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Investor sues Nasdaq over Facebook bungle

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:12:40 +0000

The Nasdaq's tech-related issues surrounding the Facebook IPO aren't over yet, with one unhappy investor deciding to sue the stock exchange parent company over alleged losses, relating to stock order delays. This is probably the smartest way of making money off of the disappointing Facebook IPO we've seen yet.

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Google warns users of DNSChanger malware

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:47:16 +0000

Google is the latest in the growing number of organisations that are warning users about the DNSChanger malware , which threatens to affect some users' connectivity. Infected users will soon see a warning at the top of their page alerting them of the issue and how to get help.

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JobWatch: where the jobs are

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:37:01 +0000

The latest analysis on online job ads from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations makes for depressing reading: online job ads in ICT fell again last month. In April, newly advertised jobs for ICT professionals were 2 per cent down from March, and 22 per cent down on a year ago.

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Surely IT is more than just a game?

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:55:01 +0000

The first video-gaming degrees have finally received government approval in New Zealand. Auckland's Media Design School will be running two degrees, aimed at supplying New Zealand's emerging games industry

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Android fragmentation steers Vic Health

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:15:01 +0000

Fragmentation issues in Android were a key concern for the Victorian Department of Health when it came to designing its Better Health Channel app; so much so that the department has opted to design a web app for the platform, rather than going native. Better Health Channel's iOS app (Credit: Victorian Department of Health) The Better Health Channel has been running an online database since 1999, and now has over 2000 pages of health information that require constant quality assurance and maintenance from health professionals

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Govt CIO praises budget’s $1bn IT investment

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:10:01 +0000

Despite a tighter 2012-13 Federal Budget, the government's chief information officer Ann Steward has said that IT is still an important part of government spending, accounting for $1 billion in the Budget.

Research key to good apps: Westpac CIO

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:13:01 +0000

Westpac announced yesterday that it has over a million users actively signing in and using its mobile banking platform regularly. But what does it take to build an app that people keep coming back to? The bank's chief information officer (CIO) says that it requires more care and research, than one might think

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Kaspersky’s antivirus denied on iOS

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:16:01 +0000

Kaspersky Lab is the latest company to be denied the chance to develop an official antivirus app for iOS. AVG and Trend Micro are others that have openly criticised Apple for making it difficult to develop antivirus apps, but they don't want to risk their developer status to make a jailbroken equivalent.

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SuccessFactors launches Sydney datacentre

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:10:01 +0000

in brief SuccessFactors has announced that it will start hosting its cloud products out of a datacentre in Sydney, Australia, to service customers in the region. The SAP-owned company is targeting government and local businesses with the datacentre, which will host the SuccessFactors Business Execution suite BizX. The datacentre, obtained via the company's purchase of Australia-based analytics firm Infohrm in 2010, is a Federal Government panel-certified facility, and is also ISO 27001 certified.

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Dell profits plunge in spending lull

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:03:01 +0000

Dell's results were weak across the board in the first quarter, as large enterprise, public sector and consumer sales fell. Dell's race to transform itself into a company with more software and services couldn't outrun weak hardware spending. The company reported first-quarter earnings of US$635 million, a drop of 33 per cent from a year ago, from revenues of US$14.42 billion, down 4 per cent from a year ago.

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