Saturday, March 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 07/03/2009



BBC.com mulls global media options
Australian fans of Dr Who and other BBC properties may soon have cause to rejoice.
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Five principles underpinning robust security strategies
Forrester Research provides five best practice tips for building IT security strategies.
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IBM in talks to buy Indian services firm Satyam
Reports are emerging that IBM is likely to make a bid to acquire troubled Indian outsourcing provider Satyam.
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Tech stocks upgraded on the ASX
Optus parent SingTel and technology retailers JB Hi-Fi have been promoted to the Standard and Poor's ASX 100 after the ratings firm conducted a review of the shell-shocked local stockmarket.
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Google receives support for IP address stance
A Symantec expert has sided with Google in the debate over whether an IP address can be considered personal data.
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Fixed-line decline led by young people
Aussies aged 18 to 24 are choosing mobile over fixed line phones when they move out of home for the first time, an ACMA report shows.
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Australia to sit out Blackberry app store launch
Australian Blackberry users will have to watch our British, American and Canadian friends download mobile applications from RIM's new BlackBerry App Store from the sidelines.
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Google moves into expandable advertising
Google has announced that it is to trial a new form of advertising on its search pages..
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Mozilla issues new round of updates for Firefox browser
Mozilla has posted a new version of its Firefox 3 browser.
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NYPD loses as many as 80,000 records
A recent offline data breach may have put tens of thousands of New York City police officers at risk of identity theft.
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Android could overtake iPhone by 2012 say analysts
Analysts at Informa are predicting that sales of phones using Google’s Android operating system will outpace Apple by 2012.
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Survey: Better systems needed to meet regulatory burden
A new survey shows most in-house legal counsels in Australia believe they lack the necessary systems and processes for an expected rise in regulatory intervention.
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Internode lays out SHDSL network expansion plans
Internode plans to launch symmetrical high-speed broadband services up to 40Mbps in the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBDs after announcing availability in Adelaide CBD from today.
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RIM sets out pricing tiers for Blackberry apps
RIM has published the pricing for its paid applications on its new app store, BlackBerry App World, and in doing so has informed BlackBerry users they will be paying more for their applications than iPhone users..
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Opinion: Silence fuels unease over IT offshoring
Key issues affecting Indian outsourcing were off the agenda at the country’s big trade show.
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Zoho refreshes Writer 2.0 online word processor
Online productivity apps firm Zoho today launched a new version of its flagship Zoho Writer word processing tool, featuring what it claims are major enhancements to the user interface.
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