Friday, September 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 23/09/2010


AustralianIT.com.au
Conroy hits back at NBN criticism
AFTER a week of strong criticism, the federal government has fired back over claims the NBN will be a "$43 billion hi-tech babysitter".
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Over $1.4bn spent on e-health
TAXPAYERS have forked out more than $1.4 billion on specific e-health initiatives over the past 16 years.
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E-health record tenders out soon
ELEMENTS of the planned personally controlled e-health record system will go to an open tender, with an industry briefing due before the end of the year.
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Facebook chief to give $US100m to schools
FACEBOOK founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to donate $US100 million to the troubled public school system in Newark, New Jersey.
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No Facebook 'phone': Zuckerberg
FACEBOOK sees a promising future in mobile phones but the online social networking star is not building its own handset.
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Dell unveils new iPad challenger
DELL unveiled its second tablet computer, a move that expands its portfolio of mobile devices and joins the list of iPad competitors.
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Put case for NBN, Telstra man urges
TELSTRA chief financial officer John Stanhope has questioned Labor's refusal to build a business case for the National Broadband Network.
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Telstra shares sink to new low
TELSTRA shares hit a record low yesterday as CFO John Stanhope flagged complications to its $11 billion NBN deal, and more job cuts.
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Aussie teen caused Twitter chaos
A 17-YEAR-old Australian schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter that sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed.
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