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Cisco takes its lumps, keeps developing video meeting tools

Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in a briefing with media this week.

By Stephen Lawson | 25 May, 2012 23:31

Tags: video, Telephony/conferencing, Internet-based applications and services, internet, networking, Cisco Systems

Quickbooks Online outage leaves some customers in sour mood

Intuit's Quickbooks Online service suffered an outage this week that left "a small subset" of customers unable to access their data, but the company says the problems with the on-demand accounting software have now been fixed.

By Chris Kanaracus | 25 May, 2012 17:12

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, cloud computing, internet, Financial / tax, applications, software, Intuit

Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care

A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how data analytics can improve health care.

By Fred O'Connor | 25 May, 2012 15:03

Tags: health care, industry verticals, business intelligence, applications, software, internet

More NBN access for remote schools

More remote schools, health clinics and local government facilities will be able to access the National Broadband Network (NBN) through an established interim satellite service, the government says.

By AAP | 25 May, 2012 10:00

Tags: satellite, networking, NBN, national broadband network

NBN build gaining momentum daily: Quigley

NBN Co boss, Mike Quigley, says momentum on the National Broadband Network is building despite the delays and setbacks in delivering on the government's $36 billion project.

By AAP | 25 May, 2012 07:00

Tags: networking, nbn co, NBN, national broadband network, Mike Quigley

Coalition NBN better or worse?

Broadband minister Senator Stephen Conroy and his Coalition counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, have continued to play tit for tat over the National Broadband Network (NBN). It is obvious that a Coalition win in the next election could have wide ranging impacts on the network.

By Stephanie McDonald | 25 May, 2012 08:00

Tags: NBN, national broadband network

Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

By Jay Alabaster | 25 May, 2012 07:37

Tags: sony, Internet-based applications and services, internet, consumer electronics

China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

By Michael Kan | 25 May, 2012 05:42

Tags: social networking, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Sina

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Customisable Cloud SLAs on the way, researchers predict

Service-level agreements and legal standards for Cloud offerings will become more customised to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings, researchers at the University of London predict.

By Brandon Butler | 24 May, 2012 20:30

Tags: University of London, The Cloud, SLAs, service level agreements, Queen Mary, internet, cloud computing

Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

Tags: Yahoo, software, search engines, Microsoft, IT industry, Internet Search, internet, Google, browsers, applications

Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

Tags: social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook

About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, e-mail, applications, software, Google, Microsoft

European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

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By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

Tags: privacy, security, search engines, internet, Google

Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

Tags: encryption, security, browsers, applications, software, search engines, internet, Yahoo

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

Tags: Hack In The Box, enterprise architecture, Architecture, software, fraud, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, data breach, intrusion, security, sap

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software

Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 13:00

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, applications, software, Box.net

Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 07:46

Tags: Regulation, Internet-based applications and services, internet, government, Google

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