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Rudd defends one PC per student policy 09 February, 2010 10:34
PM says the policy is on track with 260,000 PCs already rolled out to students in years 9-12Prime minister Kevin Rudd has defended his Government’s National Secondary School Computer Fund initiative, arguing it is on track to achieving its goal of one PC to every secondary student in years nine to 12 by 2011. - +
Queensland to make health data available online 09 February, 2010 07:28
Govt to publish critical information about emergency departments onlineThe Queensland Government has tackled a new idea which will see critical data about the State’s hospital emergency departments made available to the public online. - +
Rudd non-committal on copyright law change chances 09 February, 2010 07:48
Prime Minister deflects copyright question on ABC's Q&A programPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has shied away from committing to legislative change to copyright enforcement in the wake of the AFACT v iiNet decision at the Federal Court of Australia last week. - +
TransACT unveils third data centre 09 February, 2010 10:40
Latest facility one of many announcements in recent monthsTransACT has become the latest organisation to announce a new data centre with the official launch of a facility by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. - +
IBM launches eight-core Power7 processor, servers 09 February, 2010 07:43
Big Blue comes out with new servers and processorsIBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time. - +
World of Warcraft seeks reapproval in China gov't tangle 08 February, 2010 15:07
The game is caught in a turf war between Chinese government agenciesThe China operator of World of Warcraft, one of the world's biggest online games, said Sunday it will seek new government approval for the game, dragging it further into a turf war between two Chinese regulatory agencies.
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Rudd non-committal on copyright law change chances 09 February, 2010 07:48
Prime Minister deflects copyright question on ABC's Q&A programPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has shied away from committing to legislative change to copyright enforcement in the wake of the AFACT v iiNet decision at the Federal Court of Australia last week. - +
Victorian ESTA to upgrade core network 08 February, 2010 17:31
Growing demand for services from the state's Emergency Services Telecommunications AuthorityThe Victorian Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) has announced it is running a Core Network Services project aimed at integrating four of the organisation’s major sites.
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Rudd defends one PC per student policy 09 February, 2010 10:34
PM says the policy is on track with 260,000 PCs already rolled out to students in years 9-12Prime minister Kevin Rudd has defended his Government’s National Secondary School Computer Fund initiative, arguing it is on track to achieving its goal of one PC to every secondary student in years nine to 12 by 2011. - +
Queensland to make health data available online 09 February, 2010 07:28
Govt to publish critical information about emergency departments onlineThe Queensland Government has tackled a new idea which will see critical data about the State’s hospital emergency departments made available to the public online.
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Union Pacific Railroad ditches its mainframe for SOA 09 January, 2010 05:40
Union Pacific builds a more nimble network that cuts staff training time and gives customers more shipment visibilityAt the heart of Union Pacific Corp.'s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that's been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years. According to industry experts, it was a pioneering system when first introduced, and it made the Omaha-based transportation giant one of the first companies in the world to make extensive use of online transaction processing technologies. - +
Linux Conf raises $33,000 for charity 08 February, 2010 15:04
Generosity from open source community to keep New Zealand’s Life Flight Trust in the air[[xref:http://www.computerworld.com.au/tag/linux.conf.au|Linux.conf.au|Computerword :: Linux.conf.au]] may be over for another year, but the open source community’s generosity will continue to have a lasting impact on New Zealand’s Life Flight Trust.
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PayPal suspends personal payments to India 09 February, 2010 07:51
The move may be related to new Indian rules on verification of clients' identitiesPayPal, an eBay company, has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country. - +
Scott Cam face of CUA spam 08 February, 2010 12:56
Phishing ring targets Credit Union Australia customersTelevision celebrity Scott Cam has become the inadvertent face of a clever spam ring targeting Credit Union Australia customers.
