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Firms being left behind by criminals

Firms being left behind by criminals

Leading security technologists have warned that criminals' ability to innovate is threatening to outstrip firms' efforts to secure their enterprise.
Gareth Morgan Apr 11 2008 11:55AM Security
CeBIT Australia confirms attendance by Telstra and Optus

CeBIT Australia confirms attendance by Telstra and Optus

With CeBIT Australia 2008 only a month away, local event organiser Hanover Fairs Australia has confirmed Optus and Telstra will join multinational technology vendors Fujitsu, Motorola, Oracle, Panasonic, Red Hat, Siemens, Sony and Yahoo at the event.
Lilia Guan Apr 4 2008 3:53PM Networking
Dell slashes costs by US$3 billion

Dell slashes costs by US$3 billion

Dell is to close its Austin, Texas desktop manufacturing plant, laying off 900 workers as part of a three-year plan to reduce expenses by US$3 billion annually..
Guy Dixon Apr 2 2008 2:33PM Financial Services
Traditional IT department 'dead' by 2013

Traditional IT department 'dead' by 2013

The desktop as we know it, and the services of the traditional IT department, will be relegated to the annals of history within the next five years, according to hosted desktop firm Nasstar..
Staff Writers Apr 1 2008 7:19AM Hardware
IBM, Hyro selected by Office National for eCommerce

IBM, Hyro selected by Office National for eCommerce

Australian digital service provider Hyro will supply, install and manage the IBM WebSphere Commerce Server platform in a revamp of Office National’s online ordering and eCommerce platforms.
Lilia Guan Mar 27 2008 3:12PM Strategy
Customer service crippled by email

Customer service crippled by email

Email is officially the UK's worst channel for customer service, according to recent research from e-service provider Transversal. UK customers are being failed by slow and unhelpful responses.
Staff Writers Mar 19 2008 7:31AM Software
Graduates bemused by low-tech offices

Graduates bemused by low-tech offices

New graduates entering the workplace need more innovative communication technologies, such as instant messaging and web cams, to help them perform to the best of their abilities in the office..
Staff Writers Mar 13 2008 7:26AM Training & Development
Google's Orkut hit by self-propagating trojan

Google's Orkut hit by self-propagating trojan

Security researchers at Symantec said that attackers are for the first time using a social networking site -- in this case, Google's Orkut -- to deliver a self-propagated trojan. The worm is infecting the computers of those on the buddy lists of Orkut users, according to Symantec.
Jim Carr Feb 27 2008 10:02AM Security
Undersea cables 'cut by saboteurs'

Undersea cables 'cut by saboteurs'

A United Nations official has warned that some of the recent internet outages affecting the Middle East may have been the work of saboteurs..
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2008 8:11AM Telco/ISP
Machines to match human brain by 2029

Machines to match human brain by 2029

A US scientist claims that machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence within the next 21 years..
Guy Dixon Feb 20 2008 8:11AM Hardware
Internode boosts US cable capacity by a third

Internode boosts US cable capacity by a third

Internode's international cable capacity to the US is set to increase by a third after the ISP signed a five-year deal with Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN).
Staff Writers Feb 14 2008 7:42AM Telco/ISP
Users tricked by promise of celebrity porn

Users tricked by promise of celebrity porn

Malware distributors are using a fabricated sex scandal to push their wares, according to security researchers..
Shaun Nichols Feb 14 2008 7:21AM Security
Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 per cent

Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 per cent

Toshiba has announced the development of a 16Gb Nand Flash memory chip fabricated with 43nm process technology co-developed with SanDisk..
Robert Jaques Feb 8 2008 6:40AM Hardware
Parents unaware of online risks taken by kids

Parents unaware of online risks taken by kids

Academics have warned of an "enormous gap" between what parents think their children are doing online and what they are actually doing.
Robert Jaques Feb 6 2008 3:30PM Security
Adult .XXX domain rejected, again, by Icann

Adult .XXX domain rejected, again, by Icann

A proposal has been rejected to give adult websites their own top-level domain.
Charlotte Baxter Feb 4 2008 7:17AM Telco/ISP
Mobile game revenues to reach US$3bn by 2012

Mobile game revenues to reach US$3bn by 2012

The US market for mobile games will rise from less than $800m in 2007 to more than US$3bn by 2012, according to analysts.
Staff Writers Jan 29 2008 3:35PM Software
Asia to dominate WiMax market by 2013

Asia to dominate WiMax market by 2013

Asia, including Australia, will account for over half of all mobile WiMax subscribers by 2013, equating to over 40 million subscribers, according to Juniper Research.
Staff Writers Jan 21 2008 2:51PM Telco/ISP
One billion mobile workers by 2011

One billion mobile workers by 2011

A billion workers around the world will be classed as mobile by 2011 according to IDC..
Jan 16 2008 7:07AM Training & Development
'Citizen journalist' beaten to death by Chinese authorities

'Citizen journalist' beaten to death by Chinese authorities

A man has been beaten to death in China by a gang of city inspectors for filming them attacking protestors with his mobile phone..
Iain Thomson Jan 14 2008 6:55AM Software
Boeing to ensure 787's flight control system can't be hacked by passengers

Boeing to ensure 787's flight control system can't be hacked by passengers

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring Boeing to make sure that computers governing flight control systems on the new 787 are not vulnerable to hacking from passengers using in-flight internet access.
Jack Rogers Jan 8 2008 4:05PM Security

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