Westpac has spent a year developing its own in-house app for securely taking and delivering notes on the iPad, solving a document-security puzzle that has troubled rivals for some time. (Westpac Bank (formerly Bank of New South Wales), Toowoomba-1 image by David Jackmanson , CC2.0 ) Westpac today showed off Tabula, an app designed for iPads, which was developed in-house for secure document transmission and dissemination by board members. Tabula allows Westpac's administrative staff to cobble together documents from all over the organisation that may be required for upcoming board meetings; customise them into an agenda packet for each board member; encrypt them internally; and send them electronically to the iPad

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Westpac board goes paperless with iPads

Android is widely accepted as being iOS' greatest rival, but, according to Dell SecureWorks security researcher Timothy Vidas, it has a host of issues that have made it a target for malware authors. Speaking at security conference AusCERT 2012 last week, Vidas outlined some of the problems that exist in the Android operating system, while highlighting that his concern is based on malware figures, rather than his preference for a particular vendor

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Android's biggest security flaws

The Victorian Government has made the decision to scrap its HealthSMART system, which was years overdue and had run hundreds of millions of dollars over budget. HealthSMART was launched in 2003 and had been designed to run as a single electronic foundation for the state's public health service. The single platform would combine a finance system, as well as patient-management and clinical-applications services.

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Vic scraps HealthSMART system

Whether it's in a public or private organisation, IT procurement, and perhaps procurement of any kind, seems to be a black hole that if not watched, can suck money away into an abyss. We've heard the stories of the government employees in Victoria who were receiving gift cards for buying printer toner that departments didn't need .

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Woolies case poses procurement questions

The golden age of cybercrime could come to a close as soon as 2014, according to Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky - as long as the world changes how it coordinates on creating laws to govern the internet. Eugene Kaspersky (Credit: Michael Lee/ZDNet Australia) Speaking to ZDNet Australia and presenting at AusCERT 2012 this week, Kaspersky slammed the traditional model of regulation for technology and cybercrime, criticising it of being slow and unsuitable. "Traditional regulation - it's far, far, far behind reality," he said.

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Cybercrime golden age over in two years?

As a tech journalist, you soon learn the view of the "end users" who make up your publication's readership; typically, the IT manager or CIO.

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When regulation goes too far

It's awkward to run afoul of anyone for culturally sensitive reasons. I'd imagine that it's even worse to run afoul of Iran for said reasons. Google is being accused of removing the Maps label from the oft fought-over Persian Gulf, an action that Iran's foreign minister says could lead to the search giant paying "serious damages".

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Iran may sue Google

The Facebook initial public offering (IPO) will embolden the social network to up its fight with Google for the online advertising market. But don't expect Google to back down. Mark Zuckerberg at the F8 developer's conference in 2011.

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Facebook vs. Google: the epic battle

Simon & Schuster, one of the five major book publishers accused in multiple lawsuits of conspiring with Apple to fix ebook prices, has settled the complaint filed by numerous states' attorneys-general in the US. (Stack of books image by Horia Varlan , CC2.0 ) Denise Cote, the federal judge overseeing the three different antitrust complaints pending against Apple and the defendant publishers, granted a motion on Tuesday to dismiss Simon & Schuster (owned by ZDNet Australia 's parent company, CBS) from the complaint

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Allowing users to bring their own devices (BYOD) needn't be difficult, even for the government, according to the senior manager for the ACT Government's IT security, Peter Major. Speaking at the 2012 AusCERT security conference this morning, Major highlighted up front that organisations have to establish a clear device-use policy.

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How government does BYOD