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Red Hat revamps enterprise Java offerings

Red Hat revamps enterprise Java offerings

Red Hat has announced additions to its application server offerings, along with a number of enhancements to its JBoss Enterprise Middleware portfolio.
David Neal Jun 3 2009 2:21AM Software
Culture shock: Out-placed to an outsourcer

Culture shock: Out-placed to an outsourcer

When the assets of BHP IT were sold to CSC in May 2000, some 1,700 techies became CSC employees overnight. Nine years on, a staffer subsumed by the American giant tells iTnews of the culture shock in becoming part of an outsourcer and the early days of working in BHP computing.
Ry Crozier Jun 3 2009 12:01AM Software
Australian Government offers $50m toward bionic eye effort

Australian Government offers $50m toward bionic eye effort

The Australian Government will fund up to $50 million over four years for research into bionic science and technology.
Ben Grubb Jun 2 2009 4:50PM Hardware
MP falls to Facebook hack attack

MP falls to Facebook hack attack

A UK member of parliament has admitted to having his Facebook account hijacked.
Shaun Nichols Jun 2 2009 3:28PM Security
EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud

EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud

Cloud computing is here, but don't say goodbye to locally run data centres just yet, was the message at EMC's Inform event.
Sholto Macpherson Jun 2 2009 3:05PM Storage
HP combines wired/wireless networking access point

HP combines wired/wireless networking access point

HP's ProCurve networking arm has unveiled an in-wall access device combining an 802.11b/g wireless access point and a four-port wired Ethernet switch, aimed at highly distributed networks such as the hospitality industry.
Staff Writers Jun 2 2009 3:01PM Networking
Conroy to opt for tiered Internet filtering

Conroy to opt for tiered Internet filtering

Senator Conroy's office has confirmed the Government plans only to introduce mandatory internet filtering for web content that is Refused Classification (RC), with all other explicit content filtered on a voluntary basis by internet service providers.
Brett Winterford , Ben Grubb Jun 2 2009 1:04PM Telco/ISP
AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP will spend $150 million on managed infrastructure services from CSC Australia over the next six years.
Staff Writers Jun 2 2009 12:32PM Hardware
Businesses chop Facebook to save internet costs

Businesses chop Facebook to save internet costs

Australian employers have turned to URL blocking to cut their internet costs with social networking sites high on the corporate blacklist.
Ry Crozier Jun 2 2009 12:31PM Software
Aussie anti-piracy battle moves into schools

Aussie anti-piracy battle moves into schools

The Australian film and television industry will take its fight against piracy into schools courtesy of a newly-formed body, the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF).
Staff Writers Jun 2 2009 12:30PM Software
SBS hands off hosting to Macquarie

SBS hands off hosting to Macquarie

Broadcaster SBS has signed over hosting of its IPTV and online radio platforms from Hostworks to Macquarie Hosting in a three-year multi-million deal announced today.
Ry Crozier Jun 2 2009 12:29PM Telco/ISP
"Beladen" website compromises cropping up

"Beladen" website compromises cropping up

A mass injection attack similar but unrelated to Gumblar has infected more than 40,000 websites, according to new research from Websense.
Angela Moscaritolo Jun 2 2009 12:19PM Security
Hackers hit US Army websites

Hackers hit US Army websites

A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.
Chuck Miller Jun 2 2009 12:10PM Security
Microsoft Office 2000 users warned of potential malware attacks

Microsoft Office 2000 users warned of potential malware attacks

Microsoft has warned Office 2000 users that it plans to withdraw patch updates from the middle of July.
Dan Raywood Jun 2 2009 11:03AM Security
Apple patches QuickTime for 10 security holes

Apple patches QuickTime for 10 security holes

Apple has released an updated version of its popular QuickTime software.
Dan Kaplan Jun 2 2009 10:42AM Security
AMD introduces six-core Opteron

AMD introduces six-core Opteron

AMD has introduced a six-core version of its Opteron server chip designed for the most demanding data centre workloads.
Daniel Robinson Jun 2 2009 5:45AM Hardware
Adobe updates Flash platform with Catalyst

Adobe updates Flash platform with Catalyst

Adobe has updated its developer tools for interactive content, releasing a design tool for creating user interfaces and an enhanced version of its Flex Builder application, now renamed Flash Builder 4.
Daniel Robinson Jun 2 2009 5:45AM Software
Inform: EMC plays up ties to VMware, Cisco

Inform: EMC plays up ties to VMware, Cisco

EMC's Australian managing director will spend today spreading a message that was not so long ago taboo - how EMC's part-ownership of VMware gives the storage company leverage over its competitors.
Brett Winterford Jun 2 2009 5:38AM Storage
Google's Aussie partner Waves in opportunity

Google's Aussie partner Waves in opportunity

Australian-owned Devnet says users should reconsider investments in Microsoft Exchange or Sharepoint and ride Google's Wave.
Lilia Guan Jun 1 2009 5:47PM Software
Airport eye scans check two million arrivals into UK

Airport eye scans check two million arrivals into UK

More than two million airline passenger journeys arriving in the UK have used the biometric eye scanners installed at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports since their introduction in 2006, the UK Home Office has revealed.
Bryan Glick Jun 1 2009 3:37PM Security

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