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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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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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SAP eyes cloud super network with Ariba buy

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:56:01 +0000

SAP America is looking to develop "the business network of the future" with the acquisition of cloud-based business commerce network Ariba, at the price of US$45 per share, amounting to approximately US$4.3 billion. Each party will be bringing something significant to the table. Ariba already has the buyer-seller collaboration network, which is intended to compliment SAP's existing customer base, as well as its B2B and on-premise solutions

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Fed Govt steps up on shared cloud plan

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:57:01 +0000

The Federal Government has proposed advancing its shared cloud strategy for government agencies, unveiling a draft strategy for a "community cloud". The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) described the community cloud as "cloud-computing services shared by several organisations that have shared requirements (eg, mission, security requirements, policy and compliance considerations)"

Westpac board goes paperless with iPads

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:53:01 +0000

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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Thomson’s phone clone claims uncertain

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:33:01 +0000

Independent MP Craig Thomson's claims that calls to Sydney escort services made from his mobile phone were actually made using a clone of his phone seem unlikely, unless a telco insider was involved, according to a security analyst.

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Vocus snaps up NZ datacentre provider

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:33:01 +0000

in brief Vocus today announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a New Zealand based datacentre operator and cloud provider for NZ$9.5 million. Maxnet owns a datacentre just outside Auckland and provides infrastructure as a service products to customers and owns a datacentre just outside the Auckland CBD

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