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    Westpac confirms St George Hogan deployment delay

    08 October, 2010 12:26
    The bank will push back migration of the St George platform to 2014
    Westpac has confirmed that it is to suspend its $250 million migration to the Hogan banking platform from St George and Bank SA until 2014.
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    Australian cloud market crowds up as Fujitsu moves in

    08 October, 2010 11:25
    Local cloud market grows
    The Australian market for cloud computing services intensified further this week, with several major IT services firms releasing details of their push to win business from large organisations increasingly demonstrating an appetite for the next generation platform.
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    NEHTA releases health identifier plan

    08 October, 2010 11:25
    Details surrounding health identifiers and electronic health records reveal NEHTA plans
    The nation's peak e-health group has released a comprehensive set of documents that outline how the Federal Government's $466.7 million electronic health record/health identifier project will be implemented over the coming years, and how it will work in practice.
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    Apple iOS 4.1 "Greenpois0n" jailbreak tool set for 10/10/10

    08 October, 2010 11:16
    A member of the Chronic Dev Team has tweeted that the heavily anticipated greenpois0n Apple iOS 4.1 jailbreaking solution will be released on Sunday
    A member of the Chronic Dev Team has tweeted that the heavily anticipated greenpois0n Apple iOS 4.1 jailbreaking solution will be released on Sunday: 10/10/10 at 10:10:10 a.m.
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    Android hack enables 3G Skype calls

    08 October, 2010 11:13
    A relatively simple hack (that requires no rooting) has enabled Skype calls over 3G for Android owners.
    Just a few short days ago, the official Skype application finally graced the Android Market. But to much dismay, the communications app lacked the ability to make 3G calls on certain carriers within the US.
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    Report: Microsoft, Adobe CEOs meet to discuss Apple

    08 October, 2010 10:00
    A Microsoft acquisition of Adobe may be on the table
    The chief executive officers of Microsoft and Adobe met recently to discuss how best to deal with their common foe -- Apple -- and whether a Microsoft buyout of Adobe might be in the cards, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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    Oracle, Microsoft ready major security updates

    08 October, 2010 09:05
    Oracle will fix 81 vulnerabilities next week, while Microsoft will fix 49
    Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and operating system products on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft's fixes are due.
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    Acer netbooks will dual-boot Android and Windows 7

    08 October, 2010 08:49
    Two operating systems will be standard on Acer’s new dual-core Aspire One line of netbooks.
    In what will surely provide a boost to Google's Android platform outside the smartphone arena, computer maker Acer reportedly announced on Wednesday that all of its upcoming dual-core netbooks will run both Android and Windows 7.
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    Does the Droid Pro deliver the goods for enterprise users?

    08 October, 2010 08:18
    Although Android-based devices have been making headway onto enterprise IT networks, the Droid Pro could be the first one to really blow the doors off.
    Although Android-based devices have been making headway onto enterprise IT networks, the Droid Pro could be the first one to really blow the doors off.
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    Twitter revamps search engine

    08 October, 2010 08:00
    It's now much faster and scalable
    Twitter has overhauled the back-end infrastructure of its search engine, boosting its speed and capacity to index posts, process queries and deliver results, while making the system more stable and better suited for the addition of new features.
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    Oracle exec outlines Fusion Apps pricing model

    08 October, 2010 07:55
    But some more specific details still haven't been made public
    Existing customers of Oracle's ERP (enterprise resource planning) product lines like E-Business Suite that are current on support payments will receive "net-for-net" credit when upgrading to the company's upcoming Fusion Applications, but some aspects of the next-generation suite will cost extra, said Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of product development, Thursday during a webcast presentation for analysts.
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    Aldi data breach shows payment terminal holes

    08 October, 2010 06:52
    Thieves hit point-of-sale terminals in Aldi grocery stores in 11 states
    A debit card breach disclosed late last week by discount grocer Aldi Inc. shows how hardware hacks are starting to pose as much of a threat to payment card data as software-based attacks.
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    Microsoft plans colossal Patch Tuesday next week

    08 October, 2010 06:41
    Daunting patch day to fix 49 flaws in IE, Windows, Office and SharePoint
    Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 16 security updates next week to patch a whopping 49 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and SharePoint.
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    Facebook takes on privacy with new tools

    08 October, 2010 06:41
    Will uses be quick to forgive and forget when it comes to privacy?
    After taking a beating from users over privacy issues this year, Facebook got the message and gave users more control over their information.
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    IBM unveils virtualized, highly scalable mid-range storage array

    08 October, 2010 06:19
    The V7000 allows other vendor storage to be pooled behind it
    Calling it a "game changer," IBM today announced a modular storage array that can scale from 12 to 240 drives and accept legacy storage from competitors through a virtualization engine, which allows the storage to be managed as a single pool.
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    iOS rises for business, Android expands among consumers

    08 October, 2010 06:17
    Two studies show the rise of the Apple mobile iOS in business as Android smartphones increase in popularity for everyone else
    Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad made up about half of new activations of mobile devices among businesses during the last three months, while Android smartphones again gained more marketshare, according to two new studies.
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    Job search tips: Thank you note do's and don'ts

    08 October, 2010 06:09
    Job seekers need to pull out all the stops to impress hiring managers and distinguish themselves from the legions of other qualified candidates looking for jobs
    In this employer's market for talent, job seekers need to pull out all the stops to impress hiring managers and distinguish themselves from the legions of other qualified candidates looking for jobs. That means sending thank you notes to hiring managers immediately after job interviews. It sounds like basic job search advice, but the practice of sending thank you notes is not as common as it should be, especially among younger workers, according to Tracy Cashman, partner and general manager of the information technology group at staffing firm Winter, Wyman & Company.
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    IBM brings analytics to midrange storage offering

    08 October, 2010 05:46
    IBM's new midrange storage product includes new virtualization, compression and deduplication technologies
    IBM debuted on Thursday a new, midrange disk storage system designed to better manage the increasing amount of data flowing through the Internet and growing volume of Web transactions.
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    CloudBerry Explorer

    08 October, 2010 05:32
    Manage Amazon S3 storage with CloudBerry Lab's slick standalone client.
    For Web site developers and administrators, cloud storage is an increasingly popular alternative to dedicated servers. In most cases, cloud storage is both cheaper and more reliable. Amazon offers the leading solution with their Simple Storage Service (S3). S3 has a robust set of features, but Amazon only offers a Web interface, which can be quite clunky. This is where CloudBerry Explorer (free) comes in: it replicates and improves on the functionality of Amazon's Web interface in a slick standalone program.
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    Why Windows is bad for business

    08 October, 2010 05:28
    Microsoft's operating system still dominates the globe, and that's a problem in more ways than one.
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is highly skilled at being "a little cocky" as he trumpets the global desktop dominance of his company's Windows operating system.
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