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Optus Mobile immobile in Brisbane PDF E-mail
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt   
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
After suffering a mobile outage last Friday for 8 hours that affected 2G and 3G customers across NSW, Victoria and Queensland, Optus Mobile has confirmed its voice mobile services are having “software issues” in Brisbane, with the problem still being fixed.

 
The iPhone is back in business PDF E-mail
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by David M Williams   
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
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.

 
IBM and friends promise "Microsoft-free" desktops for worldwide market PDF E-mail
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by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
IBM, three major Linux distributors and their hardware partners are teaming up to deliver "Microsoft-free" desktop PCs to the one billion unit worldwide market. The cost could be as little as half that of systems using Microsoft equivalents.

 
Google Sites sending spam as CAPTCHA gets pwned PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...

 
3100 professionals, 95 countries, 21 options and the 7 IT related business issues that matter most PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
ISACA, the acronym formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has been busy surveying IT professionals from nearly 100 countries to reveal the top 7 business issues that are impacted by technology, and will continue to be for the next 12 months. It would be mean of us not to share...

 
Major DNS flaw: details likely to be revealed at Black Hat PDF E-mail
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by Stuart Corner   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
The global Internet community is bracing for the potential of malicious attacks on the domain name system with the discoverer of the DNS exploit that send shockwaves through the industry last month expected to reveal full details of it on August 6 at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

 
Ancient Greeks help build better computer networks PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
The University of Leicester in England is launching a major programme to help develop a new paradigm for future global computing environments. In order to improve code and data mobility over wide area networks the boffins will, err, study Ancient Mediterranean crafts-people from the late bronze age through to classical times...

 
Learn how to write your own malware PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Monday, 04 August 2008
As if malware is not already a big enough problem with script-kiddies and a thriving underworld market in readymade malware exploit kits adding to the agony. One university is now actively teaching students how to write viruses properly...

 
China's Bejing Olympics webcaster goes with Adobe Flash PDF E-mail
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by Stephen Withers   
Monday, 04 August 2008
Adobe has scored a major coup with CCTV's choice of Flash and Flex for webcasting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to mainland China and Macau. The arrangement can be seen as a snub for Microsoft's Silverlight.

 
Microsoft left with Apple and BlackBerry pie on face as it misses own Windows Mobile sales targets PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Monday, 04 August 2008
Microsoft made it quite clear earlier in the year that it would grow the Windows Mobile platform by 50 percent this year and next. It also expected to have shipped 20 million units by the end of June. Actually, it turns out to have missed that sales projection by some 2 million. Could the iPhone and BlackBerry be to blame?

 
Dell makes grab for the Cloud Computing trademark PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Monday, 04 August 2008
Despite hardly being the first name that springs to mind when cloud computing technology is mentioned, Dell looks set to successfully trademark the generic 'cloud computing' term after its formal application was published for opposition and nobody bothered to complain...

 
IBM invests $360 million in cloud computing PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Monday, 04 August 2008
Last week iTWire reported how HP, Intel and Yahoo! are joining forces to spearhead a global and open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing. Now IBM has thrown a few hundred million into the technology as well...

 
Americans stuck with an AT&T only Apple iPhone 3G until 2010 PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Sunday, 03 August 2008
Apple iPhone 3G users in the USA will be able to choose any carrier as long as it is AT&T until 2010. This, we understand, was the cost of the American mobile service provider agreeing to pay Apple heavy and punishing iPhone 3G handset subsidies...


 
Turn over a new leaf with the 56 megapixel camera PDF E-mail
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by Davey Winder   
Sunday, 03 August 2008
We know it's not all about the megapixels, stooopid. But when a digital camera is announced that has 56 of them, well it would be rude not to sit up and take notice...

 
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