pacific for $4.5 million

Australian digital services company, Hyro, has announced its intention to acquire Sydney-based e-business systems group, Indigo Pacific, for a sum of $4.5 million.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 3:27PM Strategy
The end of 'fear factor' marketing nowhere in sight

The end of 'fear factor' marketing nowhere in sight

The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 3:16PM Security
Mobile games market to hit US$10bn by 2009

Mobile games market to hit US$10bn by 2009

End-user generated revenues from mobile games will reach nearly US$10bn by 2009, according to a new report.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 2:31PM Financial Services

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