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TIO names and shames
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-24 23:00:01
The Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’s (TIO) office has released a report analysing complaints they have received against essentially all Australian telecommunications companies. This report reflects the TIO’s desire to assist with improvement rather than simply wielding a big stick.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Telecoms
2009-08-24 23:00:01
The Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’s (TIO) office has released a report analysing complaints they have received against essentially all Australian telecommunications companies. This report reflects the TIO’s desire to assist with improvement rather than simply wielding a big stick.
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Apple responds to the FCC accusations
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-08-24 09:38:58
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-08-24 09:38:58
In its recent filing with the FCC, Apple claims to have not yet made a decision to reject the Google Voice iPhone app. This doesn't necessarily accord with the original complaint, nor the responses of the other players.
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Twitter controls botnets
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-19 22:05:29
Some of the latest botnets are using carefully crafted tweets as a command-and-control mechanism.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-19 22:05:29
Some of the latest botnets are using carefully crafted tweets as a command-and-control mechanism.
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How to fake DNA
Written By: David Heath
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-19 09:20:16
Israeli scientists can place YOUR DNA amongst the samples of a crime scene. Are you guilty?
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-19 09:20:16
Israeli scientists can place YOUR DNA amongst the samples of a crime scene. Are you guilty?
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Mono project releases Moonlight 2 beta
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-18 22:08:57
Earlier this week, Novell’s Mono Project announced the availability of the beta of Moonlight 2 – a reimplementation of Silverlight for the Linux platform.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-18 22:08:57
Earlier this week, Novell’s Mono Project announced the availability of the beta of Moonlight 2 – a reimplementation of Silverlight for the Linux platform.
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Twitter followers can (sometimes) be bought
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-18 09:25:21
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-18 09:25:21
Some people are developing fascinating ways to corrupt the entire social networking paradigm; conversely, there are others who actually 'get it.'
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Two UK residents imprisoned for password offenses
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 23:36:51
Refuse to give Police your password? In the UK, you'll go directly to gaol.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-08-13 23:36:51
Refuse to give Police your password? In the UK, you'll go directly to gaol.
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Novell partners and users to help develop products
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-13 21:51:05
Novell has announced that all partners and users will have access to the product development portal. If you're agitating for an enhancement, here's your chance to push it through.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-08-13 21:51:05
Novell has announced that all partners and users will have access to the product development portal. If you're agitating for an enhancement, here's your chance to push it through.
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Caffeine: Google's Bing-killer
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-08-12 07:07:40
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-08-12 07:07:40
Did you really expect Google to sit back and allow Bing to capture ANY of their market-share? No, I didn't think so.
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Monthly Websense spam briefing
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-08-12 07:01:28
Every month Websense publishes a short summary of the total spam detected by their systems. July shows it's business-as-usual for both sides.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-08-12 07:01:28
Every month Websense publishes a short summary of the total spam detected by their systems. July shows it's business-as-usual for both sides.
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AVG LinkScanner - keeping the punters off the bot-nets
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-11 22:11:04
Half a million people have downloaded AVG's free LinkScanner product. That's a lot of PCs that won't be part of a botnet.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-11 22:11:04
Half a million people have downloaded AVG's free LinkScanner product. That's a lot of PCs that won't be part of a botnet.
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HTTPS is broken, browsers have it covered, kinda
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 09:27:11
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 09:27:11
A recent research paper shows an unexpected attack on the HTTPS protocol. An attack that can succeed, easily.
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Vaccinations – no, they don't cause autism
Written By: David Heath
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-06 08:28:28
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-06 08:28:28
Today, a Dick Smith funded advertisement appeared in The Australian warning parents that the Australian Vaccination Network is wrong in its claims of various toxins in vaccines. A formal complaint regarding the behaviour of the AVN has also been lodged with the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission.
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Twitter suffers attack-by-patent
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 00:11:28
Two days ago, Texas emergency alert notification provider TechRadium filed suit in the US District Court alleging that Twitter infringes on three patents.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 00:11:28
Two days ago, Texas emergency alert notification provider TechRadium filed suit in the US District Court alleging that Twitter infringes on three patents.
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Wrangling Twitter in the workplace
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 22:49:29
Blue Coat Systems today announced that their PacketShaper product is now capable of detecting and managing Twitter usage for their corporate customers.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 22:49:29
Blue Coat Systems today announced that their PacketShaper product is now capable of detecting and managing Twitter usage for their corporate customers.
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Bing shows us boobies
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 00:45:17
It’s not every day that you get to see a pair of boobies on the front page of a search engine.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 00:45:17
It’s not every day that you get to see a pair of boobies on the front page of a search engine.
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How free is free? Speech vs. beer at the Googleplex
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 23:14:28
In the past few days, Google has been sued by a French mapping software company for making Google Maps available for free and (gasp) without advertising.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 23:14:28
In the past few days, Google has been sued by a French mapping software company for making Google Maps available for free and (gasp) without advertising.
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Apple rejected a Google iPhone app, big mistake.
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 09:32:04
Apple has rejected the Google Voice iPhone application for publication via the AppStore. The FCC wants to know why.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 09:32:04
Apple has rejected the Google Voice iPhone application for publication via the AppStore. The FCC wants to know why.
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Skype may have to close
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 21:50:53
eBay’s overnight filing with the SEC discloses a legal dispute between the Skype unit and the organisation from which Skype was purchased. Worst case? The entire Skype service could be terminated.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 21:50:53
eBay’s overnight filing with the SEC discloses a legal dispute between the Skype unit and the organisation from which Skype was purchased. Worst case? The entire Skype service could be terminated.
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Victoria's (not so) smart electricity meters
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 23:19:45
Contracts have been signed to roll out 'smart' electricity meters to most Victorian households. It's amusing that there is a Black Hat demonstration of how to hack them this week.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 23:19:45
Contracts have been signed to roll out 'smart' electricity meters to most Victorian households. It's amusing that there is a Black Hat demonstration of how to hack them this week.
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