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• Ultrabooks have Intel Anti-Theft tech, yawn

  Consumer laptops built to Intel's new Ultrabook standard-cum-brand must include Intel Anti-Theft technology. Well, so what?

• Hacktivism: The fallout from Anonymous and LulzSec Part 2

  Part two of Computerworld Australia's look at hacktivism and its consequences.

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  Hacktivism: The fallout from Anonymous and LulzSec Part 1

  Like the mutant offspring of Captain Jack Sparrow and French anarchist Pierre Proudhon — famous for his ‘property is theft’ claim — activist hacking group LulzSec surfed the Web spreading debonair charm, chaos and reckless acts of ‘hacktivism’ in equal measure.

• Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) customers to pay for identity protection?

  SonyPlayStation Network (PSN) customers may be asked to pay for their own account and identity security in 12 months' time following a free year-long trial of a range of CSIdentity's anti-fraud services.

• Infrastructure vendors face off at Implementing Information Infrastructure Symposium (IIIS)

  IT managers and CIOs will be treated to a rare series of head-to-head, presidential-style vendor debates between the likes of HP and IBM, and Brocade and Cisco at the forthcoming Implementing Information Infrastructure Symposium (IIIS) to be held in Sydney during August.

• Storage virtualization buying guide

  Over the last five years, the terms 'server' and 'desktop virtualization' have permeated almost every conversation in the IT arena, with much being said about the wealth of benefits both can offer enterprises.

• 2011: Year of the tablet PC

  If the emergence of iPads, like a plague upon the land, through the latter half of 2010 wasn’t warning enough, the slew of devices released at the CES expo in Las Vegas should leave you with no doubt that 2011 will be the year of the tablet PC.

• Misconceptions plague the green machine

  Green IT has been given no shortage of attention in past years; among the continuing debates around climate change and sustainability, Green IT inevitably comes to the forefront as either an obstacle to overcome, or an enabler of environmental friendliness in the wider organisation.

• Gov 2.0 focused on government at expense of public

  While progress is being made in Government 2.0, it is government, rather than the public, that is reaping the rewards of the technology-led initiative.

• Telstra productivity survey criticised

  A Telstra-commissioned report into the productivity of large organisations through ICT investments has been canned by an industry analyst.

• Oracle staying mum on merger progress down under

  Oracle's Australian representatives are staying mum over the impact attempts to acquire Sun Microsystems are having on its operations down under.

• Copenhagen Countdown - Data Centres

  Data centres need to become centres of excellence in delivering cost effective computing power, says IBRS advisor, James Turner.

• Do you UC? Join our free Webinar

  Computerworld is hosting a free Webinar to help IT managers and professionals navigate the unified communications landscape.

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  Analysts critique NetSuite cloud victory claims

  Analysts have levelled criticism at claims by NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson that the battle between cloud and on-premise applications has been all but won by cloud-based providers.

• Monash Uni touts video conferencing to academics

  Video conferencing will take centre stage in a demonstration later this month hosted by Monash University to tout the benefits of the technology.