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  • Telstra's Record(s) Blunder

    A report in The Australian claims that Australia's primary telco, Telstra, has half a million incorrect user records entered into its emergency number database.

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    New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian members of the Australian Services Union (ASU) have withdrawn their labour from employer National Cash Registers (NCR) today.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

  • Telstra's Record(s) Blunder

    A report in The Australian claims that Australia's primary telco, Telstra, has half a million incorrect user records entered into its emergency number database.

  • 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.