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Panasonic shrinks next-gen batteries

Panasonic shrinks next-gen batteries

Panasonic is preparing to unveil a slimmed-down version of its 20-hour methanol fuel-cell battery.
Shaun Nichols Oct 21 2008 2:56PM Hardware
Intel to put HSPA in Moorestown

Intel to put HSPA in Moorestown

Intel has revealed that it will be integrating High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) with its new generation of Moorestown mobile products.
Shaun Nichols Oct 21 2008 2:28PM Hardware
Apple goes after Vista in new campaign

Apple goes after Vista in new campaign

After Microsoft’s huge advertising campaign to support its Vista operating system Apple has gone on the offensive with a new series of adverts slating the move.
Iain Thomson Oct 21 2008 2:28PM Software
Australians support HECS for businesses, survey finds

Australians support HECS for businesses, survey finds

A majority of Australians believe that a system similar to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) should exist for business research and development founding, a survey has found.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 2:18PM Financial Services
Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

Industry Group calls for NBN pricing and access regime

The Australian Industry Group has called on both the federal Government and industry to get pricing and access regimes for the national broadband network right the first time in order to derive maximum economic benefit.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 1:42PM Telco/ISP
Government virtualisation subsidies under fire

Government virtualisation subsidies under fire

VMware has emerged upbeat from its latest round of efforts lobbying the Rudd government to subsidise enterprise adoption of virtualisation, but at least one IT insider is questioning the scheme’s logic.
Ry Crozier Oct 21 2008 12:18PM Software
McAfee aims to ease NAC woes

McAfee aims to ease NAC woes

Security giant McAfee has today launched a new network access control (NAC) solution designed to reduce the deployment and management issues traditionally associated with these technologies.
Phil Muncaster Oct 21 2008 10:38AM Security
Jacqui Smith slammed by McKinnon lawyers

Jacqui Smith slammed by McKinnon lawyers

The UK'S Home Secretary was "perverse and inhuman" in her rejection of Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's plea that his mental health made him unsuitable for detention in the US, the High Court was told on Friday.
Mark Ballard Oct 21 2008 10:33AM Security
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account hacked

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account hacked

Security professionals weigh in on what may have caused the most recent high-profile personal account breach -- this one involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 21 2008 9:49AM Security
Online job applications raise fears of identity theft

Online job applications raise fears of identity theft

People who send their CVs to online job sites may be putting themselves at risk of identity theft according to a fraud prevention experiment.
Sylvie Barak Oct 21 2008 6:35AM Security
Microsoft patents speech censoring

Microsoft patents speech censoring

Microsoft has managed to get a patent for censoring speech.
Nick Farrell Oct 21 2008 6:35AM Software
Toshiba and SanDisk rejig memory production

Toshiba and SanDisk rejig memory production

Toshiba is set to take a larger stake in its joint chip fabrication venture with SanDisk, following the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding between the two companies.
Ian Williams Oct 21 2008 6:30AM Hardware
Google shows off Gmail on Android

Google shows off Gmail on Android

The first Android-powered phoneis se t for release by T-Mobile this week, and Google has been showing off the Gmail experience running on its new mobile platform.
David Neal Oct 21 2008 6:30AM Software
Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Online kidney donor matching raises ethical concerns

Web sites that match kidney donors with recipients may facilitate social worth judgements, researchers say, raising concerns of socio-economic discrimination.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 6:25AM Software
NEC evaluates redundancy shift to Polaris data centre

NEC evaluates redundancy shift to Polaris data centre

NEC may shift its global data redundancy capability from Japan to the new Polaris data centre in Queensland.
Ry Crozier Oct 21 2008 12:11AM Networking
NICTA slashes hosting costs for MMO P2P networks

NICTA slashes hosting costs for MMO P2P networks

NICTA has released a beta version of its massively multiplayer online (MMO) peer-to-peer (P2P) network engine, Badumna.
Staff Writers Oct 21 2008 12:01AM Networking
Virtual machines and the emergence of virtual threats

Virtual machines and the emergence of virtual threats

Server virtualisation continues to attract significant investment from organisations keen to save cost, power and space in the data centre through server consolidation.
Martin Courtney Oct 20 2008 3:28PM Security
Google profit up 26 per cent

Google profit up 26 per cent

Google’s third quarter results have shown profit increased 26 per cent from the third quarter of 2007.
Iain Thomson Oct 20 2008 3:28PM Financial Services
Intel to launch more core 2 duos in late December

Intel to launch more core 2 duos in late December

Intel plans to launch one of its last batches of Core 2 mobile processors towards the end of December, according to sources in the Taiwanese rumour mill.
Sylvie Barak Oct 20 2008 3:25PM Hardware
Commander 'on track' for sale in October

Commander 'on track' for sale in October

Commander Communications’ receiver, McGrathNicol, has received more than 150 expressions of interest for the telco service provider.
Lilia Guan Oct 20 2008 3:20PM Telco/ISP

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