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  • Shoddy Email Practices Cost Firm US$1.1M

    A U.S. email marketing company has agreed to pay US$1.1 and clean up its act after being caught using unethically obtained consumer data from several data mining companies.

  • Google to Challenge Microsoft Office?</

    Google has caused a few ripples through its purchase of Upstartle, developer of the online word processor Writely, and prompted calls from some analysts that Microsoft Office’s days are numbered.

  • IT Techs' Strike Hits Australia

    New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian members of the Australian Services Union (ASU) have withdrawn their labour from employer National Cash Registers (NCR) today.

  • DM Hole Leads To Alleged US$140k Kickback

    A Nevada-based government official responsible for the management of sensitive records including marriage certificates and land registrations has been suspended due to alleged kickbacks.

  • IBM Pitches Supercomputing Fastball

    IBM says it has boosted supercomputing data speeds by more than 600%, a breakthrough that could change the way large computer networks access and share data.

  • Citibank ATM Network Compromised

    Citibank has alienated many of its U.S. customers by blocking their accounts in an attempt to halt fraudulent cash withdrawals after what is being called a “class break.”

  • DUR! ID Management Goes "Pyscho"

    Insulting computerised notes regarding a customer of a U.S. pharmacist slipped through the system and have been presented to the woman in question. She is sueing.

  • Open Document Standards - It's War

    With the kind of up-front bullishness made famous by CEO, Steve Balmer, Microsoft is calling the kettle black in the fight for the office document standard.

  • Quantum Meets Digital Video Demands Head On

    Digital video production is gobbling increasing amounts of storage resources while simultaneously placing greater demands on performance and data accessibility. To achieve this elusive mix without resorting to pricey disk storage, Quantum h...