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  • Palin's email gets hacked

    Hackers have reportedly broken into US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account and posted some of the contents on the internet.

  • Politicians need to be RFID tagged: Burgess

    Telstra spin-doctor Phil Burgess gave one of his final speeches today during a luncheon held at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, slinging off amusing stories that included a road trip on a Harley Davidson and RFID tagging politicians to mark his 38 months, 10 days and 14 hours in Australia but who's counting?

  • Microsoft attacks potential VMWare feature

    Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley last week criticised virtualisation rival VMWare for an idea that could see virtualised operating system images patched while they were still running in memory.

  • 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.

  • IBM splashes out on 'scab' labour

    IBM has been recruiting "scab" labour to fill the gap that could be left by striking IBM Flightdeck workers, according to the Australian Services Union.

  • ActewAGL CIO to focus on TransACT

    ACT energy utility ActewAGL has begun the search for a new chief information officer after incumbent Carsten Larsen left last Friday.

  • Strike vote fuels IBM Australia debate

    A potential impending strike action at one of IBM Australia's Sydney facilities has sparked debate about whether it was still worth striving to work at one of the largest and most prestigious technology firms in Australia and the world.

  • Google tackles Democratic Convention

    Whoever takes the White House in 2008 can thank Google for helping. The search giant will be at both major US party conventions this year, encouraging delegates to use YouTube and other Google services to share their impressions of the proceedings.

  • Qld cybersquatter causes mayhem

    A cybersquatter who set up a fake website in the name of Queensland's new political party has taunted staffers trying to shut it down.

  • HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones

    Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones.

  • Data breach laws years away

    The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months.

  • NZ regulation fears quieten

    New Zealand internet service providers considered the country's regulatory environment less of a concern today than they did two years ago, before the operational separation of incumbent Telecom New Zealand, a survey has revealed.

  • SAP CEO defends price hike

    SAP co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and increase prices.

  • Police shame crank callers on YouTube

    Avon and Somerset Police in the UK have turned to YouTube to shame timewasters for tying up a line where delays can cost lives.

  • DNS disaster: first attacks reported

    The first attacks that are likely to have stemmed from a serious Domain Name System flaw have been reported.

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