Friday, March 13, 2009

IT News HeadLines (iTNews Australia) 13/03/2009



Recession kicks thrifty start-ups into top gear
The brains behind Jamcode are taking a leap of faith, using the worsening economy to plunge full-time into their venture.
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Conroy requests faith in net filter scheme
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has urged detractors of the Government's proposed Internet Filtering scheme to have faith in their elected parliamentarians to pass the right legislation.
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Give us time to make NBN decision, says Government
Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy won’t be coerced into fast-tracking a decision on the NBN, more or less telling delegates of the ATUG conference in Sydney today to give the Government the time required to make the right decision.
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Opinion: Adopting a frugal approach to the web
Companies can still reap big rewards via their web sites by adopting a "frugal web content management" strategy, says Forrester analyst.
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Apple to unveil iPhone 3.0 software upgrade
Apple has said that it plans to preview the new version of its operating system, iPhone 3.0, at a special event on March 17.
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Microsoft exec hired to secure America’s computers
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired a Microsoft executive to ensure that the government’s computing infrastructure is secure.
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Telstra Wholesale goes hunting for a boss
Telstra Wholesale is looking for a group managing director after the telco announced Kate McKenzie would move into strategic marketing, replacing Bill Stewart who returns to the US.
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Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion
Westpac has quietly expanded its use of SMS to authenticate its personal banking customers.
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2012 UK Olympics CIO hits the ground running
In his first interview since his appointment, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell tells Computing how his past experience and an emphasis on proven technology will help to ensure a trouble-free Games.
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Worldwide web turns 20
In March 1989, CERN researcher Tim Berners-Lee proposed a revolutionary new system for sharing information, and unwittingly changed the world forever.
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Networks to become increasingly identity aware
Identity and access management (IAM) will undergo a series of key changes over the next few years, particularly around the development of smartcard authentication, identity-aware networks, hosted IAM and out-of-band authentication.
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Battery breakthrough could cut recharging to seconds
Scientists at MIT have developed a new design for lithium batteries that could cut recharge times down to seconds.
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Twitter not for sale, insists co-founder
Twitter has ruled out a merger or acquisition of the company but said that it would be keen to partner with other organisations, such as Google, according to a Reuters report.
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Microsoft fleshes out Windows Mobile app plans
Microsoft is providing further insight into how the company will be operating its Windows Marketplace for Mobile software service.
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BOQ re-examines call centre authentication
The Bank of Queensland has revealed it programmed a challenge-response application into existing internet banking security tokens that could be used in the future for call centre authentication.
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Telstra releases Nokia N85, sans Skype
Telstra has announced it will offer the Nokia N85 handset on its Next G network, but has chosen not to include the popular Skype application.
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Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror
Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
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Aussies stake claim for SKA space telescope
Researchers have transmitted astronomy data from the east to west coast of Australia at high-speed but will need to achieve a “several hundredâ€‌ factor improvement in speed to win a major astronomy deal.
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UK ISPs must comply with snooping law from Sunday
UK ISPs will be required to hand over records of customers’ internet surfing habits, including IP addresses and times of use, to police and intelligence agencies from Sunday.
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Cybercrime-as-a-service takes off
Malware writers that sell toolkits online for as little as $400 will now configure and host the attacks as a service for another $50, a security expert has said.
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