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Submission + - Apple blocks sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by

lukehopewell1

on Monday August 01, 2011 @07:28PM

lukehopewell1 writes: "Apple has obtained an injunction from an Australian court effectively blocking the sale of the new Android Honeycomb-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v. Apple Australia claims that the unit infringes on 10 of the Cupertino, California-based company's patents including the slide to unlock functionality as well as the edge-bounce feature. Samsung will provide Apple Australia with three units for study in coming weeks to ascertain whether or not the Korean gadget maker did in fact infringe on Apple's patented intellectual property."

Submission + - ALDI sells Conficker-infected hard drives (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by

mukimu

on Friday July 29, 2011 @12:15AM

mukimu writes: "Supermarket ALDI has been selling malware-infected hard drives in Australian stores, prompting the country's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) to issue an security alert to users on behalf of the government.

ALDI has had to issue a recall on the products, which contained components of Conficker, and remove the product from its stores.

AusCERT noted that the worm should be picked up by antivirus given it is extremely old and past its hey day when it infected Australian Banks and transport infrastructure."

Comment Finally (Score 1) 1

by GeorgieK on Thursday July 14, 2011 @07:34PM (#36769998) Attached to: Apple drops Aussie app prices

Finally, but why can't they offer in iTunes the ability for exchange rates to update/convert to other currencies daily or similar, c'mon Apple

Comment RFID bag check fail... (Score 1) 2

by GeorgieK on Thursday May 26, 2011 @02:43AM (#36247892) Attached to: Qantas runs into RFID issues

Ah Qantas bag check fail, I have heard nothing but bad things since they implemented, from the lack of staff to help, to the queues of people waiting due to technology meltdowns... hmmm, even less convinced after this video, more testing required I think...

Submission + - Qantas runs into RFID issues (zdnet.com.au) 2

Submitted by

lukehopewell1

on Thursday May 26, 2011 @01:56AM

lukehopewell1 writes: "Australian airline giant Qantas has implemented new baggage tags powered by RFID technology.

The RFID tag is encoded with the information on a passenger's boarding pass when placed in a bag drop area, and is summarily sent to its destination.

But is it any good?

ZDNet Australia tested the new systems and found that the system sadly had no intention of sending our cargo.

Watch the video."

Comment Great video (Score 1) 1

by GeorgieK on Sunday May 15, 2011 @08:46PM (#36136500) Attached to: Tenth annual AusCERT conference kicks off

Great video for those of us who can't make it to AUSCERT 2011! Looking forward to more updates

Submission + - Tenth annual AusCERT conference kicks off (zdnet.com.au) 1

Submitted by

lukehopewell1

on Sunday May 15, 2011 @08:35PM

lukehopewell1 writes: "The tenth annual AusCERT (Australian Computer Emergency Response Team) conference kicks off today in Queensland, Australia, touting appearances from Microsoft, Telstra, Rio Tinto and founder of Kaspersky Labs, Eugene Kaspersky,

See a video wrap up of AusCERT conferences in the years gone by, complete with laughs, interviews, old-timey newscasts and that time IBM gave out USB drives laden with malware. True story."

Submission + - Wi-Fi proven to interfere with aircraft (zdnet.com.au) 1

Submitted by

lukehopewell1

on Thursday March 10, 2011 @02:58AM

lukehopewell1 writes: "It's official: using Wi-Fi on a plane can interfere with a pilot's navigational equipment, according to airline equipment manufacturers Honeywell Avionics and Boeing today.

Boeing confirmed to ZDNet Australia this afternoon that the issue does exist, but said that it has not delivered any planes suffering the fault.

"Blanking of the Phase 3 Display Units (DUs) has been reported during airline EMI (electromagnetic interference) certification testing of wireless broadband systems (Wi-Fi) on various Next-Generation 737 aeroplanes," Boeing told ZDNet Australia in a statement."

Submission + - Aussie security forces testing Apple's iOS (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by

lukehopewell1

on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @10:56PM

lukehopewell1 writes: "Australia's Defence Signal Directorate (DSD) is testing the national security capability Apple's iOS mobile operating system used in iPhones and iPads for use on federal networks that transmit national security data.

