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CSIRO in fight to keep masses of data to a minimum

CSIRO in fight to keep masses of data to a minimum

The CSIRO is in the fight to help scientists and astronomers reduce the number of data being mined in these two fields and businesses all over the world.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 2:23PM Storage
Telstra to cough up $5 million in class action settlement

Telstra to cough up $5 million in class action settlement

Telstra has sought approval from the Federal Court to pay shareholders up to $5 million as a settlement for a class action lawsuit brought against the telco.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 12:50PM Telco/ISP
Perens urges firms to go open source

Perens urges firms to go open source

Many companies could successfully partake in open source projects without adversely affecting their business, according to open source activist Bruce Perens..
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 7:22AM Software
Warner Bros to acquire TT Games

Warner Bros to acquire TT Games

Warner Bros has entered into an agreement to acquire independent game developer TT Games..
Staff Writers Nov 12 2007 7:22AM Software
IT companies flag $50M of IT opportunities and $250,000 of scholarships for Aussies

IT companies flag $50M of IT opportunities and $250,000 of scholarships for Aussies

$50 million worth of Australian IT jobs and $250,000 worth of scholarships are on offer in the next twelve months, a consortium of ICT vendors including IBM, Microsoft, CSC and KPMG announced at the ACS Foundation’s ‘Great IT Jobs Debate’, this week.

Staff Writers Nov 9 2007 2:37PM Training & Development
Online businesses booming thanks to Web 2.0

Online businesses booming thanks to Web 2.0

Independent Australian telecommunications researcher BuddeComm has released a new study which finds solid new business models, backed by spectacular growth in online advertising, are quickly laying the foundations of the new internet economy.
Staff Writers Nov 9 2007 2:03PM Software
Review: CA Secure Content Manager

Review: CA Secure Content Manager

The offering from CA is a software-based product that runs on top of Windows Server 2003. This device performs URL filtering, as well as anti-virus and anti-malicious code filter.
Staff Writers Nov 9 2007 12:21PM Security
Senators battle over latest OECD broadband ranking

Senators battle over latest OECD broadband ranking

The Federal Government has used the latest OECD international broadband rankings report as a campaign tool to leverage its existing broadband policy two weeks before the November 24 election.
Staff Writers Nov 8 2007 3:14PM Telco/ISP
Optus network owner grows revenues by 11 percent

Optus network owner grows revenues by 11 percent

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), owners of the Optus network has released its unaudited results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 September
Staff Writers Nov 8 2007 2:06PM Telco/ISP
Tumbleweed releases SME data security appliance

Tumbleweed releases SME data security appliance

Tumbleweed has announced the launch of a new content security appliance geared towards the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) sector across the Asia-Pacific region.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 2:51PM Security
Why biometric technologies are catching on

Why biometric technologies are catching on

Today's world has an unprecedented need for security. From restricting access to physical resources, such as buildings and facilities, to controlling access to IT resources such as computers and networks.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 2:45PM Security
Optus D2 Satellite blasts off

Optus D2 Satellite blasts off

Paul Sheridan, head of Optus Satellite, said that this second addition to the Optus D-series satellite family is another example of Optus leading the market in the Australian satellite industry, using state-of-the-art rocket technology, with one of the youngest satellite fleets in operation.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 2:14PM Telco/ISP
Commander wins TransGrid tender

Commander wins TransGrid tender

TransGrid has selected IT&T service provider Commander to develop an electronic outage system that can manage planned outages and maintenance across the state.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 11:57AM Software
2 million child porn images seized in QLD, nine arrested

2 million child porn images seized in QLD, nine arrested

Law enforcement agencies expect to make several more child porn exploitation arrests in the coming weeks despite announcing the arrest of nine men in Queensland on 188 charges yesterday.
Staff Writers Nov 7 2007 11:19AM Security
Astronomers focus on EU-sized telescope

Astronomers focus on EU-sized telescope

Four of Europe's biggest radio astronomy facilities are to be connected using high-bandwidth point-to-point circuits through the European Union's Express Production Real-time eVLBI Service (EXPReS) project.
Staff Writers Nov 6 2007 2:24PM Hardware
Web giants help UN track global poverty

Web giants help UN track global poverty

Google and Cisco develop site to raise awareness of socio-economic problems.
Staff Writers Nov 6 2007 2:21PM Software
UK texts top a billion a week

UK texts top a billion a week

SMS technology appeals to all levels of society.
Staff Writers Nov 6 2007 2:17PM Telco/ISP
Symantec to buy DLP firm Vontu for US$350M

Symantec to buy DLP firm Vontu for US$350M

Symantec has announced plans to acquire information security vendor Vontu for US$350 million in cash and options after a long standing partnership with the firm.
Staff Writers Nov 6 2007 1:54PM Security
ICANN appoints kiwi as Vint Cerf successor

ICANN appoints kiwi as Vint Cerf successor

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has replaced its charismatic chairman of the board, Vint Cerf, with the unanimously elected Peter Dengate Thrush, a New Zealand lawyer.
Staff Writers Nov 5 2007 2:34PM Telco/ISP
US Kmart drops Blu-ray players

US Kmart drops Blu-ray players

US supermarket chain Kmart is to stop selling Blu-ray players in its stores.
Staff Writers Nov 5 2007 12:59PM Hardware

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