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Australian eHealth messaging trial a success

A successful eHealth trial of secure message delivery means Australian healthcare professionals will soon be able to share clinical information through online messaging.

By Adam Bender | 17 May, 2013 14:18

Tags: National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), security, Messaging, Healthcare, e-health, ehealth

Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.

By Tim Greene | 17 May, 2013 12:34

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, EE, PC, Microsoft, Windows, hardware systems, software, Data Center, operating systems, Forrester Research

BT Financial embraces BI to better understand customers

BT Financial Group has tapped business intelligence (BI) software from QlikView to provide insights on how to grow and retain customers for its financial advice business.

By Adam Bender | 17 May, 2013 12:08

Tags: QlikView, data warehouse, Westpac, BT Financial Group, big data, banks, financial institutions, business intelligence (BI), Case Study

New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer

Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.

By Lucian Constantin | 17 May, 2013 12:04

Tags: Apple, Mac OS, symantec, security, f-secure, software, spyware, operating systems, malware

Bill Gates to front Q&A debate on health

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates will take part in a special version of the ABC's Q&A program during a visit to Australia later this month.

By AAP | 17 May, 2013 12:03

Tags: Microsoft, bill gates

Santos migrates to Windows 7 before XP support ends

The ending of Windows XP support in April 2014 combined with slow log in times led Australian oil and gas producer Santos (ASX: STO) to start its Windows 7 migration.

By Hamish Barwick | 17 May, 2013 11:57

Tags: Santos Ltd, windows xp, Mircosoft, AppSense, desktop virtualization, Windows 7

Digital coalition asks for a fair deal on TPP copyright provisions

A coalition of organisations have started a ‘Fair Deal’ campaign against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

By Stephanie McDonald | 17 May, 2013 11:08

Tags: Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), Australian Digital Alliance, copyright, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Chorus offers interim VDSL product during NZ fibre rollout

New Zealand company Chorus – the network infrastructure arm of Telecom until a 2011 demerger – has launched a wholesale VDSL-based offering that will be available from 7 June.

By Stephanie McDonald | 17 May, 2013 09:57

Tags: Malcolm Turnbull, vdsl, National Broadband Network (NBN), ultra-fast broadband (UFB), Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI)

Video: World Tech Update, May 17, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed features.

Google I/O: First day keynote presents nearly overwhelming options and updates

Google I/O: First day keynote presents nearly overwhelming options and updates

Video: Google I/O First day keynote presents nearly overwhelming options and updates

The Google Play store has a new look and feel

In Pictures: She's gonna blow! 10 Star Trek technologies that are almost here

Warp drives, teleporters, helpful holograms - the new frontier is a lot closer than you might think

By Robert X. Cringeley | 17 May, 2013 08:20

Tags: star trek, helpful holograms, future tech, Warp drives, slideshow, teleporters

Android retains lead over Apple

Android has remained at the top of the leader board when it comes to smartphones, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report.

By Stephanie McDonald | 17 May, 2013 08:08

Tags: Apple, IDC, ios, Android, Windows Phone

Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said.

By Michael Kan | 17 May, 2013 07:03

Tags: Electronics manufacturing, Apple, Foxconn Technology Group, Health and safety, environment

Mozilla postpones default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox

Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in the Beta version of Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies."

By John Ribeiro | 17 May, 2013 05:35

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, applications, browsers, software, internet, mozilla