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Alcatel Lucent revamps Sydney learning centre

Alcatel Lucent revamps Sydney learning centre

Alcatel Lucent opened a new learning facility in Sydney today that will benefit Telstra employees among other telco customers.
Staff Writers Feb 24 2009 3:27PM Telco/ISP
Cut price outsourcing complicates value drive

Cut price outsourcing complicates value drive

Continuous improvement methodologies like Six Sigma are being written into the management structures governing outsourcing contracts in an attempt to forge closer ties between the parties involved.
Ry Crozier Feb 24 2009 3:25PM Strategy
Adelaide Uni offers Gmail to 16000 students

Adelaide Uni offers Gmail to 16000 students

The University of Adelaide has increased e-mailbox limits for 16,000 students from 250MB up to a potential 7GB after inking a “non-financial arrangement” with Google.
Staff Writers Feb 24 2009 3:22PM Software
Federal Government slammed for killing Telstra FTTN

Federal Government slammed for killing Telstra FTTN

Telstra has blamed the Trade Practices Act for stalling a “multi-billion dollar upgrade” of its fixed network to fibre-to-the-node and for killing off network investment in Australia generally.
Staff Writers Feb 24 2009 3:22PM Telco/ISP
Soldier pay bungle blamed on Defence ICT

Soldier pay bungle blamed on Defence ICT

Australia’s Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon has blamed a legacy of chronic underinvestment in ICT for a series of payroll problems embarrassing the Government.
Brett Winterford Feb 24 2009 3:17PM Strategy
Researcher builds home-made Adobe flaw patch

Researcher builds home-made Adobe flaw patch

A researcher at threat management firm Sourcefire has published a home-made patch for the flaw that Adobe warned about last week.
Iain Thomson Feb 24 2009 3:11PM Security
"Error Check System" attack hits Facebook

"Error Check System" attack hits Facebook

A new rogue application is spreading throughout Facebook, much to the chagrin of security experts.
Shaun Nichols Feb 24 2009 3:02PM Security
Global financial crisis brings rise in 'bargain' spam

Global financial crisis brings rise in 'bargain' spam

Messages promising cash-savings and discounts are becoming an increasingly popular tool for spammers, according to McAfee.
Shaun Nichols Feb 24 2009 2:53PM Security
Visa confirms another payment processor breach

Visa confirms another payment processor breach

Another payment processor has fallen victim to hackers, Visa confirmed yesterday, though it has yet to emerge which company has been hit.
Dan Kaplan Feb 24 2009 11:22AM Security
Microsoft says password stealers pose biggest threat

Microsoft says password stealers pose biggest threat

The top two threat families on Microsoft's detection and removal list this month are online game password stealers (PWS).
Angela Moscsaritolo Feb 24 2009 11:20AM Security
Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

More than half of workers who left their jobs last year have admitted that they took confidential corporate information with them, according to research by security giant Symantec.
Phil Muncaster Feb 24 2009 10:54AM Security
Lord Carlile sides with McKinnon in extradition battle

Lord Carlile sides with McKinnon in extradition battle

Lord Carlile of Berriew, the UK government's independent reviewer of terrorism laws, has spoken out against the proposed extradition of London hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 24 2009 10:15AM Security
Ireland's largest ISP to block file-sharing sites

Ireland's largest ISP to block file-sharing sites

Irish ISP Eircom has agreed to block Internet users from accessing some file-sharing web sites in an agreement reached with the music industry.
Tom Young Feb 24 2009 5:32AM Telco/ISP
Ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

Ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

More than half of workers who left their jobs last year have admitted that they took confidential corporate information with them, according to research by security giant Symantec.
Phil Muncaster Feb 24 2009 5:32AM Security
Citrix helps Microsoft scale out Hyper-V

Citrix helps Microsoft scale out Hyper-V

Microsoft and Citrix have opened a new chapter in their partnership with the announcement of tools to help enterprises scale up and manage virtual machine deployments based on Microsoft's Hyper-V technology.
Daniel Robinson Feb 24 2009 5:28AM Software
EMC adds NS line to Celerra

EMC adds NS line to Celerra

EMC has added a line of storage systems to its Celerra NAS range that boast advanced file de-duplication and file retention capabilities.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 24 2009 5:28AM Storage
VirtenSys unveils I/O virtualisation switches

VirtenSys unveils I/O virtualisation switches

Enterprises can now reduce operating costs and simplify management by using I/O virtualisation (IOV), according to startup VirtenSys.
Daniel Robinson Feb 24 2009 5:28AM Networking
Microsoft reveals details of Gazelle browser

Microsoft reveals details of Gazelle browser

Microsoft researchers are working on a new browser called Gazelle which it promises will have some impressive new features and capabilities.
David Neal Feb 24 2009 5:28AM Software
Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference, according to a Hitachi Australia product specialist.
Ry Crozier Feb 23 2009 3:38PM Security
iPhone users not using apps

iPhone users not using apps

A study into the way people used downloaded iPhone applications has shown that most are barely used after downloading.
Iain Thomson Feb 23 2009 3:38PM Software

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