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Visa card doubles as two-factor authentication device

Visa card doubles as two-factor authentication device

Consultancy firm Deloitte is involved in the testing of a new type of corporate credit card, which doubles as a two-factor authentication device for remote network access.
Phil Muncaster May 14 2009 11:20AM Security
Analyst blasts software support costs

Analyst blasts software support costs

Forrester Research is advising companies to pressure their software suppliers to lower their maintenance charges, accusing vendors of persisting with "customer-unfriendly practices that wouldn't be accepted in other spheres".
Gareth Morgan May 14 2009 6:23AM Software
Oracle continues spending spree with Virtual Iron buy

Oracle continues spending spree with Virtual Iron buy

Oracle has added to its virtualisation product line-up with the acquisition of Virtual Iron, which specialises in virtual systems management tools for use in data centres.
David Neal May 14 2009 6:10AM Software
Alcatel-Lucent unveils application-aware VPN

Alcatel-Lucent unveils application-aware VPN

Networking giant Alcatel-Lucent has taken the wraps off its new virtual private network (VPN) service, which aims to help service providers offer assured quality and performance for enterprise applications.
Iam Williams May 14 2009 6:10AM Networking
Apple issues raft of fixes in Mac OS X 10.5.7 update

Apple issues raft of fixes in Mac OS X 10.5.7 update

Apple has released the latest version of its Leopard operating system, offering improved performance and fixing a number of bugs and security issues.
David Neal May 14 2009 6:10AM Software
CeBIT09: Centrelink reveals IT impact of stimulus packages

CeBIT09: Centrelink reveals IT impact of stimulus packages

Centrelink had almost 250,000 people log onto its self-service portal on the Monday after the first stimulus package was announced.
Ry Crozier May 14 2009 5:44AM Hardware
Minchin passes motion to block NBN debate

Minchin passes motion to block NBN debate

Shadow communications minister Nick Minchin gave Senator Conroy until 6:50pm yesterday to make public the NBN Panel of Experts report and an associated report by the ACCC.
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 4:42PM Telco/ISP
CeBIT09: Mosman Council averts "creepy" Twitter potential

CeBIT09: Mosman Council averts "creepy" Twitter potential

Mosman City Council has called Twitter participation its “biggest win” in social networking engagement with residents over the past nine months.
Ry Crozier May 13 2009 3:06PM Software
Finalists announced in Secure Computing Awards

Finalists announced in Secure Computing Awards

The judging panel for the inaugural Secure Computing Awards, to be presented next week at the AusCERT conference, has announced its picks for finalists.
Staff Writers May 13 2009 2:47PM Security
CeBIT09: DEWHA to virtualise legacy systems

CeBIT09: DEWHA to virtualise legacy systems

The Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts is entering the second phase of a virtualisation project that will see it turn attention towards existing IT systems.
Ry Crozier May 13 2009 2:36PM Software
A third of companies drop their investment in security

A third of companies drop their investment in security

Deloitte's annual technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) security survey found that 32 per cent of respondents have reduced their information security budgets in the past year, while 60 per cent of respondents believe they are ‘falling behind' or still ‘catching up' to their security threats.
SC Australia Staff May 13 2009 10:53AM Security
Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

A teenage hacker has pleaded guilty to taking the Church of Scientology's website offline in 2008.
SC Australia Staff May 13 2009 10:52AM Security
Twitter users reveal personal information in latest 'trend' for 'porn names'

Twitter users reveal personal information in latest 'trend' for 'porn names'

Many users of micro-blogging website Twitter have inadvertently shared personal information via a new trending topic.
Dan Raywood May 13 2009 10:46AM Security
Malware most potent on social networks

Malware most potent on social networks

Malware distributed via social networking sites is 10 times more effective than malware spread via email, according to Kaspersky Lab Global Research.
Chuck Miller May 13 2009 10:41AM Security
Google Street View banned from taking images in Greece

Google Street View banned from taking images in Greece

Google has been banned from taking images for its Street View tool in Athens over privacy concerns.
Dan Raywood May 13 2009 10:36AM Security
Adobe's PDF vulnerability patched

Adobe's PDF vulnerability patched

Security researchers say Adobe's PDF vulnerability, which was fixed today, is more of a pressing issue than Microsoft's PowerPoint vulnerabilities.
Angela Moscaritolo May 13 2009 10:32AM Security
CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

Australian Government CIO Ann Steward has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government building its own supersized data centre to support all its agencies to meet recommendations in the Gershon Review.
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 10:15AM Storage
Patch Tuesday brings Office updates

Patch Tuesday brings Office updates

Microsoft has issued a new security update which addresses more than a dozen vulnerabilities in PowerPoint.
Shaun Nichols May 13 2009 10:11AM Security
SAP business intelligence becomes more “Google-like”

SAP business intelligence becomes more “Google-like”

SAP has launched Business Objects Explorer, which it says brings business intelligence analysis capabilities to all business users.
Rosalie Marshall May 13 2009 6:08AM Software
IBM extends enterprise apps to the iPhone

IBM extends enterprise apps to the iPhone

IBM is releasing the beta version of its Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 software for handheld devices.
Iain Thomson May 13 2009 6:08AM Software

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