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IBM brings another jobs boost to Ballarat
By: Stephen Withers
IBM will expand its presence in the Australian regional city of Ballarat with a new IT centre that will see the company's 800-strong workforce expand by another 300 over the next five years.
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By: Stephen Withers
IBM will expand its presence in the Australian regional city of Ballarat with a new IT centre that will see the company's 800-strong workforce expand by another 300 over the next five years.
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One million bank accounts going, going, gone for £35 on eBay
By: Davey Winder
When Andrew Chapman from Oxford, England successfully bid £35 for an old computer on eBay he wasn't expecting to have the details of a million bank accounts thrown in for free...
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By: Davey Winder
When Andrew Chapman from Oxford, England successfully bid £35 for an old computer on eBay he wasn't expecting to have the details of a million bank accounts thrown in for free...
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Force bosses to go green say Aussie workers
By: Stephen Withers
Australian companies are not thinking about the environment, according to a new survey. More than half of Australian employees say environmental issues are not on the agenda at their workplaces, and one third say legislation would the most effective way of making businesses become environmentally responsible.
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By: Stephen Withers
Australian companies are not thinking about the environment, according to a new survey. More than half of Australian employees say environmental issues are not on the agenda at their workplaces, and one third say legislation would the most effective way of making businesses become environmentally responsible.
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Privacy Commissioner lukewarm on data breach disclosures
By: Stephen Withers
Is Australia taking privacy seriously? The Australian Privacy Commissioner recently supported the introduction of mandatory data breach notification, but a new publication from her office provides plenty of wriggle room for organisations that want to keep their lapses under wraps.
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By: Stephen Withers
Is Australia taking privacy seriously? The Australian Privacy Commissioner recently supported the introduction of mandatory data breach notification, but a new publication from her office provides plenty of wriggle room for organisations that want to keep their lapses under wraps.
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Criminal blunder as UK government loses 84,000 prisoners
By: Davey Winder
The UK Home Office has admitted that a memory stick with the data concerning every single prisoner in the country, all 84,000 of them, has managed to escape. Of course, this being the UK government, the data was not encrypted...
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By: Davey Winder
The UK Home Office has admitted that a memory stick with the data concerning every single prisoner in the country, all 84,000 of them, has managed to escape. Of course, this being the UK government, the data was not encrypted...
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Metropolitan Police launch pointless Google powered London crime map mashup
By: Davey Winder
Ever wondered just how bad crime is in your neighbourhood? Londoners can now find out thanks to an interactive crime map which has just been launched by the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London...
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By: Davey Winder
Ever wondered just how bad crime is in your neighbourhood? Londoners can now find out thanks to an interactive crime map which has just been launched by the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London...
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Green supercomputer heading to Canada
By: Stephen Withers
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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By: Stephen Withers
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Australia’s NBN and FttN – fibre to the nowhere?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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Foolproof 'Secure' Passports: cloned in less than an hour
By: Davey Winder
You know those expensive, high tech, secure e-passports that governments the world over tell us will prevent identity theft, stop terrorists in their tracks and all because they are fake proof? Turns out they can be successfully cloned in a matter of minutes...
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By: Davey Winder
You know those expensive, high tech, secure e-passports that governments the world over tell us will prevent identity theft, stop terrorists in their tracks and all because they are fake proof? Turns out they can be successfully cloned in a matter of minutes...
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The iPhone is back in business
By: David M Williams
Previously I bemoaned the telco’s lack of iPhone vision for enterprise customers. Despite Apple touting push mail as a business benefit, it seemed impossible to get an iPhone and use it with an existing SIM card or company plan. Not so, the powers that be have changed their mind and I’m happy to report my wishes came true. The iPhone is back in business.
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By: David M Williams
Previously I bemoaned the telco’s lack of iPhone vision for enterprise customers. Despite Apple touting push mail as a business benefit, it seemed impossible to get an iPhone and use it with an existing SIM card or company plan. Not so, the powers that be have changed their mind and I’m happy to report my wishes came true. The iPhone is back in business.
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FCC orders Comcast to stop arbitrarily blocking Internet traffic
By: Stephen Withers
In a move that will be welcomed by net neutrality advocates, the US Federal Communications Commission has slammed Comcast for selectively blocking its customers' peer-to-peer traffic. The FCC has also ordered Comcast to take a number of measures to rectify the situation.
