Friday, July 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 30/07/2010


AustralianIT.com.au
Facebook security exposed
Two days after Facebook launched its Safety Page to help users keep data secure, the personal details of 100 million users were posted online.
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Optus CIO joins QR National
QR National has bolstered its senior management ranks by poaching Optus technology head Lawrie Turner as it prepares to float later this year.
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NBN Co, Virgin in travel deal
BUDGET airline Virgin Blue has snagged a valuable travel contract shuttling hundreds of NBN Co executives around the country for the next two years.
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No more "shitty" deals at Goldman
THERE will never be another "shitty" deal at Goldman Sachs Group, at least not in writing.
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Cheaper Kindle to push Amazon e-books
AMAZON will release a cheaper Kindle as the world's biggest online retailer moves to push more digital books through the internet.
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Tap into Facebook members' knowledge
FACEBOOK has launched a trial version of a new service which allows members to pose questions to other users of the social network.
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iiNet calls trading halt over AAPT
SHARES in iiNet entered a trading halt today as it prepared to announce a potential acquisition, expected to be AAPT's consumer division.
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Libs to turn off school laptops program
NEXT year's year 9 students will not receive free laptops if the Coalition wins the election, says opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey.
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Working from home on NBN
AUSTRALIANS could save up to $1.9 billion a year in travel costs, petrol and time if they spent half their work hours at home on NBN.
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Optus rings the changes
OPTUS has taken a leaf out of Telstra's book.
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