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Technology Today
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AUSTRAC finds PayPal deficient
PayPal has promised the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to improve its act on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.
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iPhone virus adds botnet powers
In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according...
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Cumbria community digs NHS-funded fibre
The Alston Moor area will have next-generation broadband connectivity by the end of the year, thanks to a social enterprise rollout that is partly funded by the NHS ...
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Opera 10.10 bundled with Unite web server function
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Carphone Warehouse freezes Satio phone sales
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Campaigners criticise '£10bn NHS IT overspend'
The National Health Service's flagship IT project has been criticised by a tax campaign group for running billions of pounds over budget. The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT)...
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Campaigners criticise '£10bn NHS IT overspend'
The National Health Service's flagship IT project has been criticised by a tax campaign group for running billions of pounds over budget. The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT)...
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iPhone worm could be used to create botnets
The new worm affects the SSH protocol in jailbroken iPhones and is "much more serious" than the previous threat, as it may attempt to steal data, F-Secure warns ...
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Oracle gets more time to respond to EU
European regulators have extended the deadline for their review of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, giving the business software maker more time to make its case ...
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IE 6 and 7 hit by zero-day bug
Exploit code is available for a memory corruption flaw in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, which could allow an intruder to crash the browser or send a user to...
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Microsoft may help News Corp. vanish from Google
Rupert Murdoch's media empire is talking with the tech giant about having its web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report ...
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Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
Organizations should be wary of vendor lock-in, according to European Network and Information Security Agency. Compare your salaryUse the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences...
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EU ministers agree e-government aims
European ministers set out five-year plan for creating better online public services across the EU ...
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Windows Mobile still in the game
Microsoft needs to bring innovation faster to its mobile platform to best the smartphone competition and regain market share, according to analysts.
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Chrome, Android likely to merge
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says that the company's two operating-system projects, which could compete with each other in netbooks, may become one OS over time ...
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APAC mobile multimedia services to dethrone SMS
Mobile multimedia services will surpass short messaging service in revenue contribution to Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan by year-end, reports IDC.
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Apple's Schiller defends iPhone app approval process
In his first wide-ranging interview on the matter, Apple senior vice-president explains his company's App Store vigilance--and why it sometimes loosens up.
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Signature makes cards 'less secure'
Signature-based cards less secure and targeted to be phased out, says analyst, with countries like Australia, U.K. and France, already opting for safer alternatives.
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Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
update As with first malware, new worm affects SSH protocol in jailbroken iPhones but is "much more serious" as it may attempt to steal data, F-Secure warns.
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Developers look past Apple's jammed iPhone App Store
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