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Vic DoJ hacked
Michael Crawford
The Victorian Department of Justice confirmed the defacement of its website has not affected its central database nor allowed illegal access to its secure internal network.
Uni of Newcastle CIO heads west
Michael Crawford
Former University of Newcastle chief information officer Peter Nikoletatos has left for the position of CIO at Curtain University in Western Australia, where he will oversee an annual IT budget of $40 million.
Radio wary of UK's digital woe
Brian Corrigan
Australia has learned a lot from digital radio pioneers in Britain, but the lessons have been harsh, Austereo chief Michael Anderson says.
iiNet hits back at piracy claims
Chris Jenkins
Internet service provide iiNet has hit back at allegations it facilitated BitTorrent movie piracy by ignoring warnings its users were flouting copyright laws.
St George CIO slotted in at Westpac
Ben Woodhead
St George Bank technology boss Paul Newham has been confirmed for a position at the company's new owner Westpac as integration work for the $16 billion merger gets underway.
iiNet sued over alleged BitTorrent piracy
Chris Jenkins and Ben Woodhead
A coalition of film studios and distributors has singled out internet service provider iiNet in a new legal attack on internet piracy allegedly conducted via peer-to-peer file sharing network BitTorrent.
Green car project open to CSIRO
Chris Jenkins
The federal government's $6.2 billion "green car" motor industry package could be opened up to research organisations such as the CSIRO provided they are willing to form partnerships with players in the troubled auto sector.
Ideas International hoping for silver lining
Brian Corrigan
ASX-listed analyst firm Ideas International is hoping the economic crisis will work in its favour as organisations look to cut technology costs by optimising server and storage performance.
AWB goes ahead with software overhaul
Ben Woodhead
Grain handler AWB has reaffirmed its commitment to a $22 million business software overhaul in a sign that corporate computer buyers are going ahead with major projects despite expectations of widespread technology cost cutting.
Ballmer says enough on Yahoo!
Ben Woodhead
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has ruled out taking another tilt at acquiring one-time target Yahoo! in a declaration that sent the struggling internet company's shares to a fresh five-year low overnight.
No FuelWatch but regulator refills online offering
Julian Bajkowski
The federal government's controversial FuelWatch website may have expired in the Senate, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revealed it will push through a big shake-up of its technology strategy and operations in the coming year.
Solid Q4 lifts HP
Chris Jenkins
IT giant Hewlett-Packard has surprised investors with solid preliminary revenue result for the final quarter of its 2008 full year and an optimistic forecast for 2009
Yahoo on CEO hunt
Chris Jenkins
Yahoo chief executive officer Jerry Yang has announced his resignation.
Thompson to leave Symantec
Michael Crawford
Longstanding Symantec chief executive office John Thompson has announced his retirement and will leave the company by April 4, 2009
ACS wades into ISP filtering
Michael Crawford
The Australian Computer Society has formed a technical security committee to develop policy for ISP filtering and general e-security issues.
MYOB suitor resets bid
Paul Smith
Manhattan Software Bidco has served a supplementary bidder's statement on accounting software maker MYOB
Tech One books $17.2m profit
Michael Crawford
Listed Australian software developer TechnologyOne has reported a 41 per cent revenue increase for the year ending September 30, booking an after-tax profit of $17.23 million.
ERG chair fumes over Tcard
Julian Bajkowski
ERG Group chairman Colin Henson has used the company's annual general meeting to launch a blistering attack on the NSW government.
Exit for Infosys' Ebeyan
Chris Jenkins
Infosys Australia chief executive Gary Ebeyan is set to resign, with the head of IBM's managed business process unit, Jackie Korhonen, named as his replacement
Market to set 457 pay
Julian Bajkowski
Industry groups and outsourcers are set to be given a much greater influence over the minimum pay rates for temporary foreign technology workers.