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Monday May 26, 2008

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Auditor: Labor in the clear over FTTN tender process
The Commonwealth Auditor-General has responded to accusations by Opposition communications spokesperson Bruce Billson that the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network has so far been unfair and anti-competitive.
Tags: telstra, stephen conroy, sol trujillo, senator, rfp, response, opposition, network
Mozilla: Final Firefox 3 expected in June <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
Firefox fans looking for a major update to the open-source Web browser probably will get a final version of it next month.
Tags: browser, firefox 3, mozilla, release, ie, mike schroepfer, firefox, browse
CommBank datacentres get biometrics
The Commonwealth Bank is taking extra steps to protect its datacentres, by expanding its use of a biometric access control system called Cornerstone to datacentres through NSW and Victoria.
Tags: biometric, commonwealth, cba, datacentre, identification, access, cornerstone, iris
Should staff swim naked on the Internet?
Businesses should rethink perimeters, shed the firewall and allow people to "skinny dip" on the Internet, according to security and communications researcher, William Cheswick.
Tags: at&t, bit torrent, cheswick, firewall, ibm, ips, riaa, open source
SAP e-learning certification scheme not going home
SAP has revamped its certification program, introducing an e-learning option — although students who want to sit the course at home will be disappointed.
Tags: sap, e-learning, uacademies, ajilon, vaux, certification, universities, skills shortage
Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts 'need work'
Scott Charney, head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, admitted this week that Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) prompts are not intuitive and confuse users.
Tags: auscert08, olpc, scott charney, uac, vista, ivan krstic, microsoft, windows
NICTA: Labor budget cuts will hurt innovation
David Skellern, CEO of NICTA, said the Federal government's decision to ditch the AU$707 million Commercial Ready scheme — a SME grants program that subsidised the costs of innovative projects — will be a significant blow to innovation in Australia.
Tags: nicta, budget, innovation, david skellern, cebit08, gap, mdash, commercial
Web banking: It's time to write down your password <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
Banks should stop forcing customers to create long, alphanumeric passwords because they can't protect against today's threats, according to AT&T computing researcher William Cheswick
Tags: fips, secrets, auscert08, internet, security, cheswick, at&t, password
Quick Poll: CeBIT Australia 2008
How valuable was the experience of attending CeBIT Australia 2008?
Tags: cebit, event, sydney, it industry, conference, poll, 2008, cms

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