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Tech News Bulletin
Friday July 18, 2008
ZDNet.com.au edit team
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Microsoft in talks over AOL merger
Microsoft is in discussions with Time Warner over how to combine Microsoft and AOL's online groups, The Wall Street Journal has claimed.
Tags: aol, merger, microsoft, yahoo, talks, newspaper, warner, article
Telstra cancels union talks
Telstra has walked away from enterprise agreement negotiations with staff, claiming union demands threaten the telco's national broadband network proposal.
Tags: telstra, union, negotiation, enterprise agreement, nbn, actu, agreement
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labelled makers of the rival OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys" in a wider critique of what he said was self-centred behaviour in the IT security industry.
Tags: bsd, bug, linus torvalds, linux, open source, openbsd, patch, security
Hudson creates internal CIO role
Recruitment consultancy Hudson has created a new internal chief information officer role as it recognises the growing importance of technology within its operations.
Tags: hudson, cio, recruitment, transformation, role, consultancy, leigh
iPhone users claim Hutchison support
A number of Australians posting on online forums have claimed to be able to use their unlocked iPhone handsets on mobile carrier Hutchison's network.
Tags: apple, communications, handset, hutchison, iphone, mac, mobile, optus
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Westpac has announced that long-time Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief information officer Bob McKinnon will join its ranks as its new head of technology, as the bank undertakes a major overhaul of its technology support operation.
Tags: cio, kelly, restructure, westpac, anz, cba, nab, st george
Gen-i out of $1.3bn CBA race
Telecom New Zealand subsidiary Gen-i has taken itself out of the running for the Commonwealth Bank's tender process to provide the bank with Australia-wide telecommunications services.
Tags: commonwealth, bank, gen-i, tender, contract, quin, telecom nz, harte
UK Defence dept loses secret USB keys
Ministry of Defence staff have reported 87 USB data-storage devices containing classified data lost or stolen since 2004.
Tags: classified, defence, government, secret, security, storage, usb key, britain

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