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  • Document Leak Exposes Aust and NZ Police

    Thousands of Police officers in Australia and New Zealand along with their partners and children have reportedly had their personal details exposed after an electronic document leak.

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    New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian members of the Australian Services Union (ASU) have withdrawn their labour from employer National Cash Registers (NCR) today.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