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by Peter Dinham
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Monash University is embracing Google for all of its 58,000 students as it prepares to customise Google Apps for Education, including switching from its current in-house email system and encouraging students to use other online tools available through Google.
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by Beverley Head
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Talent Grid, a cloud based recruitment and talent management network, launched in Sydney this morning, plans to open its doors to international job candidates by the end of the year, allowing them to load up their details to be searched by would-be employers and recruiters.
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by Peter Dinham
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Mid-market vendor, Brennan, has launched a cloud multi-tiered channel program that it claims gives resellers a “quick and low risk alternative” to offer to their customers.
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by Peter Dinham
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McAfee has released its Endpoint Protection for Mac that supports Apple’s latest Snow Leopard release of Mac OS X, as well as Leopard and Tiger.
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by Stephen Withers
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As expected, Microsoft released 13 new security bulletins overnight (Australian time). A mammoth 34 vulnerabilities are addressed, including some affecting Windows 7.
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by Jake Widman
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The bug in Snow Leopard that leads to the loss of data is a known issue, according to Apple. The company says it's a rare problem but that it's working on fixing it.
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by Jake Widman
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Microsoft has announced that Mainstream Support for Macintosh Office 2004, originally scheduled to end today, will run for another two years. The reason for the extension is to provide continuous support for Visual Basic for Applications.
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by Davey Winder
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News is breaking that solicitors Carter Ruck has now "dropped its claim that to report parliament would be a contempt of court" just before a legal challenge was due to be heard in the High Court. Twitter users can celebrate playing their part in helping to defend the freedom of the press. iTWire reveals all...
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by Peter Dinham
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Broadcasting and communications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), says that two in five Australians with mobile phones or an email account - or 39 percent of the population – are unaware of who to contact to complain about spam email and SMS, and it is powerless to act to protect consumers’ rights unless it receives complaints.
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by Peter Dinham
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Unisys Australia has been awarded two contract extensions valued at around $52.7 million by the Federal Government’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to continue to deliver outsourced desktop services and biometric and identity management solutions.
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by James Riley
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Lindsay Tanner's Gov 2.0 Taskforce has spawned three hacker events in support of its Mashup Australia competition – including two hosted by Google Australia – as it seeks creative ways to use dormant public sector data.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australia enterprise software vendor, Pronto Software, is looking to expand its business in the North American market with its signing of three new value-added resellers and the appointment of a senior executive to drive its development in the market, as well as globally.
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by Stephen Withers
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HP has released a raft of systems aimed at the commercial and consumer markets, including touchscreen models. Also new is the company's first 42in HD digital signage touch display.
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by David Heath
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Cisco's contest to promote innovation based on the concept of the network as a platform has been decided. $US50,000 to the winner!
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by Peter Dinham
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If you’re in a spot of bother or in real trouble anywhere in the world you can now use your iPhone to immediately alert friends or family, including sending them a map of exactly where you are.
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by Stephen Withers
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Australian primary and secondary schools have begun publishing educational content on K-12 on iTunes U. Western Australia is leading the charge.
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