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  • Hyperion head joins Capiotech

    Local IT services firm Capiotech today revealed it had nabbed Thomas Palmer, the former head of Hyperion Australia and New Zealand, to be its new managing director.

  • Unisys Australia nabs new MD from SAP

    Global IT services firm Unisys has formally replaced its local managing director Steve Parker, more than half a year after the executive quietly left the company to take the chief operating officer role at up and coming competitor Oakton.

  • Fedora reboots updates after hack

    The Red Hat-supported Fedora Project has started issuing updates to its Linux distribution again, after a hiatus of several weeks caused by a hacker break-in.

  • RBA criticises payments innovation

    Australia's central bank has criticised the nation's four largest commercial banks for shirking on investments in payment systems technology, resulting in a lack of innovation and neglect of systems like EFTPOS.

  • NEHTA appoints new CEO

    The National E-Health Transition Authority has nicked a top technology executive from the National Australia Bank to be its new chief executive.

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  • Westpac bank: AVG's toughest competitor

    The next time you're buying antivirus software, don't go direct to Symantec or McAfee. Don't download free antivirus. And definitely don't see Harvey Norman. Ask your bank they're quite literally giving the stuff away.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Is running Windows XP on ATMs stupid?

    When creating a secure, locked down IT system for something that is directly responsible for handling cash transactions would you choose the most popular, most targeted operating system?

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Limelight kills botnets better than cops do

    Botnet operators have become public enemy number-one as consumers, businesses and governments fall foul to identity theft, DDoS attacks and spam. Yet no one appears to be able to stop the spread of bots -- except maybe the media.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Lazy and impatient? Telstra has the answer

    Near field communications -- or NFC -- may sound like another dull mobile acronym. However, the reality is a smooth system that will delight the lazy and impatient.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Reporter's notebook: Vista midnight launch

    Time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the nonsensical that comprised the late-night launches along the eastern seaboard of Australia.

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  • HSBC Australia CIO talks bank tech

    Most of Australia's major banks are just beginning massive IT projects which will see them refresh their core banking systems. But as HSBC's Australian CIO Brenton Hush tells ZDNet.com.au, the global bank's local operation is already ahead.

  • Aussie banks: your new security vendor

    It is quickly becoming the norm for Australia's largest banks to offer discounts on or completely free computer security software to boost internet banking security. The question is, why?

  • Analysis: CommBank alone on voice biometrics

    The Commonwealth Bank stands alone as the only top tier bank in Australia with its sights on biometrics as a means to improve security for its customers -- but critics say the technology is still too young.

  • NAB examines offshoring 400 jobs

    NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.

  • Five tips for stealthy Facebooking

    Want to spend all day on Facebook without getting caught? Here's how.

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