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Four security updates due from Microsoft next week

Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software next week.

By Robert McMillan | 06 February, 2009 08:13

Tags: microsoft patches

Privacy group calls Google Latitude a 'danger' to security

A privacy group is calling Google's new mapping application an "unnecessary danger" to users' security and privacy.

By Sharon Gaudin | 06 February, 2009 08:51

Tags: google latitude, privacy

Telstra, AFL win hyperlink court case against News

Hyperlinks to Telstra-copyrighted AFL video clips on YouTube were unlawful, the Federal Court has ruled.

By Emma McKinnon | 05 February, 2009 16:09

Tags: Telstra

Intelledox launches into SaaS

Document creation and delivery software vendor Intelledox has announced a move into software as as service aimed squarely at business users.

By Rodney Gedda | 05 February, 2009 16:02

Tags: cms, intellidox, document management

Researchers: IT security jobs largely untouched by economy

Information security jobs may not be the most glamorous ones in the technology industry. But at least they appear to be a lot more secure than many other IT positions are during the ongoing economic recession.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 05 February, 2009 13:10

Tags: security, careers

Dell outlines plan to help customers cut energy costs

Dell this week talked about steps the company is taking to improve energy efficiency in servers, also outlining a server-refresh cycle that could help customers cut energy costs in the long run.

By Agam Shah | 05 February, 2009 13:19

Tags: Dell, servers, energy efficiency, virtualisation

iiNet prepares its defence in copyright infringement case

iiNet will lodge its defence in the Federal Court today to claims it has infringed the copyrighted material of leading film studios and the Seven Network.

By Howard Dahdah | 05 February, 2009 14:00

Tags: copyright, iiNet

Study: Charities hamstrung by lack of IT funding, training

The government has come under fire for its languid response in addressing the technology capacity development requirements of the nation's charities and nonprofit organisations.

AOL's Q4 revenue plummets, drags down Time Warner

AOL's revenue fell 23 percent in the fourth quarter, including a steep decline in ad sales, as the Time Warner online unit continues to post disappointing results.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 05 February, 2009 11:50

Tags: AOL, time warner

Jailed SF network admin files $3M claim

The network administrator who was jailed for allegedly holding San Francisco's city government network hostage has filed a US$3 million claim against the city.

By Robert McMillan | 05 February, 2009 12:18

Tags: network admin, terry childs

Microsoft may go open source with Danger

Microsoft may do the unthinkable with Danger, the mobile software and services developer it purchased last year: Go open source.

By Nancy Gohring | 05 February, 2009 11:16

Tags: open source, Microsoft, danger

Cisco warns of four WLAN controller vulnerabilities

Cisco Wednesday issued a security alert warning of a quartet of vulnerabilities affecting all of its wireless LAN controllers, including the Catalyst 6500 and 7600 wireless modules, with software version 4.2 or higher.

By John Cox | 05 February, 2009 11:02

Tags: WLAN, cisco

Cisco second-quarter sales, profit fall

Cisco Systems' revenue and net income for its fiscal second quarter fell from a year earlier as the company grappled with the global economic downturn.

By Stephen Lawson | 05 February, 2009 11:00

Tags: cisco

Panasonic will cut 15,000 jobs as it forecasts $4.3B loss

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic on Wednesday forecast its first yearly loss in a long time and said it will slash jobs due to the worsening global economy.

By Dan Nystedt | 04 February, 2009 21:14

Tags: Panasonic, economic downturn

Nortel still signing up customers

Nortel has signed up "hundreds" of new customers since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection three weeks ago, and is reconsidering its decision to sell its Metro Ethernet Networks business.

By Jim Duffy | 05 February, 2009 10:52

Tags: nortel