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Tech News Bulletin
Tuesday July 22, 2008
ZDNet.com.au edit team
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ACCC warns 'iPhoners' on bill shock
Australia's competition watchdog has warned consumers to carefully consider their data allowances when using 3G mobile devices to avoid exorbitant excessive data charges, known in the industry as 'bill shock'.
Tags: cost, data, iphone, mobile phone, web, 3g, smartphone, consumer
AAPT sets Sept date for billing launch
The nation's third-largest telco AAPT last week said it would begin migrating the rest of its customers to its new Hyperbaric billing platform this September, after stopping the process halfway earlier this year due to a wave of complaints.
Tags: hyperbaric, aapt, yuile, billing, call centre, bill, migration, telco
UXC buys into smart metering
Diversified technology services firm UXC has bolstered its engineering division with the acquisition of billing and metering firm Datec Queensland.
Tags: acquisition, merger, uxc, smart metering, geoff lord, datatec, meter, solutions group
Aussie e-health researchers get $20 million
The Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Queensland government today stumped up AU$20 million in funding for the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC), which focuses on developing new ways to improve healthcare using ICT.
Tags: csiro, aehrc, e-health, government, science, centre, queensland, health
NEHTA appoints new chair
Peak e-health group the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has appointed a new chair just months after having to find an interim CEO following the resignation of former head Ian Reinecke.
Tags: nehta, gonski, sherbon, e-health, records, reinecke, chair, health
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Queensland Health has fired its chief information officer Paul Summergreene, following reports in June that he was being investigated over expense claims.
Tags: paul summergreene, chief information officer, cio, government, hospital, medicine, queensland, health
Microsoft fixes Home Server corruption bug
Microsoft said on Monday in the US that it has released the first update to its Windows Home Server product.
Tags: bug, microsoft, patch, security, update, windows home server, 64-bit, data corruption
First iPhone antivirus app released
Paris-based computer security firm Intego late last week said it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset.
Tags: 3g, apple, intego, iphone, malware, mcafee, os x, security
Rebel Icahn to join Yahoo board
Yahoo has reached a settlement with activist investor Carl Icahn, who will join the Internet company's board.
Tags: aol, carl icahn, jerry yang, microsoft, time warner, yahoo, board, director
Georgian president suffers cyberattack
The website of the Georgian president was the subject of a distributed-denial-of-service attack over the weekend.
Tags: denial of service, georgia, hack, hacker, security, website, attack, russia

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News: AMD's Ruiz steps down as CEO
AMD chief executive Hector Ruiz late last week said he would step down from the helm of the troubled chip company, with internal staffer Dirk Meyer to take over.
News: Hackers release iPhone 2.0 jailbreak
A little more than a week after the release of Apple's iPhone 3G, an unofficial development team has announced the release of software that "jailbreaks" the new device, allowing unauthorised third-party applications to be loaded.
News: Indian outsourcers feeling the pinch
India's outsourcing giants suffered sluggish growth in contrast to record-breaking spending on global services in 2008.
News: Broadband network delayed, claims Billson
The federal opposition has attacked the government over the likelihood of a further delay to the roll-out of a national high-speed broadband network.
Photo Gallery: Photos: NICTA robot plays the clarinet
Australian ICT research centre NICTA has teamed up with a robotics group from the University of NSW (UNSW) to build a robot that plays the clarinet, demonstrating new applications of embedded systems.
Commentary: Inside the San Fran network lockout
A strange sort of techno-drama is playing out in the city of San Francisco, California right now. The blame for the fiasco may not be as easily assigned as it at first appears.
Review: Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive
The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive drive with a decent price. Its size makes it great for travel, but we can't recommend it due to its lack of performance.
Review: Apple iTunes 7
iTunes 7 includes some great updates, like gapless playback, games downloads and a better interface, but Australian users so far miss out on the movie downloads available to American users.
News: Amazon's S3 faces outage
Amazon.com's Simple Storage Service - a major component of its online computing services - was experiencing problems Sunday in the US.
News: Kevin Mitnick: Social engineering 101
Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
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