Saturday, May 23, 2009

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 23/05/2009


AustralianIT.com.au
Commercial software risky business, says professor
THE vulnerabilities of commercial products are well known to hackers, Steven Bellovin of Columbia University says.
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EDS signs $96m govt contract
EDS has bagged a $96 million deal with the Department of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry to supply server and desktop services.
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Optus starts filtering trials
OPTUS has fired the starter's gun on its live internet filtering trial, a program by the federal Government as part of its bid to censor the web.
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Logica bags $7m govt health deal
LOGICA has won a three-year, $7.6 million IT services contract with the National Health and Medical Research Council.
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Dell seeks market share amid uncertainty
DELL is still cautious about corporate technology spending, but plans to make acquisitions and aggressively pursue enterprise customers in an effort to win back market share in the United States.
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Google dropped idea of buying newspaper: CEO
GOOGLE considered buying a newspaper but dropped the idea, the head of the internet search giant said.
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CSC profit more than doubles
COMPUTER Sciences Corp's fiscal fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on tax-audit settlements as the information-technology company reported weaker revenue.
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Migrant alert system flawed: audit
THE database used by immigration authorities to detect criminals and terrorists has been criticised as outdated and inaccurate.
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