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    Australian Public Service looks to improve collaboration with Web 2.0

    29 November, 2010 16:25
    A report from the Public Service Commission has found while the APS is using Web 2.0 tools, the technology remains "in its infancy"
    Despite the efforts of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce to accelerate the use of social media and collaboration, the use of Web 2.0 remains in its infancy within the Australian Public Service (APS), according to the Public Service Commission.
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    Family Court to replace IBM database servers

    29 November, 2010 12:32
    Equipment reaching end of life
    The Melbourne Family Court of Australia is undertaking a rip and replace of its midrange IBM pSeries database servers which support business systems including Family Law Casetrack, Federal Law Casetrack and Finance One.
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    Transport NSW accelerates shared services plans

    29 November, 2010 12:08
    Staff seconded to division over 12 months ahead of final structure
    Operational staff across Transport NSW agencies will be moved to a new IT services division during December and January as part of accelerated plans to implement shared services ahead of the state election next year.
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    Budget Direct unifies call centres

    29 November, 2010 11:15
    Upgrades digital telephony, realises business continuity benefits
    Insurance firm, Auto & General Insurance (A&G), is probably best recognised for its Budget Direct brand, but the organisation also provides insurance for several partners. It is an element of the business that continues to grow and A&G’s director of information technology, Paul Malt, wanted to ensure the company’s telephony system could support business growth.
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    TechnologyOne takes on Cloud competitors

    29 November, 2010 11:08
    Cloud model, customer service overhaul on cards
    ASX-listed business software provider TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) has restructured its business as it sets its sights on winning Cloud business from overseas vendors such as SAP and Oracle.
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    Leaked US document links China to Google attack

    29 November, 2010 10:10
    An unnamed source told the U.S. that China was behind the attacks, according to a cable leaked by WikiLeaks
    The cache of more than 250,000 U.S. Department of State cables that WikiLeaks began releasing on Sunday includes a document linking China's Politburo to the December 2009 hack of Google's computer systems.
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    Salesforce.com names its first chief scientist

    29 November, 2010 05:44
    JP Rangswanami will take on a role with the same name at the SaaS (software as a service) vendor
    Salesforce.com has named JP Rangaswami, formerly chief scientist of BT Group, to a newly created position of the same name, the company said Wednesday.
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    Twitter's challenge: Personalization, co-founder says

    29 November, 2010 05:26
    Making bucks and keeping tweeters happy aren't mutually exclusive, Williams claims.
    Making Twitter meaningful on a personal level to its users is the biggest challenge facing the microblogging service in the future, according to former CEO and co-founder Evan Williams. "With 100 million tweets flowing through the system on a daily basis, there's something for everyone, but the real challenge is finding the most valuable stuff for you," he said in an interview that aired today on National Public Radio's On The Media program.
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    Black Ops' total kill count has surpassed the planet's population

    29 November, 2010 05:24
    On Saturday the cumulative number of kills in the game passed 6.9 billion
    It's been less than three weeks since Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops" went on sale. The game quickly broke entertainment sales records, with worldwide revenue of US$650 million during its first five days in stores. The game's online component is wildly popular, with hundreds of thousands of players simultaneously logged in to battle each other, and is creating some big numbers of its own.
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    Swedish judge confirms Pirate Bay convictions on appeal

    29 November, 2010 04:06
    But the three, found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law, have had their prison sentences cut
    Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a fourth man still awaits trial.The three, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström, were originally each sentenced to a year in prison, but the Svea Court of Appeals reduced their sentences on Friday: Neij must now serve 10 months, Sunde eight months and Lundström four.
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    'Nightmare' kernel bug lets attackers evade Windows UAC security

    27 November, 2010 22:33
    But unpatched bug can't remotely hijack a PC on its own, Microsoft says
    Microsoft is investigating reports of an unpatched vulnerability in the Windows kernel that could be used by attackers to sidestep an important operating system security measure.
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    Why Mafiaboy won't be your Facebook friend

    27 November, 2010 07:05
    Mafiaboy rose to prominence as the teenage hacker from Montreal who was the target of an RCMP/FBI manhunt following a massive directed denial of service attack
    The guest keynote speakers at technology conferences can be hit or miss, but Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Canada (NYSE: HIT) certainly scored a hit by bringing in Michael Calce, aka Mafiaboy, to speak at its recent Information Forum event in Toronto.
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    Pirate Bay guilty verdict upheld

    27 November, 2010 07:03
    Music industry thinks it's finally beating piracy, but plenty of underground alternatives remain.
    Three founders of The Pirate Bay lost their appeal to a Swedish court, and are still liable for months of prison time and millions of dollars for copyright infringement.
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    BP ignored safety software advice, investigators find

    27 November, 2010 04:31
    Secret presentation slide emerges showing decisions taken
    BP ignored the advice of safety critical software in an attempt to save time before the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a presentation slide prepared by US investigators.
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    Survey: Flexibility, agility drive desktop virtualisation

    27 November, 2010 02:35
    Cost reduction is no longer leading driver says Molten research
    Business agility is slowly replacing cost as the factor driving most companies down the path of desktop virtualisation. According to a survey from Molten Technologies, companies are also unsure whether the drive to desktop virtualisation would be a way to simplify processes - more than half thought desktop virtualisation presented the same management challenge as their existing physical PCs.
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    HP may shut out Oracle with Salesforce deal

    27 November, 2010 02:17
    New CRM contract could be in the offing for SaaS company
    HP is reportedly set to sign a major deal with Salesforce, replacing the Oracle CRM systems it runs.
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    New free management tools from Citrix

    27 November, 2010 02:12
    Xnapshot and QuickLaunch to support XenDesktop
    A new tool from Citrix has been designed to help XenDesktop users gather more detailed information about the hardware that is being used.
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    IT managers struggle with applications black hole - report

    27 November, 2010 01:58
    Businesses struggle to act to decommission legacy systems
    IT departments are failing to address an applications "black hole" with IT managers in the dark about software usage and cost.
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    Consumers vote Mac for laptop buying plans

    27 November, 2010 01:25
    MacBook Air fuels highest-ever interest in Apple notebooks, says polling firm
    More than a third of American consumers planning to purchase a laptop in the next 90 days will buy from Apple, a market research company said this week.
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    UK registry to clarify domain name suspension rules

    27 November, 2010 01:23
    At the suggestion of law enforcers, Nominet is investigating writing a clearer suspension policy
    The U.K.'s domain name registry is examining its policies around suspending domain names, a move occasionally undertaken in order to prevent criminal activity on the Internet.
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