PayPal suspends personal payments to India

PayPal, an eBay company, has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335465/paypal_suspends_personal_payments_india?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-08 20:51:00 Rudd non-committal on copyright law change chances

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has shied away from committing to legislative change to copyright enforcement in the wake of the AFACT v iiNet decision at the Federal Court of Australia last week.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335522/rudd_non-committal_copyright_law_change_chances?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-08 20:48:00 Queensland to make health data available online

The Queensland Government has tackled a new idea which will see critical data about the State’s hospital emergency departments made available to the public online.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335518/queensland_make_health_data_available_online?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-08 20:28:00 Conroy pushed ALP mate for top NBN job

FORMER Labor MP Mike Kaiser landed a job at the national broadband network on the recommendation of federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26696138-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-08 13:00:00 Jobs growth off to promising start

TECHNOLOGY sector employment looks set for a promising first quarter.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26695785-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-08 13:00:00 Amcom bags $20m NT govt deal

Telecommunications provider Amcom has scored a $20 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Northern Territory Government over a five-year period.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Amcom-bags-20m-NT-govt-deal/0,130061791,339300883,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-08 00:54:01 G7 promises continued stimulus

G7 financial leaders have tried to tamp down anxiety about the global economic recovery, promising to continue stimulus efforts.

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26691541-643,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-07 20:56:23 Huawei plans to launch multiple Android devices

Huawei is planning to launch a number of Android-based devices, including smartphones and "home-use Internet devices" at Mobile World Congress, it said on Friday.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=1039592799&rid=-100

2010-02-07 20:19:00 Microsoft to stop selling display ads for Facebook

Microsoft is expanding its search arrangement with Facebook but reining in its advertising deal with the social-networking site.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335322/microsoft_stop_selling_display_ads_facebook?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-07 19:13:00 Google phone learns the lingo

GOOGLE is developing software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26690493-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-07 13:00:00 RBA keeps door open to rate hikes

THE RBA left the door open today for further interest rate increases in 2010, but the timing of any near-term hikes remains uncertain.

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26680620-643,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-05 00:45:19 Microsoft slates colossal Windows patch next week

Microsoft today said it will deliver a record-tying 13 security updates on Tuesday to patch more than two dozen vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335198/microsoft_slates_colossal_windows_patch_next_week?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-04 20:40:00 Conroy's duel with the bureaucrats

STEPHEN Conroy is copping political flak over the bungled tender for the original broadband network s abandoned by the Rudd government last year

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26679070-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-04 13:00:00 IP firms rake in millions from iiNet

THE landmark iiNet case in the Federal Court has proved a boon for leading intellectual property firms Herbert Geer and Gilbert + Tobin.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26679100-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-04 13:00:00 Why the court ruled for iiNet

Justice Cowdroy today handed iiNet a sound victory in the Australian ISP's long-running battle against a coalition of film and television studios, finding that iiNet did not authorise copyright infringement carried out by its customers.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Why-the-court-ruled-for-iiNet/0,130061791,339300823,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-04 00:00:01 Housing plot sales point to pick-up

Sales of raw residential land surge in the September quarter, suggesting home construction is set to rise sharply.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/housing-plot-sales-point-to-pickup-20100203-ncb8.html

2010-02-03 01:13:41 SA to repeal anonymous comment law

South Australia's attorney-general Michael Atkinson has said he will seek repeal a law which censors online commentary on the looming state election, despite admitting it will humiliate him.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/SA-to-repeal-anonymous-comment-law/0,139023166,339300769,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-02 22:58:02 Telecom NZ users get compo for outage

CEO Paul Reynolds today announced that Telecom NZ will compensate the 200,000 customers south of Taupo who had been affected by the company's recent mobile outage.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Telecom-NZ-users-get-compo-for-outage/0,130061791,339300761,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-02 06:18:01 IT Jobs: Are you paid enough?

Hudson ICT has released their annual salary guide with a breakdown of salary ranges across the IT industry from senior managers to graduate developers.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/IT-Jobs-Are-you-paid-enough-/0,139023166,339300722,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-02 05:43:01 Government releases $400 million desktop tender

THE government is poised to splash out up to $400 million over five years to coordinate the procurement of desktop hardware across all government agencies.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26667806-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-02-02 05:12:55 Jobs recovery could impact IT contracting: Hudson

The recovery in the IT jobs market could begin to take its toll on contract positions, according to the latest ICT salary guide by recruitment firm Hudson.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334720/jobs_recovery_could_impact_it_contracting_hudson?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-02-02 00:39:00 Business confidence dims

The trio of interest rate rises by the RBA - with another expected today - has combined to dent the confidence of the country's businesses.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/business-confidence-dims-20100202-n9w6.html

2010-02-02 00:30:46 Firefox Mobile arrives on Nokia N900 smartphones

The mobile version of the Firefox browser is now available to owners of the Nokia N900 smartphone, after several months of beta tests. Mozilla is also working on versions for smartphones running Windows Mobile and Android.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=318204408&rid=-100

2010-02-01 18:57:00 VHA employee in alleged mobile heist

An employee of mobile telco Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has been charged with fraudulently obtaining, among other mobile phones, 131 Apple iPhones, and attempting to obtain 1000 more.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/VHA-employee-in-alleged-mobile-heist/0,130061791,339300724,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-01 06:44:01 iiNet judgement looms over ISPs' future

Judgement for the "landmark" case of iiNet versus AFACT will come on Thursday, but with Senator Conroy, lobby groups, consumers and industry members all weighing in on the result, what might the case mean for digital piracy?

http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/communications/soa/iiNet-judgement-looms-over-ISPs-future/0,139023754,339300678,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-02-01 03:43:01 Informatica plugs MDM hole with Siperian buy

Informatica has purchased MDM (master data management) vendor Siperian for about US$130 million, strengthening its hand against larger rivals such as IBM and Oracle.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/334484/informatica_plugs_mdm_hole_siperian_buy?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

2010-01-31 18:38:00 Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats

The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1929797868&rid=-301

2010-01-31 18:23:00 China cracks down on foreign offices

CHINA cracks down on international companies' "representative offices" and limits the number of foreigners to four per office.

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26659237-643,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-01-31 13:00:00 Bill to split Telstra delayed again

LEGISLATION designed to cleave Telstra in two has been pushed off this week's timetable of Senate debates.

http://www.australianit.com.au/story/0,,26659251-15306,00.html?from=public_rss

2010-01-31 13:00:00 Vic govt poised for government 2.0

The Victorian Government is set to respond next week to a government 2.0-style parliamentary report on improving access to public information.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/soa/Vic-govt-poised-for-government-2-0/0,139023165,339300653,00.htm?feed=rss

2010-01-29 01:21:01
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