Technology

Spam tops 90 per cent of all email

Spam tops 90 per cent of all email

Spam levels rose by five per cent last month to reach over 90 per cent of all email, according to the latest figures from cloud-based security vendor MessageLabs.
Phil Muncaster May 27 2009 5:43AM Security
Telstra offers ‘spare’ backhaul to stave off duplication

Telstra offers ‘spare’ backhaul to stave off duplication

Telstra has proposed a radical way to introduce price competition on monopoly backhaul transmission routes by having the Government buy ’spare’ capacity from them and resell it, effectively subsidising the incumbent’s access fees.
Ry Crozier May 27 2009 12:31AM Telco/ISP
How to improve CRM processes at no extra cost

How to improve CRM processes at no extra cost

Forty per cent of companies are focused on generating effective customer relationship management (CRM) strategies in order to increase their competitiveness when the economy recovers, according to Gartner.
Rosalie Marshall May 27 2009 12:23AM Software
Intel releases multi-core developer tools

Intel releases multi-core developer tools

Intel has released a suite of tools designed to help developers optimise Windows applications for better performance on multi-core processor chips.
Daniel Robinson May 27 2009 12:13AM Software
Mobiles key to bridging the digital divide

Mobiles key to bridging the digital divide

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has called for greater efforts from academics, regulators, governments and the mobile industry to empower the mobile platform as a tool to bridge the digital divide.
Phil Muncaster May 27 2009 12:13AM Telco/ISP
OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

OECD report highlights strengths and flaws in NBN plan

iTnews weighs up the Rudd Government's NBN plan against the OECD's latest advice on how governments should invest in the construction of national broadband networks.
Brett Winterford May 27 2009 12:09AM Telco/ISP
Adios uncalled for, says Minchin

Adios uncalled for, says Minchin

Opposition communications minister Nick Minchin has praised Senator Conroy for his “generous” remarks about ex-Telstra chief Sol Trujillo, saying they “set a far higher standard” than those by the Prime Minister.
Staff Writers May 26 2009 5:17PM Telco/ISP
Centrelink boosts self-service with voice biometrics

Centrelink boosts self-service with voice biometrics

Centrelink customers will be able to authenticate access to welfare services via the unique properties of their voice after a biometric voice system officially went into production today.
Brett Winterford May 26 2009 4:23PM Software
Exetel chief questions cost savings from Pipe cable

Exetel chief questions cost savings from Pipe cable

Exetel chief John Linton has questioned the cost benefits that early adopters of Pipe International’s Sydney-Guam cable might achieve by using the cable over that of competitors like Southern Cross and the Australia-Japan Cable.
Staff Writers May 26 2009 4:20PM Telco/ISP
Russians clone Macs again

Russians clone Macs again

A Russian start-up has started churning out cloned Macs in defiance of legal threats from Apple.
Nick Farrell May 26 2009 4:12PM Hardware
Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Rudd to pay $11 billion of $43 billion NBN

Communications minister Stephen Conroy has told Senate Estimates hearings that the Government will sink around $11 billion into the National Broadband Network, which is anticipated to cost up to $43 billion in total.
Ry Crozier May 26 2009 3:28PM Telco/ISP
Competition Tribunal squashes Telstra's claim against Optus

Competition Tribunal squashes Telstra's claim against Optus

The Competition Commission has rejected a claim by Telstra that it should not have to provide Optus access to its copper network in areas where Optus has built out its own cable network.
Brett Winterford May 26 2009 3:27PM Telco/ISP
PHOTO GALLERY: The SC Magazine Awards presented by AusCERT

PHOTO GALLERY: The SC Magazine Awards presented by AusCERT

Winner pose for pics at the SC Magazine Awards Australia
May 26 2009 1:54PM Security
PHOTO GALLERY: Spot yourself at the SC Magazine industry awards

PHOTO GALLERY: Spot yourself at the SC Magazine industry awards

Hosted by comedienne Corinne Grant, the inaugural awards were held on Tuesday 19th May during the Gala Dinner at the AusCERT 2009 Conference on the Gold Coast.
Staff Writers May 26 2009 12:40PM Security
Spot yourself SC Magazine Awards

Spot yourself SC Magazine Awards

The inaugural awards were held on Tuesday 19th May during the Gala Dinner at the AusCERT 2009 Conference on the Gold Coast.
May 26 2009 12:28PM Security
Internode turns attention to customer care systems

Internode turns attention to customer care systems

Internode has started a $4 million upgrade to its customer care systems that the ISP says will reduce queues in busy periods and provide more self-service options for customers.
Staff Writers May 26 2009 11:12AM Software
YouTube hit by links that lead to malicious download sites

YouTube hit by links that lead to malicious download sites

PandaLabs has claimed that almost 5,000 videos on YouTube contain comments with links to a malicious webpage.
Dan Raywood May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
Vulnerability detected in Sun Microsystem's communications and collaboration application

Vulnerability detected in Sun Microsystem's communications and collaboration application

A vulnerability has been detected in Sun Microsystem's java system communications express web-based collaboration application.
SC Australia Staff May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

People considering storage should look to encryption to ensure that what they store is secure.
Dan Raywood May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
New site launched to encourage IPv6 adoption

New site launched to encourage IPv6 adoption

Ripe NCC, a not-for-profit internet infrastructure organisation, has launched a new web site designed to help companies find out more about migrating to the new IPv6 protocol.
Phil Muncaster May 26 2009 9:39AM Networking

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