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• CBA finalising second-factor roll-out

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has commenced a final roll-out of two-factor authentication (2FA) systems that will see 400,000 customers of its NetBank internet banking service upgraded to the secure log-in technology.

• Rickroll virus targets iPhones

  An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ikee, which replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.

• Tanner claims Gershon victory

  Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner today said the government had found an additional $430 million in projected savings from its annual IT spend, meaning it had satisfied the Gershon Review's target of shaving off $1 billion a year.

• When angry Telstra shareholders attack

  Telstra shareholders travelled from far and wide to vent their frustrations as owners and customers to the telco's chairperson, Catherine Livingstone and chief David Thodey.

• Telstra launches new blogging site

  Putting the troubled history of its nowwearetalking website behind it, Telstra has re-launched its efforts to communicate with customers and stakeholders online, focused on a new blogging site dubbed "Telstra Exchange".

• Survey debunks broadband productivity gains

  A NZ government-funded survey has raised questions about the productivity gains to be made from providing fast internet access.

• AFACT attacks Westnet piracy policy

  iiNet managing director Michael Malone today denied that cancelling iiNet subsidiary Westnet's policy to forward copyright breach notifications was designed to be obstructive to copyright holders.

• IAG's CGU announces IT transformation

  Insurance Australia Group subsidiary CGU has mapped out a five-year IT transformation to simplify the way the company handles its business.

• ATO Change Program budget now $879m

  The budget for the Change Program has again been bumped up as the Australian Taxation Office says it needs $105 million to finish the project over the next two years on top of the $749 million it has already spent.

• NEHTA cuts contractor spend

  The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has dropped the amount it is shelling out for contractors while stepping up its in-house employee spend, according to its annual report released yesterday.

• 7 more agencies seek interim datacentres

  Seven more federal government agencies, including the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, have applied to buy datacentre capacity from the government's new interim datacentre panel.

• Bank of Queensland squeezes outsourcers

  Bank of Queensland said yesterday that it has put its outsourcing relationships under the microscope as the second phase of its cost cutting drive.

• AFACT: Our evidence not 100% reliable

  The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) solicitor, Gilbert & Tobin's Michael Williams, has conceded that the techniques AFACT used to count iiNet customers' copyright breaches was not 100 per cent "reliable".

• iiNet barristers corner AFACT solicitor

  iiNet's legal counsel took Gilbert & Tobin solicitor Michael Williams to task yesterday afternoon over the credibility of technical evidence he had presented to the court.

• Google wins Monash Uni email

  After a swathe of universities announced deals with Microsoft for its free Live@edu hosted email, Monash University has said it will provide the rival Gmail service to its 58,000 students instead.

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