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One in five fall victim to ID theftA FIFTH of all Australians are victims of credit card fraud or computer hackers, a crime report said.
Australian IT Thursday, October 01, 2009Qantas IT workers move to IBMIBM says it has received a "positive response" from the 178 employment offers handed to Qantas IT project delivery staff.
Australian IT Thursday, October 01, 2009Cisco to buy Tandberg for $3bnUS network equipment maker Cisco Systems is to buy Norwegian video-conferencing equipment maker Tandberg for $3.4 billion in cash.
Australian IT Thursday, October 01, 2009Microsoft Tests Container Approach In Chicago Data CenterMicrosoft's new data center in Chicago runs servers packed in shipping containers to let it quickly add or remove capacity as it tries to compete with Google in online services.
Information Week Thursday, October 01, 2009Virtual economies in videogames used as case studiesRALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Virtual economies set up in videogames as players trade items are being used as case studies to track and model real-world economies.
Reuters Thursday, October 01, 2009Amazon Kindle 'coming to the UK in October'The internet is awash with rumours that the Amazon Kindle 2 will go on sale in the UK in October.
Webuser.co.uk Thursday, October 01, 2009UK court orders writ to be served via TwitterLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's High Court ordered its first injunction via Twitter on Thursday, saying the social website and micro-blogging service was the best way to reach an anonymous Tweeter who had been impersonating someone.
Reuters Thursday, October 01, 2009Brits online for 30 hours a weekThe average Brit spends 30 hours per week surfing the web, according to a report.
Webuser.co.uk Thursday, October 01, 2009Online education expanding, awaits innovationCHICAGO (Reuters) - When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.
Reuters Thursday, October 01, 2009The boom in smart-phones: Cleverly simpleAs internet-capable handsets become more popular, they are also changingIF THE recession is the cloud hanging over the mobile-phone business, “smart” phones are the silver lining. Sales of mobile phones were 10% lower in the second quarter of this year than in the same period last year, but sales of smart-phones were up by nearly 15%, according to IDC, a market-research firm. By some estimates, half of all handsets sold will be “smart” in four years and by 2015 almost all will be.The market for smart-phones is expected to grow so quickly in part because they are changing. Expensive pocket computers such as the iPhone and BlackBerry, which let users watch videos and download whatever applications they want, are giving way to new models that come with popular services built in, but are less versatile or run on open-source operating systems, and are often cheaper. All this reflects a broader trend in the industry, where value is migrating from firms that run networ
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