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Israel takes airstrikes to the Web
News Israel Defense Forces uses Twitter to spread message and posts footage of Hamas airstrikes on YouTube. Some videos were removed, and later reinstated.
Tags: Web logs, Politics, Web 2.0, Video, Twitter, CNN, Footage, Spokesperson, FoxNews.com, Israel
IBM seals deal for 40,000 notebooks
News IBM Australia has bagged a tender worth A$92 million (US$47 million) from the Australian government for the supply of up to 40,000 notebooks.
Sun keeps Oz in IT skills race
News An explosion in technology is occurring across the globe, causing massive deficiencies in the amount of skilled workforce available. However, Sun Microsystems claims to have the answers to help Australia keep pace alongside the rest of the world.
Aust state not alone in police hacking laws
News Other jurisdictions besides New South Wales are proposing legislation to allow police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely, an Australian cybercrime analyst says.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Bill, Telecommunications, Queensland, computer, Victoria, phone, hacking, Facebook
IT budget runs over at Aust police
News The IT arm of the police in the Australian state of Victoria has blown its budget by millions, according to report by external consultant.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Infrastructure/architecture management, Police, IT Budget, Supplier, Spokesperson, internal audit, Australia, CIO
Sun dual-Niagara servers due in 2008
News Multithread frenzy takes another step at Sun: "Victoria Falls" chip will mean 128 threads in a single server.
Tags: Processors, Servers
Mass layoffs at Hutchison expected Monday
News Wide-scale redundancies are expected at troubled telco Hutchison; staff have been alerted to attend early morning conference calls on Monday.
Telstra users impacted by DOS attack
News Telstra cable users in Victoria and ADSL customers nationally suffered the repercussions of a denial-of-service attack last night, with services unavailable for up to four hours.
Bank of Queensland extends EDS contract
Insight The Bank of Queensland has extended its 10-year IT outsourcing pact with EDS for another two years, citing cost saving and re-engineering achievements under the original deal.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Banking, Outsourcing
Aussie marriage sealed with a digital kiss
News In what is claimed to be a world first, an Australian couple recently tied the knot with a marriage certificate signed using digital certificates.
Australia's Telstra sacks eavesdropping employees
News While electronic eavesdropping is a legal right in Australia for spooks and cops, the nation's largest telephone company today sacked employees who Telstra says have been listening in on customers' phone conversations.
Australia: Queensland sets up hi-tech research fund
News The government of Australia's northern state of Queensland has announced a new A$15m (US$7.75m) fund to entice developers of hi-tech research to the state.
No initial signs of Y2K problems in Australia
News Clocks rolled over into 2000 in Sydney with Australia's largest-ever fireworks display lighting the sky and initial signs that major utilities have been unaffected by the Y2K computer bug.
Australian 'GiFi' chip promises wireless 5Gbps
News Australian researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA) have developed a lower power, short range chip for wireless communications that can achieve up to 5Gbps--allowing them to transfer a complete DVD in a matter of seconds.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Mobile/Wireless
Microsoft tangles with charity over Windows fees
News The software giant backs away from legal action against a charity that refurbushed PCs but didn't pay a Windows "license transfer fee."
