Friday, January 14, 2011

IT News HeadLines (AustralianIT) 13/01/2011


AustralianIT.com.au
Big telcos braced for $50m repair bill
THE nation's major telecommunications companies are facing a bill in excess of $50 million and three months of build time.
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Vodafone fires staff over security breach
VODAFONE has sacked "a number" of employees following a security breach that resulted in unauthorised access of customer details.
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Firm develops 'eraser' for online photos
A GERMAN firm is poised to launch software allowing users to have photos uploaded to websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Flickr erased automatically after a certain time.
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Google turns phones into interpreters
GOOGLE began turning Android smartphones into interpreters with experimental software that lets the handsets translate conversations in real time.
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News to launch iPad daily
THE world's first iPad newspaper, The Daily, is prepping for launch.
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Microsoft gets new public sector head
MICROSOFT Australia has named Michael Gration as public sector director, replacing Pip Marlow who was promoted to managing director.
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Microsoft fights Apple 'app store' claim
MICROSOFT is fighting Apple's claim on the name "App Store", arguing the generic term covers all sellers of programs for smartphones.
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Holes in twins' case against Zuckerberg
A sceptical judging panel is mulling whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg duped former Harvard classmates in a $US65 million settlement.
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