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Tech News Bulletin
Friday October 3, 2008
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Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London on Wednesday.
Tags: ballmer, cloud, microsoft, online, os, saas, service, software
Mitnick cleared after customs scare
Since being released from prison eight years ago, Kevin Mitnick's brushes with the law have consisted of a few parking tickets and a citation for driving without a front license plate - that is, until he returned from a trip to Colombia two weeks ago.
Tags: mitnick, hack, customs, detain, homeland security, agent
Hacker talks fooling e-passport systems
The researcher who claims to have created code that can emulate and clone e-passports has given details of the purported hack.
Tags: e-passport, hacker, holland, passport, authenticate, check
Clever bids for BigAir
Australian telco Clever Communications has made a bid to buy fellow wireless provider BigAir.
Tags: iburst, bigair, clever communications, takover, bid, offer, clever, communications
Dodgy deals: ACCC telco crackdown
Australia's competition regulator has announced it is taking 28 parties, including telcos, to the Federal Court for exclusive dealing and misleading conduct.
Tags: accc, dodgy, court, orders, bundle, exlusive, misleading, clear communications
King Kaspersky comes down under
Cybercrime fighter and antivirus king Eugene Kaspersky today announced he will visit Sydney in October to launch Kaspersky Lab's Australian office.
Tags: kaspersky, eugene kaspersky, antivirus, email security, blacklisting, malware, whitelisting, lab
Seek appoints new CIO
Seek has recently appointed a new CIO, Carey Eaton, from inside its ranks, replacing long-standing CIO Tam Vu.
Tags: seek, cio, appointment, vu, eaton, jobs, appoint
Unisys caught in BankWest play
Unisys West, a joint IT services venture between Unisys and BankWest, today sailed into uncertain waters with allegations the West Australian bank was being circled by potential acquirers.
Tags: bankwest, unisys, commonwealth bank, hbos, it services, joint venture, unisy, west
E-passport fraud no threat to SmartGate
The Australian Customs Service today said its inbound e-passport authentication system SmartGate would not be fooled by fake details, after a Dutch hacker claimed to have broken through similar systems in Europe.
Tags: customs, dfat, epassport, smartgate, smartcard, biometric, passport, authentication system
IBM wins $70m Medicare extension
Medicare has awarded IBM a one-year, $70 million extension to its comprehensive technology outsourcing contract after announcing earlier this year that it would review all its information and communications contracts.
Tags: health, ibm, mainframe, medicare, gershon, government, procurement, ict
Adobe CS4 hits BitTorrent
Little more than a week after its global launch, Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers.
Tags: adobe, pirate bay, mininova, cs4, peter mcalpine, cs3, photoshop, bittorrent

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