Saturday, January 24, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 24/01/2009


Google Docs sneaks charges in through the back door
Google is making a sneaky move in getting more pennies in its pot by quietly reducing the amount of users who can set up a free Google Apps account.
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Personal sharing device beams info over UWB
French start-up Leyio has unveiled a portable storage device that allows users to share information between units over Ultra-Wideband (UWB).
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Intel's Barrett to step down
Intel chairman Craig Barrett is planning to step down from his position later this year.
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Web site infections continue to rise
Nearly three-quarters of the top 100 sites on the web host malicious code or redirect users to malicious sites, according to new research from content security provider Websense.
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DotMobi opens up one and two character domains
The organisation behind the .mobi top-level domain (TLD) is to allow domains of just one or two alphanumeric characters.
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Trojan targets Mac pirates
Mac users are being warned of a new malware attack circulating within pirated software for OS X.
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Indonesia attacks bird flu with USB-based report system
The Australian government will partially fund the deployment of web and USB stick-based versions of a veterinary reporting system to track and report bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia.
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Pharmacy wholesaler revamps BI system
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries’ wholesale division has installed a Microstrategy business intelligence system that will draw on information from the firm’s Teradata-based data warehouse.
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BT moves to SQL database
BT Financial Group said it has migrated its superannuation and investment platform, Wrap Administration, onto a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 backend.
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Netspace joins ISP ranks with Naked DSL
Netspace has joined the likes of iiNet, Internode, gotalk and Exetel by launching a new Naked DSL service.
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Banks not encrypting confidential data: survey
Two-thirds of financial institutions use unencrypted delivery methods to send confidential documents to customers, partners and service providers, a survey claims.
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How to deploy secure unified communication
There is an uneasy tension between the concepts of unified communications (UC) and IT security.
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Autonomy acquires Interwoven for US$775m
After posting its best financial results ever, UK software firm Autonomy Corporation has announced that it will acquire content management systems developer Interwoven for US$775 million.
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Opinion: IT leaders must resist the herd mentality
Some of IT’s greatest mistakes result from the unquestioning adoption of the latest fad.
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Banks urged to change security policies
Basic security questions, such as asking for a user's mother's maiden name or post code, can be circumvented far too easily and should not be used, according to Symantec.
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Ink breakthrough heralds bendy PC screens
Researchers in the US claim to have developed a type of soluble semiconductor ink which could help to make bendable computer screens a reality.
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IEEE celebrates 125th anniversary
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is preparing to celebrate its 125th anniversary.
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Yahoo touts new spam protections
Yahoo is touting a new set of tools it is using to block spam for its webmail service.
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Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0
The Eclipse Foundation has upgraded the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project to version 2.0 to add support for the object-oriented programming features of PHP.
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Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down
Telstra said it will not seek a successor to its chief operating officer position after announcing its current COO Greg Winn will leave at the end of the month.
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