Sunday, December 7, 2014

IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 12/8/2014

AustralianIT.com.au



Teenage hackers targeted Defence
A TEENAGE hacker stole data from the Australian Department of Defence after breaching its networks, ­according to US prosecutors.

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Robots kill our jobs in new revolution
THEY come over here with their funny voices and strange ways, taking our jobs, working too hard, too long and too cheaply.

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Crossing the line
THE young computer hackers say they’re just playing harmless pranks… but to the law they’re a global security threat.

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Apple deleted rivals’ songs from iPods
APPLE deleted music that some iPod owners had downloaded from competing music services from 2007 to 2009 without telling users.

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$65bn bill for data loss, downtime
DATA loss and downtime have cost local organisations a whopping $US55 billion ($65.5bn) over the past 12 months.

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B & N ends Nook ties with Microsoft
Barnes & Noble says it has ended a partnership with Microsoft for its Nook tablet computers.

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Sony to sell retro PlayStation 4
IT’S hard to believe that Sony’s PlayStation is already 20 years old.

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Microsoft considers a buyback
A BIG buyback may be looming at Microsoft Corporation.

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UK flags ‘Google Tax’
UK treasury chief George Osborne has introduced a new 25 per cent tax on foreign companies’ profits derived from economic activity in the UK.

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Target pulls violent video game from sale
TARGET has pulled popular R-rated video game Grand Theft Auto V from its shelves after pressure over game violence against women.

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