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    Foxconn said to have been hacked by group critical of working conditions

    09 February, 2012 19:47
    The leaked files are said to include usernames and passwords required to place orders on a Foxconn site
    Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China.
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    Macquarie Telecom adds fourth data centre to AGIMO panel

    09 February, 2012 15:15
    Provider looking for customers to use IC4 facility in ACT
    Macquarie Telecom’s (ASX: MAQ) new Intellicentre 4 (IC4) data centre has been added to the data centre facilities panel established by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).
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    Lenovo's fiscal Q3 profit up 54 per cent, increases China share

    09 February, 2012 13:37
    Lenovo's revenue in the quarter reached $US8.4 billion, up 44 per cent year-over-year
    Lenovo's profit in its fiscal third quarter ended December 31 grew 54 per cent year-over-year, as the company saw growth in many key markets.
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    Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

    09 February, 2012 12:57
    A top transportation official wants rules to prevent interfering uses in the future
    A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.
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    Customer service still dogs Telstra

    09 February, 2012 12:48
    Customer satisfaction has increased just 7 per cent in the last 18 months
    Telstra chief executive, David Thodey, has conceded that progress remains slow on improving the telco's customer service record, despite making it a top priority in the last 18 months.
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    Microsoft exec: Lync-Skype integration a 'compelling opportunity'

    09 February, 2012 12:07
    Making the products interoperable will let Lync enterprise users connect with consumer Skype users
    Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday.
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    Internode, iiNet improve results in customer satisfaction survey

    09 February, 2012 12:05
    94 per cent of Internode customers are happy, while Vodafone gets lowest rating of 58 per cent
    Internet service providers (ISPs), Internode and iiNet, have scored 94 and 91 per cent respectively for customer service in the annual Roy Morgan Research ISP survey.
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    Foxtel subscriber base grows

    09 February, 2012 10:47
    Subscription revenue increased by 5.1 per cent
    Foxtel has announced an increase in subscriber numbers for the second half of 2011 despite a tough consumer market.
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    In pictures: The world's coolest datacentres

    09 February, 2012 10:42
    Data centres need to be secure, temperature controlled, spacious, redundant, reliable – nothing sexy. But that doesn't mean they can't be. Here are a few that rise above the crowd and take advantage of the possibilities.
    Data centres need to be secure, temperature controlled, spacious, redundant, reliable – nothing sexy. But that doesn't mean they can't be. Here are a few that rise above the crowd and take advantage of the possibilities.
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    Telstra says 1H12 NPAT up 22.9pct

    09 February, 2012 10:39
    Telstra has reported a 22.9 per cent lift in half year net profit to $1.468bn, lower than market watchers had been expecting.
    Telstra has reported a lower-than-expected first half profit and reaffirmed earnings guidance for the full year amid what it describes as a difficult macroeconomic backdrop.
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    Q&A: Copyright Agency CIO, Jacob Dudzinski

    09 February, 2012 09:36
    Dudzinski talks about business change, CRM and why he is an iPhone fan
    Jacob Dudzinski has been CIO of the Copyright Agency in Sydney for four years. Over the past two years, he has been responsible for a business process and systems improvement program.
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    At the movies

    09 February, 2012 09:34
    Many of the visual effects you see on the big screen are created with commercial tools, but open source is asserting itself post production
    The ever-improving realism of cinematic visual effects and animation hasn’t come without a price, with both the volume of effects work and the tight studio budgets pushing post production companies to look for savings everywhere they can.
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    EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

    09 February, 2012 09:28
    The privacy advocate asks the court to require the FTC to enforce a 2011 privacy agreement with Google
    The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.
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    Researchers crack satellite encryption

    09 February, 2012 09:27
    Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/100609-layer8-algorithm.html">encryption algorithms</a> of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.
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    Obama's H-1B answer in forum may haunt him

    09 February, 2012 09:06
    Sen. Grassley says Obama's response to wife of laid-off tech worker indicates support for 1B restrictions
    WASHINGTON -- Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program.
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    The Byte - Yahoo starts fresh, Nokia layoffs, Chrome for Android 4.0, President Obama's science fair

    09 February, 2012 08:54
    More than half of Yahoo's board will be new, setting the stage for a fresh start for incoming CEO Scott Thompson. Nokia will lay off 4,000 workers and move more of its production facilities to Asia before the end of 2012. Google's Chrome browser will come to Android 4.0 devices and sync bookmarks and autocomplete data across devices. At the White House Science Fair President Barack Obama launched a marshmallow with an eighth grader's air cannon.
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    Dinky Kong to map Aust-NZ digital heritage

    09 February, 2012 08:52
    Researchers are seeking public help to document Australia and New Zealand's digital heritage.
    A spin-off of the cult game Donkey Kong, "Dinky Kong", will take its rightful place alongside new computer software programs in a collection of trans-Tasman digital heritage.
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    Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime

    09 February, 2012 08:51
    Niklas Adalberth and Jens Saltin were released on bail, and are due back in court on Friday
    Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse.
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    Kingdom rush tops iPad app chart

    09 February, 2012 08:48
    Devotees of the strategy defence game genre have helped Kingdom Rush emerge as the most popular paid-for app for the iPad this week.
    Devotees of the strategy defence game genre have helped Kingdom Rush emerge as the most popular paid-for app for the iPad this week.
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    US gov't falling behind in social-media race, expert says

    09 February, 2012 08:46
    Other governments and some companies are using social media to address dissent, a DARPA program officer said
    The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday.
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