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This section looks at some of the new technologies that are emerging, or could be upcoming in future months or years.

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Bank of New York loses 12.5 million customer details

Bank of New York loses 12.5 million customer details

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has admitted that the number of its customers hit by a data breach was much larger than previously stated.
Iain Thomson Sep 1 2008 10:05AM Security
IBM unveils new 1TB tape drive

IBM unveils new 1TB tape drive

Big Blue has unveiled a 1 terabyte tape drive capable achieving a native data transfer rate of 160 megabytes per second
Aharon Etengoff Sep 1 2008 6:24AM Storage
Samsung claims lightweight crown for new laptop

Samsung claims lightweight crown for new laptop

Samsung has unveiled a new thin-and-light laptop aimed at mobile professionals, claimed by the vendor to be the lightest system available with a 13.3in screen..
Daniel Robinson Aug 30 2008 12:23PM Hardware
New iPods predicted in weeks

New iPods predicted in weeks

A new version of the iPod Nano will be introduced within the next two to three weeks, according to Digg founder and Apple watcher Kevin Rose.
Shaun Nichols Aug 26 2008 3:14PM Hardware
Firefox faster with TraceMonkey

Firefox faster with TraceMonkey

Firefox will run Web-based applications such as Gmail faster now that it has incorporated a feature called Trace Monkey, a source at Mozilla claims.
Nick Farrell Aug 26 2008 8:14AM Software
IDF: Intel's Atom in action with new UMPCs

IDF: Intel's Atom in action with new UMPCs

Several firms took to the keynote stage at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today to show off enterprise deployments of Intel's Atom ultra-mobile PC platform..
Madeline Bennett Aug 22 2008 7:58AM Hardware
New PCI DSS details released

New PCI DSS details released

Version 1.2 will contain no major new requirements.
Phil Muncaster Aug 22 2008 7:58AM Security
Android release looms with new SDK

Android release looms with new SDK

The Open Handset Alliance lead by Google has posted an update to the Android SDK..
Shaun Nichols Aug 20 2008 4:04PM Software
Microsoft ready to alpha new Office 14

Microsoft ready to alpha new Office 14

Software giant Microsoft is getting reading to lift the kimono on its forthcoming version of Office.
Nick Farrell Aug 20 2008 4:03PM Software
New US laws require data encryption

New US laws require data encryption

Iowa joins states that require encryption and notification of customers should information be compromised.
Dan Raywood Aug 20 2008 10:04AM Security
Silverlight animations back Microsoft RFID network

Silverlight animations back Microsoft RFID network

Microsoft is developing cutting-edge motion design visuals in Silverlight for its RFID network at Tech Ed 2008 in Sydney.
Ry Crozier Aug 19 2008 12:54PM Software
Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags

Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags

Breeze Consulting is creating one of the largest non-traditional RFID networks assembled in Australia to track certain people movements at Microsoft Tech Ed in Sydney.
Ry Crozier Aug 19 2008 12:10PM Networking
A/NZ women in Open Source gain momentum

A/NZ women in Open Source gain momentum

With increasing interest and influence in the open source movement, women in Australia and New Zealand are pushing their way into a normally male-dominated arena.
Ashley Clark Aug 18 2008 1:41PM Software
Banks turn backs on local technology

Banks turn backs on local technology

Technology is more innovative if it has been adopted overseas, a panel of financial services experts has said.
Ry Crozier Aug 18 2008 12:05PM Software
New Yahoo board members confirmed

New Yahoo board members confirmed

Yahoo has confirmed the appointment of Frank Biondi and John Chapple to the company's board of directors.
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2008 3:35PM Financial Services
Oz needs to focus on research 'gap'

Oz needs to focus on research 'gap'

New NICTA CTO John Parker believes there is a whole group of Australian innovators who fall into a research 'gap' and are forced to go overseas.
Ashley Clark Aug 15 2008 12:14PM Hardware
Yahoo close to announcing new board members

Yahoo close to announcing new board members

Yahoo could name the new members of its board as early as Friday, in a bid to appease investor Carl Icahn and avoid a proxy battle, according to reports..
Phil Muncaster Aug 14 2008 6:44AM Software
Will new Dell laptops tempt mobile workers?

Will new Dell laptops tempt mobile workers?

Computing giant Dell has launched a new range of Latitude and Precision laptops, designed to provide mobile business users with improved battery life, usability and durability..
Phil Muncaster Aug 14 2008 6:44AM Hardware
New OpenGL standard fails to delight

New OpenGL standard fails to delight

The Khronos Group, a consortium of companies that manages the OpenGL graphics standard, has finally released the specification for OpenGL 3.0, and developers are not impressed..
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2008 7:19AM Software
New SQL attacks emerge

New SQL attacks emerge

Security researchers are warning of a new round of SQL attacks being reported.
Shaun Nichols Aug 11 2008 8:46AM Security

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