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Digital TV survey to resolve technical issues

Digital TV survey to resolve technical issues

A $1 million technical survey has been commissioned by the Federal government to address digital TV reception issues in ‘multi-dwelling units’.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 12:30AM Hardware
Kaspersky Lab to open Australian office

Kaspersky Lab to open Australian office

Kaspersky Lab is going to open a regional office in Melbourne to strengthen its business in Oceania.
Jenny Eagle Oct 14 2008 4:16PM Security
Teradata hedges bets on solid-state and spinning disks

Teradata hedges bets on solid-state and spinning disks

Massive arrays of solid state storage disks will be commonplace in large corporate data centres within three years, according to a leading vendor.
Ian Grayson Oct 14 2008 3:38PM Storage
Mobile phone 25 years old today

Mobile phone 25 years old today

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was built by a team headed by Dr. Martin Cooper, a general manager for the systems division at Motorola, and he is widely creditied with making the first mobile phone call.
Iain Thomson Oct 14 2008 3:18PM Telco/ISP
UK Ministry of Defence data loss total could hit 1.7 million

UK Ministry of Defence data loss total could hit 1.7 million

A recent data breach in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) could prove to be much worse than originally feared, losing the personal details of nearly 2 million members of the armed forces.
Shaun Nichols Oct 14 2008 3:18PM Security
Oasis outsources disaster recovery

Oasis outsources disaster recovery

Oasis Asset Management is said to have signed the largest outsourced virtual disaster recovery deal in Australia.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 2:56PM Security
ACMA gives green light for more subliminal ads

ACMA gives green light for more subliminal ads

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has ruled that an advertisement lasting three frames or more isn’t officially subliminal.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 1:19PM Strategy
Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

Government asked to subsidise virtualisation

VMware will lobby the Australian government to offer incentives to business to encourage adoption of virtualisation technology.
Ry Crozier Oct 14 2008 12:57PM Software
Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

An international team of researchers is using a wireless Open Source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 12:50PM Software
CSIRO launches Mandarin podcasts

CSIRO launches Mandarin podcasts

The CSIRO has launched a series of podcasts in Mandarin language to promote Australian science and industry to a potential audience of 1.2 billion people worldwide.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 12:04PM Strategy
Experts urge caution on cloud computing

Experts urge caution on cloud computing

A number of leading authorities have been urging caution on the adoption of web-based services as a new wave of vendors unveil cloud initiatives.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 14 2008 11:08AM Security
Patch Tuesday's potential for stock market manipulation

Patch Tuesday's potential for stock market manipulation

The old stock market mantra -- buy low, sell high -- could prove especially useful if you call your broker on Patch Tuesday.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 14 2008 11:04AM Security
Frame injection exploits Google flaw

Frame injection exploits Google flaw

The login page for Google Mail can be spoofed so that an attacker can steal a user's credentials.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 14 2008 11:04AM Security
Analysis: Gartner concerned about Symantec MessageLabs merger

Analysis: Gartner concerned about Symantec MessageLabs merger

Innovation in email security technologies will not stagnate as a result of Symantec’s acquisition of MessageLabs, the vendor has claimed.
Negar Salek Oct 14 2008 9:00AM Security
Plastic film gets glowing report

Plastic film gets glowing report

A US factory is churning out 'light paper' that could make floor and bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.
Nick Farrell Oct 14 2008 2:02AM Hardware
Computers fail to fool humans

Computers fail to fool humans

Six artificial conversational entities (ACEs) have failed to fool interrogators into thinking they were human during a real-time chat.
Aharon Etengoff Oct 14 2008 1:02AM Software
MySpace sells small businesses on self-service ads

MySpace sells small businesses on self-service ads

The latest push by MySpace to bring in more advertising dollars relies on some unusual ingredients - like Bacon Salt.
Robert MacMillan Oct 14 2008 12:48AM Software
Security disclosures tip the stock market

Security disclosures tip the stock market

The disclosure of software vulnerabilities can have an impact as far away as Wall Street, according to a recent report by security firm McAfee.
Shaun Nichols Oct 14 2008 12:43AM Security
Business users picture better data

Business users picture better data

Visual analytics and business intelligence could finally trump database queries and spreadsheet-style dashboards as the best way to help business users understand information, key vendor roadmaps show.
Ry Crozier Oct 14 2008 12:30AM Software
Elcomsoft dopes up Wi-Fi cracking

Elcomsoft dopes up Wi-Fi cracking

Elcomsoft, the Russian security company, has doped up its Distributed Password Recovery suite to crack Wi-Fi WPA and WPA2 security with the aid of GPUs.
Paul Taylor Oct 14 2008 12:02AM Telco/ISP

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