Wednesday, July 15, 2009

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 15/07/2009


AustralianIT.com.au
Microsoft unveils Azure cloud pricing
MICROSOFT has revealed what it will charge for its Windows Azure cloud computing service set to launch by the end of this year.
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Big tech budget cuts looming
THE brutal reality of the economic crisis is imposing itself as companies brace for technology budget cuts as high as 30 per cent in the new financial year.
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Barcodes replace paper at NSW Police
THE NSW police force has kicked off a project that will bring its forensics systems into the 21st century and provide investigators much quicker access to evidence and information.
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National health data problems
THE nation's health ministers cannot agree on a uniform privacy framework for patient identifiers and are preparing to launch a Medicare number-based system with just a few tweaks to laws that forbid the use of Medicare data for such purposes.
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Govt contracts boost Data#3
DATA#3 said it would achieve record earnings before interest and taxes of $13.2 million on revenues of $530 million.
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Lenovo Australia cuts were small: exec
LENOVO Australia retrenched less than a dozen workers this year as part of a global restructuring program.
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Victoria submits NBN bid
VICTORIA has fired the latest shot in the bidding war for the headquarters of the $43 billion federal broadband network.
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NBN won't cost more than $43bn: Conroy
STEPHEN Conroy has dismissed talk that the government's planned national broadband network will cost more than its $43 billion budget.
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Intel beats market, sees stronger second half
INTEL posted second-quarter results that easily beat market expectations and gave a surprisingly upbeat view of the tech market.
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Microsoft CEO laughs off Google OS challenge
MICROSOFT'S chief executive attempted to laugh off the challenge of Google's planned computer operating system, conceding only that it was "interesting".
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