Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it’s the turn of businesses. A warning that coincided nicely with the arrival of four new dodgy ANZ spoofs in the e-mail
More than seven years after British Rail was abolished, the Government took a large step towards the renationalisation of the network last night by allowing the state-backed Network Rail to take all track maintenance back in-house. The news came on the day that one of the main rail contractors was accused of falsifying records. It is the most significant sign yet that the privatisation drawn up by the Conservative government and refined by Labour has been a failure
In an effort to improve its corporate reputation, adware company Gator has launched a legal offensive to divorce its name from the hated term ‘spyware‘ — and so far its strategy is paying off. In response to a libel lawsuit, an antispyware company has settled with Gator and pulled Web pages critical of the company, its practices and its software. And other spyware foes are getting the message
Workers at the Streets ice cream plant at Minto, in Sydney’s south-west, were unaware that the manufacture of its major Australian ice-creams might be transferred to China
The Victorian government has moved to curb the hours telemarketers can harass people, they will be banned from calling people at home after 8:00 pm on weeknights and after 5:00 pm on weekends
Thirteen activists were arrested as Greenpeace took action to prevent the distribution of Inghams poultry feed, revealing that Inghams is the largest single user of genetically modified crops in Australia
Coles Myer has followed Telstra’s lead and begun flirting with open-source software, such as Linux, as the retailer rationalises its IT operations. Even Microsoft is toying with a licensing scheme similar to an open-source arrangement for one of its code libraries
One of Moby‘s fans is being sued by the RIAA, and Moby is far from impressed
The first time around, Indian Motorcycle lasted more than 50 years. This time, it lasted five. On Friday, Indian closed the factory in Gilroy where it made heavyweight cruisers and other motorcycles, telling its 380 employees that a deal with a new investor had fallen through
BBCi and Vodafone have new projects that reflect a broad mission to build digital interactivity into public spaces
A WTO draft trade text issued at the organisation’s meeting in Cancun calls for an end to export subsidies on farm products of special interest to developing countries and their gradual elimination on other farm goods. Unfortunately, talks have fallen through, with developing nations angrily accused richer countries of pushing their own interests
A company called BigChampagne sells regional P2P download statistics to most of the major record labels. When the labels know what people are downloading, they know what to put on the radio, and sales in the area increase. The record industry’s lawsuits against file sharing companies hang on their assertion that the programs have no use other than to help infringe copyrights. If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs, it would undercut their case as well as their zero-tolerance stance
The WTO has agreed to give poor countries greater access to inexpensive lifesaving medicine by altering international trade rules
US companies with the highest rates of pay for chief executives also have the greatest number of staff redundancies, according to the ‘Executive Excess 2003‘ report conducted by United for a Fair Economy and the Institute for Policy Studies. Is anyone really surprised?
Mexico claims multinational chain Zara is abusing trade agreement by importing cheap clothes from Asia
Australian companies have long prided themselves on their highly inventive nature and global reputation as early adopters of new technology. But Australia’s track record in commercialising technical know-how on the global stage is lamentable. Australia is yet to produce a globally significant technology company, and risks falling behind rivals in Europe and Asia as a centre of technical development
Nokia has manoeuvred to the cutting edge of the video-game industry by agreeing to acquire Japanese gamemaker Sega’s online gaming subsidiary, Sega.com. Nokia plans to integrate Sega’s technology, enabling groups of gamers to compete against one another, into its N-Gage gaming phone
The Australian Computer Society believes the trend toward offshore outsourcing in the high value IT services market could cost Australia 40,000 computer jobs and billions of dollars in lost economic benefit by 2015
Coke and Pepsi, recently accused of having dangerous quantities of pesticides in their Indian products, are challenging a ban on their drinks in government buildings. Lawsuits must be a cheaper option than pulling their finger out and removing the pesticides
A Saudi Arabian telecommunications company has accused Lucent Technologies and Switzerland-based ACEC of paying more than $15 million in bribes to the minister in charge of the country’s telephone agency
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