Thursday, March 5, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 05/03/2009



Dell rolls out new data centre server racks
Dell has introduced a pair of rack-mount server models designed for data centres.
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Spotify user details compromised in major hack
Online music service Spotify has become the latest web firm to suffer a major hack, after revealing yesterday that criminals may have accessed user registration details.
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Pirate Bay trial comes to an end
The Pirate Bay trial, in which four Swedish men were accused of copyright theft, has come to an end.
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US goes back to work on patent reform
The US government is once again considering a sweeping reform of the nation's patent system.
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NAB buys VeCommerce speech recognition system from Telstra
National Australia Bank has bought a VeCommerce speech recognition system from Telstra that will underpin its 136 NAB customer service number.
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Defence IT staff fill 80 per cent of Unisys roles
Ex-Defence ICT personnel filled over 80 per cent of the approximately 380 positions required to support Unisys’ $240 million IT services contract with the Department of Defence, the company said today.
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Vodafone releases pricing for converged comms
Vodafone will make its long overdue foray into office communications on Monday, launching a fully-managed package of mobile and fixed telephony, ADSL2+ Internet and office Wi-Fi branded together as 'Vodafone Business One'.
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Telstra’s NBN exclusion lacks global precedent: analyst
An economic analyst from Germany’s WIK Institute has said it would be both unfortunate and unusual for the Government to continue Telstra’s exclusion from the NBN process.
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California lawmaker wants satellite images blurred
A member of the California assembly has tabled a bill that would force mapping companies to blur out millions of images in case they aid terrorists.
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Disney ponders online video subscription service
Walt Disney is considering creating a subscription-based online video club to capture online consumers as well as revenue that is being lost to piracy, Chief Executive Robert Iger said on Tuesday.
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Hallmark Cards strengthens web operations
Hallmark Cards has rolled out a managed web hosting service to increase control and reliability of its online service.
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HP touts new business intelligence services
HP has announced a number of new business intelligence services that it said would help firms improve corporate governance and reduce operating costs.
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Fortinet bolsters unified threat management tools
Fortinet today announced a major overhaul of its FortiOS operating system, designed to provide application control, data leakage protection, wide area network optimisation and Secure Sockets Layer traffic inspection to all Fortinet appliances.
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Google launches Code Labs to encourage developers
Google has launched a new environment for nascent developer products, which it hopes will encourage its engineers to share ideas more freely, and motivate external developers to get involved in new projects earlier on.
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European Commission eases Microsoft anti-trust monitoring
The European Commission (EC) has announced today that it is easing off on Microsoft and its enforcement of a 2004 anti-trust ruling.
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Economic woes spur virtual conferencing
Reducing travel costs and speeding products to market are hot buttons for decision makers, an iTnews survey found.
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Cloud and SaaS terminology â€کconfuses’ Aussie companies
Around four in five Aussie firms have no plans to use cloud computing in the next 12 months and the few that do appear confused by the terms â€کcloud’ and â€کSaaS’.
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Opera composes update
Opera's developers on Tuesday recommended that all users download the 9.64 update for the browser which contains multiple important security updates as well as stability fixes.
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Microsoft says research budget may create new jobs
Microsoft may create up to 3,000 jobs as it raises investment in research and development by US$1 billion this year, its chief operating officer said on Tuesday.
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Telenor refuses to block Pirate Bay access
Norwegian telecom group Telenor will not block access to the Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, despite demands from representatives of the entertainment industry, it said on Monday.
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