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By: Stephen Withers
In a move that will be welcomed by net neutrality advocates, the US Federal Communications Commission has slammed Comcast for selectively blocking its customers' peer-to-peer traffic. The FCC has also ordered Comcast to take a number of measures to rectify the situation.
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Sysadmins slam ACMA web filtering study
By: Stephen Withers
The System Administrators Guild of Australia has criticised the Australian Communications and Media Authority's report on ISP-level content filtering, questioning its relevance to real-world conditions. A major objection is that the ACMA tests did not align with the actual bandwidth expected and demanded by today's Internet users.
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By: Stephen Withers
The System Administrators Guild of Australia has criticised the Australian Communications and Media Authority's report on ISP-level content filtering, questioning its relevance to real-world conditions. A major objection is that the ACMA tests did not align with the actual bandwidth expected and demanded by today's Internet users.
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eBay rebels react as a major seller on eBay goes bust, issue warning!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
“Don’t be fooled”, say the eBay rebels, “the PayPal Buyer Protection is entirely illusory”. They’ve made this claim for some time now but feel the failure of one of the largest sellers on eBay only bolsters their claim that eBay’s push to mandate PayPal is going in the wrong direction. Meanwhile, one of Australia’s big banks has responded to the group’s query over the safety of the decades old “Direct Deposit” system.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
“Don’t be fooled”, say the eBay rebels, “the PayPal Buyer Protection is entirely illusory”. They’ve made this claim for some time now but feel the failure of one of the largest sellers on eBay only bolsters their claim that eBay’s push to mandate PayPal is going in the wrong direction. Meanwhile, one of Australia’s big banks has responded to the group’s query over the safety of the decades old “Direct Deposit” system.
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Call intercept back door turns Skype into... Spy-ke?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
An Austrian government official has noted is it “no problem for them to listen in on Skype conversations” according to a news report. Does this mean Skype’s telephony services can be bugged by government officials, despite Skype’s apparent denials this is possible or is occurring?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
An Austrian government official has noted is it “no problem for them to listen in on Skype conversations” according to a news report. Does this mean Skype’s telephony services can be bugged by government officials, despite Skype’s apparent denials this is possible or is occurring?
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eBay rebels take PayPal issue to the Reserve Bank of Australia
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The rebellion against eBay’s PayPal saga with its disputed “stage 1” and “stage 2” episodes with the ACCC, has seen the rebels write to Australian Banks, Australia Post and threaten legal action. Now they’ve turning it up another notch by writing to Reserve Bank of Australia!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The rebellion against eBay’s PayPal saga with its disputed “stage 1” and “stage 2” episodes with the ACCC, has seen the rebels write to Australian Banks, Australia Post and threaten legal action. Now they’ve turning it up another notch by writing to Reserve Bank of Australia!
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Telstra customer claims free unlock for outright iPhone 3G purchase
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
An iTWire reader by the username of “mac user” was outraged to discover that the iPhone 3G 16GB model he’d purchased outright did not come with a free unlock, but instead was to cost $150. So he did his homework and now claims that Telstra has unlocked his iPhone 3G free of charge! Has a massive can of worms just been opened for outright current or future iPhone 3G purchases from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
An iTWire reader by the username of “mac user” was outraged to discover that the iPhone 3G 16GB model he’d purchased outright did not come with a free unlock, but instead was to cost $150. So he did his homework and now claims that Telstra has unlocked his iPhone 3G free of charge! Has a massive can of worms just been opened for outright current or future iPhone 3G purchases from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone in Australia?
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Australian Government further delays “National Broadband Network”
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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eBay members ask Australia Post: are Money Orders safe?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Following on from a letter to Australian banks asking whether Direct Deposit is a safe transaction method, an aggrieved group of eBay sellers and buyers unhappy at eBay’s attempts to force and promote PayPal to all users have a simple question for Australia Post: just how safe is the decades-old money order?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Following on from a letter to Australian banks asking whether Direct Deposit is a safe transaction method, an aggrieved group of eBay sellers and buyers unhappy at eBay’s attempts to force and promote PayPal to all users have a simple question for Australia Post: just how safe is the decades-old money order?
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