Stories about: HSBC

Two years ago this month, Microsoft forged its controversial partnership with Novell that, among other things, had the two companies agreeing not to sue each other over intellectual property issues, in part to protect Suse Linux users over any patent litigation from Microsoft.

Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase up to $100 million in coupons for Suse Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments.

In one week, about 20 customers of MoneyAisle.com, a Web site where banks competitively bid for customers through secure, live auctions, have deposited more than US$1 million in high-yield savings and certificate of deposit accounts with small and midsize banks, the company said Tuesday.

Target found itself at the center of a blogosphere brouhaha this month when it brushed aside complaints against it lodged by the executive director of an organization that monitors the effects of advertising on kids. Target doesn't respond to comments from "nontraditional" media outlets.

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is deploying a document management system to accommodate the growth in digital content, which has replaced paper-based records.

Apparently it's not just unwary individuals that fall victim to online scammers. Even large corporations, it seems, can get suckered into parting with their money by devious phishers.

The Federal Government is set to introduce data disclosure laws in Australia as early as 2008.

ASX-listed digital marketing company BlueFreeway has completed agreements to acquire Viva9 and the BlueArc Group.

At long last, after weeks of stony silence and apparent mute indifference, the HSBC Bank finally acts!

HSBC Australia account holders are outraged that the bank didn't bother to contact a single customer in the wake of a serious security breach which exposed banking details, names and home addresses, as well as other financial information.

Is it just me, or does it seem like the most basic security policies appear to be breaking down in enterprises everywhere?