Technology

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
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
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
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
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
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
Sun and Fujitsu make huge leap in server performance

Sun and Fujitsu make huge leap in server performance

Sun and Fujitsu will today show off a new, purportedly energy efficient, line of server systems based on a multi core Sun chip for high-performance and demanding tasks like server virtualisation and consolidation.
Sylvie Barak Oct 14 2008 12:02AM Hardware
Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Business and legal teams must act now, says Microsoft.
Phil Muncaster Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
Hackers take aim at World Bank

Hackers take aim at World Bank

Network under constant attack, claims report.
Shaun Nichols Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Security
Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere is offering to support mobile business customers left in the lurch by Nokia's decision to focus on consumers.
Daniel Robinson Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
RIM unveils developer tools for latest devices

RIM unveils developer tools for latest devices

Hard on the heels of its new BlackBerry Storm smartphone, Research In Motion (RIM) has released developer tools to better support the Storm and other recent BlackBerry models with mobile applications.
Daniel Robinson Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
Pittwater Council embraces real-time backups

Pittwater Council embraces real-time backups

Sydney’s Pittwater Council announced today that it has implemented Juniper Networks’ EX 4200 series Ethernet switches as part of a systems upgrade from tape backups to real-time off-site storage.
Staff Writers Oct 13 2008 3:25PM Hardware
UK Ministry of Defence loses data on 100,000 personnel

UK Ministry of Defence loses data on 100,000 personnel

The Ministry of Defence is investigating the loss of a computer hard drive that could contain the personal details of 100,000 members of the armed forces, according to media reports.
Tom Young Oct 13 2008 3:12PM Security

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