If the operating system is certified as secure, Australian Defence Force personnel, government aides as well as ministers and senators at all levels could see iPads deployed as standard."

Submission + - Data retention should last one year (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Thursday February 17, 2011 @10:34PM

mask.of.sanity writes: The United States and Australia will enter bilateral talks in an attempt to unify controversial policies that would force internet providers to retain logs on the online habits of citizens.

The US has urged Australia to take a moderate approach as it drafts its legislation and said it should not keep logs for longer than a year.

Some EU nations keep the logs for as long as five years, although European nations disagree over the need for the plan.

Submission + - Aussie pubs beat bar fights with biometrics (zdnet.com.au) 1

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:06PM

mask.of.sanity writes: Pubs and clubs in Australia are signing up in droves to national and state biometrics databases that capture patron fingerprints, photos, and scanned driver licenses in efforts to curb violence.

The databases of captured patron information mean that individuals banned at one location could be refused entry across a string of venues. Particularly violent individuals could be banned for years.

The databases are virtually free from government regulation as biometrics are not covered by privacy laws, meaning that the handling of details are left to the discretion of technology vendors.

JBI's Plastic To Oil Gets Operating Permit 223

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 16, 2010 @04:49AM from the 35-miles-per-bottle dept.

Whammy666 writes "JBI, Inc. announced that it has entered into a formal Consent Order with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 9, which will allow the Company to immediately run its Plastic2Oil (P2O) process commercially and begin construction of an additional processor at its Niagara Falls, New York P2O facility. JBI has developed a process that takes waste plastic destined for landfills and converts it into diesel fuel, gasoline, and natural gas with very little residue. The process is said to be very efficient thanks to a special catalyst developed by JBI and an attention to process optimization. That plastic water bottle you tossed in the trash could soon be fueling your car instead of sitting in a landfill for 1000 years."

Today's WikiLeaks News 312

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @02:56PM from the all-wrapped-into-one dept.

In today's episode of As WikiLeaks Turns we learn that WikiLeaks's main web site is back up less than 10 days after EveryDNS terminated the domain name over stability concerns. A 16-year-old Dutch boy suspected of being involved in the pro-WikiLeaks attacks on MasterCard and Visa has been arrested. But Dutch teenagers aren't the only Assange fans in the news. Many top journalists in Australia have sent a letter(PDF) to Prime Minister Julia Gillard today to express their support of WikiLeaks. The Sydney Police have written their own letter however to organizers of a pro-WikiLeaks rally saying that the police oppose a planned demonstration. Finally, special correspondent for The Times, Alexi Mostrous and freelance reporter Heather Brooke were given permission by the judge in the Julian Assange trial to post Twitter updates about the proceedings.

Submission + - Google scares Aussie banks (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Sunday November 07, 2010 @07:36PM

mask.of.sanity writes: Google could be the biggest threat to Australia's big four banks because of the trust online users place in it and its ability to engage with customers, banking executives say. They told an audience from the finance sector that companies like Google and PayPal are more responsive and trusted than banks, and cited emerging technology with an emphasis on online applications as a means for the smaller credit unions to challenge the position of incumbent banks.

It's welcome news for Australia's credit unions: the nation's banks have taken turns in being the first to lift interest rates above the official reserve bank rate, with others collectively following suit, leading some to speculate they are in collusion.

Submission + - Aussie research company brings Wi-Fi to TV antenna (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by joshgnosis on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @12:17AM

joshgnosis writes: The CSIRO has unveiled new technology that could bring internet to people in rural or remote parts of Australia using their existing TV antennas. Analog TV signal is set to be switched off in 2013 but this technology could see the spectrum used to deliver internet straight into people's homes through their TV antenna. Gartner expert Robin Simpson told ZDNet Australia that this would make it much easier for companies to get new customers. "What appeals to me about it is that it re-uses existing infrastructure, all of the competing wireless technologies tend to use high frequencies and therefore require new base stations, new spectrum and new receiving antenna infrastructure as well," he said. "The fact that they're re-using the analog TV stuff gives them a much easier market entry strategy."

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