Friday, January 16, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 16/01/2009


QLD student laptop rollout benefits from network upgrade
The Queensland Department of Education has confirmed the continued expansion of its network will benefit students that receive laptops under the Federal Government's digital education revolution initiative.
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EFF pushes for jailbreak rights
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is pressing lawmakers to amend the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to provide protections for users who wish to change built-in carrier settings or software locks on their phones.
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US mulls $6bn broadband commitment
The US House of Representatives is considering a plan to invest US$6bn in expanding the nation's broadband internet system.
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Australian Unity stacks network with Juniper boxes
Australian Unity has purchased new switches and network security boxes from Juniper Networks in a deal announced today.
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Passive RFID users granted four-watt reprieve
Ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID devices up to four watts have been approved for use by the Australian Communications and Media Authority following four years of successful tests.
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No free tech support for myKP unlimited broadband plan
Users of myKP’s soon-to-be-launched unlimited download xDSL service will have to pay extra for technical support, web space, multiple IP addresses and email addresses.
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E-crime victims shun the police
Growing numbers of UK firms are turning to private investigators to help solve IT security problems as the police struggle to provide adequate resources
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Mobiles cleared of eye cancer risk
A study in Germany has concluded that there is no link between mobile phone use and a rare form of eye cancer.
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Software developed to stop zero-day attacks
Researchers at Intel and the Computer Security Laboratory at the University of California have devised a new way to counter zero-day attacks.
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Salesforce taps Web 2.0 for Service Cloud
Salesforce.com today launched a new customer service offering, which integrates with Facebook, Google and other resources to help contact centre staff better support customers.
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Yahoo CEO says instinct to keep search business - DJ
Yahoo's new chief executive, Carol Bartz, told employees on Wednesday her gut instinct is to hang on to the company's search business, the Dow Jones newswire reported.
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NSW DECC overhauls ICT platform
The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) has revamped its IT architecture by consolidating email and backup applications and servers from 101 sites statewide into two data centres in Sydney.
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Telcos the worst offenders for Do Not Call breaches
Telcos trying to promote new phone plans and other related services accounted for over half of all Do Not Call Register complaints in the last 12 months.
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Fractal Antenna edges closer to invisibility curtain
A United States firm is claiming to have developed some foundations for a new field of applied optics that, when perfected, could lead to invisibility curtains, cloaks and â€کsuper’ lenses.
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Aussie telescopes join global networked space imaging project
Australian researchers will join their counterparts from 13 countries to demonstrate a way of generating cosmic radio images up to 100 times clearer than is possible from the best optical telescopes.
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SCO seeks to auction off assets
SCO has submitted a plan to bankruptcy court that would allow it to auction off core assets in order to get enough operating capital to finish its legal battles.
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World's 2nd richest man gets Web name back for free
The world's second richest man, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helu, won control for free on Wednesday of a Web address in his name that an Indonesian had tried to sell him for US$55 million.
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Demand for "best job in the world" crashes website
The chance to be the caretaker of a tiny tropical island in Australia has sparked so much interest around the world that a rush of applications crashed the website advertising the post.
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Media Release: Leighton Contractors Partners with HP to Create Greener Offices
Leighton Contractors has taken further steps to reduce its environmental footprint by teaming with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to implement of a wide range of new 'green' office equipment and services across the business.
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Media Release: DreamJob.com.au Releases Australia’s First Job Hunting Website Specifically for the Apple iPhone.
SYDNEY NSW 15th January 2009 – DreamJob.com.au today announced an Australian First for their popular Job Search website to automatically recognise and redirect Job Searchers to the Apple iPhone compatible version of the website.
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