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32 years later, CGU replaces insurance IT platform

Renai LeMay — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:49:42 +0000

Think core banking platforms last a long time? Check out the gray hairs and wrinkles on the positively ancient insurance IT system which CGU is still running. This thing is so old it should be code-named 'Methuselah'.

Guzman y Gomez likes the taste of NetSuite

Renai LeMay — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:18:09 +0000

Fast-growing Mexican restaurant fast food chain Guzman y Gomez revealed this week that it has upgraded its previous MYOB-based accounting system to a comprehensive business platform from software as a service vendor NetSuite, to help support the chain's ongoing expansion plans.

ASIC blocked “numerous” sites over 9 months

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:59:11 +0000

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission revealed tonight that it had in fact blocked "numerous" websites over the past nine months which it suspected contained illegal material, as fears about the extent of the agency's covert Internet filtering scheme continue to grow.

‘The filter is back’: Blocked site tells its story

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:57:36 +0000

In a lengthy piece on the ABC’s The Drum website this afternoon, the convenors of the Melbourne Free University site tell their story and argue that the situation with Australian Government website blocking is just not good enough.

Telstra suffers another data breach

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:42:30 +0000

It hasn’t been a good few years for the nation’s biggest telco Telstra when it comes to data breaches. It almost seems like every three to four months, there’s a new chunk of Telstra’s customer data leaked onto the public Internet, and the company has to make yet another apology to those affected, as well as kicking off another ‘review’ of its systems.

Microsoft finally launches Surface Pro in Australia

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:26:50 +0000

Almost 12 months after it first announced the device, Microsoft has finally confirmed that it will launch its Surface Pro family of Windows 8-based tablets in Australia later this month.

Google’s new Aussie MD: Zero tech/media experience

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:54:44 +0000

This morning search advertising and technology giant Google appointed a new managing director for its Australia and New Zealand division. While Maile Carnegie is a very seasoned executive with a few decades at consumer goods company Proctor & Gamble (P&G), we'd have to question her fitness to provide vision for Google's local operations ... given that the executive appears to have zero experience in either the technology or media industries, which is kind of where Google specialises.

FOI requests target Section 313 notices

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:54 +0000

News that Federal Government agencies such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have quietly started unilaterally forcing Australian ISPs to block websites suspected of containing illegal material has spurred an extensive round of Freedom of Information requests, as journalists and activists seek to ascertain how widespread the practice is.

Global eyes are watching: EFF condemns Australia’s new Internet filter

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:52:21 +0000

The global Electronic Frontiers Foundation has harshly criticised the Federal Government for allowing departments and agencies to unilaterally block websites suspected of containing illegal content, saying that it "beggars belief" that such a system could be in place after the previous mandatory filter policy was defeated.

Kogan loses licence in high-speed police chase

Renai LeMay — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:57:32 +0000

We know we’ve pinned Ruslan Kogan for a certain degree of … arrogance, previously, but we really didn’t expect the maverick online retail and consumer electronics guru to go quite this far in proving our point.

Interpol filter scope creep: ASIC ordering unilateral website blocks

Renai LeMay — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:04 +0000

The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for other government agencies to unilaterally block sites they deem questionable in their own portfolios.

Conroy slams Turnbull’s “hysterical” budget “lies”

Renai LeMay — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:03:05 +0000

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has accused his Opposition counterpart of intentionally spreading "hysterical claims" in comments made this week with respect to budget treatment of National Broadband Network funding, in the latest spat between the two over the high-profile infrastructure project.

Alleged LulzSec hacker charged with trivial offence

Renai LeMay — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:34:15 +0000

Remember how the Australian Federal Police’s high-tech crime unit held a high-profile national press conference in late April to announce that they had charged a 24-year-old Australian man with hacking offences? Well, it was revealed today that the AFP has basically charged the man with … almost nothing.

Qantas still finalising Outlook shift

Renai LeMay — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:31:07 +0000

The nation's largest airline Qantas has revealed that it's still in the process of migrating its corporate email platform off IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino platform and onto Microsoft's Outlook/Exchange system, with the rollout now into its fourth year.

IT in the budget? Move along, not much to see

Renai LeMay — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:18:28 +0000

Curious about what technology-related iniatives came out last night's Federal Budget? So were we, given that the release of the budget had been being hyped for weeks (months?) by much of the mainstream media as part of its continual fixation on the fraught battle between the various sides of politics. However, unlike previous years, this yaer there wasn't much in the 2013 Federal Budget to interest technologists.

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Review

Matt Sainsbury, Digitally Downloaded — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:36:28 +0000

The only people who will look at Injustice and think to themselves “this looks good” are the fans of the DC Universe. And for those people I don’t think it will really matter that there are better fighting games out there - this plays well enough, and it rocks because it lets Batman beat the living bejeebus out of Aquaman.

Ludlam to do Reddit AMA this Wednesday night

Renai LeMay — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:32:39 +0000

Just a very brief message to let y'all know that Greens Senator, Communications Spokesperson and William Gibson fan Scott Ludlam is planning to open up his world to all and sundry this Wednesday night -- 15 May, from 7:30 to 9PM, for a Reddit AMA ('Ask Me Anything') session.

Foxtel locks up Game of Thrones: No more fast-tracked iTunes downloads

Renai LeMay — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:22:20 +0000

Pay TV giant Foxtel has confirmed reports that it will block the remaining seasons of HBO's popular Game of Thrones series from being offered in Australia hours after the show is released in the US, due to an exclusive deal with the show's producer HBO signed in October last year.

News Ltd builds classifieds site on Google cloud

Renai LeMay — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:06:07 +0000

It's not often you see Google's App Engine mentioned in Australia in the context of cloud computing. However, at least one decently-sized implementation has surfaced, courtesy of Google Australia's blog this week.

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch: Review

Matt Sainsbury, Digitally Downloaded — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:29:57 +0000

Ni No Kuni is a genuine masterpiece and all-but guaranteed to be the best game released this year. That's a big call since it's still January, but that's how great this game is.