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IBM launches eight-core Power7 processor, servers 09 February, 2010 07:43
Big Blue comes out with new servers and processorsIBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time. - +
BlueLock's cloud services aim at large and small 09 February, 2010 04:52
The infrastructure-as-a-service provider is offering four tiers of services targeting companies of all sizesBlueLock, a little-known cloud-computing services provider, is rolling out a suite of services aimed at a wide range of customers, it announced Monday.
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Queensland to make health data available online 09 February, 2010 07:28
Govt to publish critical information about emergency departments onlineThe Queensland Government has tackled a new idea which will see critical data about the State’s hospital emergency departments made available to the public online. - +
OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study 09 February, 2010 06:09
A Norwegian government agency wants to begin a debate about the file formats the government should be using for its dataMicrosoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).
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Acronis goes gratis with Backup and Recovery 10 Deduplication solution 04 February, 2010 12:17
Offers free deduplication solution to customersStorage management and disaster recovery vendor, Acronis, is offering customers a taste of its deduplication solution, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, for free. - +
CommVault launches Cloud-optimised software 04 February, 2010 14:35
Solution aims to help migration of data into and out of public and private cloudsData protection and storage company, CommVault, is shipping an integrated cloud storage connector for its Simpana software that will enable customers to move on-premises backup and archive data into, and out of, private and public cloud storage.
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Patent office to review VoIP patent 08 February, 2010 08:42
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says C2's wide-ranging patent is invalidThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review a controversial patent issued in 2001 that is claimed to cover much of the technology underlying VoIP. - +
Cisco adding iPhone app for voice-over-Wi-Fi 04 February, 2010 13:18
Growing iPhone use spurs efforts to expand unified communications techCisco Systems Inc. plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.
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Rudd defends one PC per student policy 09 February, 2010 10:34
PM says the policy is on track with 260,000 PCs already rolled out to students in years 9-12Prime minister Kevin Rudd has defended his Government’s National Secondary School Computer Fund initiative, arguing it is on track to achieving its goal of one PC to every secondary student in years nine to 12 by 2011. - +
Nokia targeted in US class action suit 09 February, 2010 06:05
The suit alleges Nokia mislead investors when describing its market positionA class action complaint against Nokia alleges the company committed securities fraud when describing its operations in 2008.
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Broadband booms in the Naughties 18 January, 2010 16:55
But post-2010 spells mobile broadband doom as market consolidatesGlobal Internet access has exploded over the last decade from about 350 million to 1.6 billion, according to new research. More than a third of Internet users worldwide will connect via broadband, according to a BuddeComm report. About 500 million people will be on fixed-line technologies by year’s end. Almost two-thirds of users will subscribe to DSL connections, about 20 per cent via cable modem and only 10 to 15 per cent will use fibre. - +
NBN Co ponders capability statements 15 January, 2010 16:31
NBN Co, the company in charge of the Federal Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network, has announced it received many “high-quality” responses to its request for capability statements for the supply of infrastructure. - +
Corning Cable Systems wins second Tassie NBN contract 07 December, 2009 14:02
NBN Tasmania has awarded Corning Cable Systems the contract to supply the fibre optic cable to connect Smithton, Scottsdale and Midway Point as part of the National Broadband Network.
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Should your IT department support the iPhone? 13 January, 2010 03:40
When the iPhone was first launched in June 2007, it was generally panned by IT managers and systems administrators.When the iPhone was first launched in June 2007, it was generally panned by IT managers and systems administrators. It didn't support any encryption of user data, could not have any enforced security policies and offered no way to remotely wipe data if it were lost or stolen. At the time, a lot of companies weren't prepared to accept those security gaps. Perhaps more importantly, the iPhone didn't yet support any third-party applications or interact with most office suites. - +
Intel CEO shows first Moorestown smartphone 08 January, 2010 13:43
Intel on Thursday showed the first smartphone based on its upcoming Moorestown platform for mobile devices. - +
Google takes wraps off Nexus One 06 January, 2010 06:13
Three years after rumors of a Google phone first surfaced, the search giant has taken the wraps off its own branded and designed mobile phone, the Nexus One.
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