Stories by Lauren Thomsen-Moore

Article | 9/10/2003 New e-mail laws drafted
After years of debate, industrial disputes and legal wrangling, legislation is finally being introduced to cover e-mail monitoring in the workplace.
Article | 29/09/2003 eBay investigates spoofs
The increasing prevalence of spoofed e-mails and attempts by hackers to gain personal information from eBay members has forced the Internet auction ho...
Article | 4/09/2003 Optus outage hits half a million customers
An estimated half a million Optus Mobile customers were affected by a network outage last night, with only one in three calls reaching intended recipi...
Article | 28/08/2003 Westpac customers warned of e-mail scam
E-mail scams involving the use of "ghost" Internet banking sites continue to haunt Australia's biggest banks with Westpac again cautioning customers a...
Article | 13/08/2003 Internet worm hits CardCall
The W32.Blaster.Worm hit prepaid communications provider CardCall yesterday causing a "fairly severe network slowdown", according to IT manager, Gordo...
Article | 23/06/2003 Router outage hits St George site
A power failure to a router left some St George Bank Internet banking customers unable to log on or process transactions early on Friday.
Article | 3/06/2003 Optus and Microsoft partner for Smartphone
Aiming to "unhinge people from their desktops", Optus Mobile and Microsoft today launched the first Windows-powered Smartphone which is being pitched ...
Article | 3/06/2003 CommBank warns of hoax email, police investigate
Australian Federal Police are investigating a hoax email purporting to be from the Commonwealth Bank and sent to customers last week.
Article | 29/05/2003 St George Bank's Web site suffers outage
St George Bank's Web site suffered a "brief "outage this morning, leaving thousands of customers unable to connect to the bank's homepage or its Inter...
Article | 31/03/2003 Guide outlines Net usage risks
A business information guide that examines state and federal legislation and business risks relating to content security, the circulation of e-mails a...
Article | 5/03/2003 Music maker takes up with new host
Dance music Web site inthemix.com.au has dumped its former Web hosting provider to meet growing server requirements in a 12-month deal worth $120,000.
Article | 29/11/2002 Downloadable exploits accelerate security concerns
For hackers or 'script kiddies' to attack and severely damage a Web site or corporate server it's almost a point-and-click exercise using widely avail...
Article | 19/11/2002 Microsoft to take on CRM market
Claiming the customer relationship management (CRM) market is currently under-penetrated, Microsoft's new Business Solutions division will launch a CR...
Article | 28/11/2001 Sydney schoolgirl youngest winner of global skills test
A 10-year-old Australian schoolgirl has been hailed by The Australian Computer Society as the youngest person in the world to be accredited with an In...
Article | 8/10/2001 National IT scholarships on offer
IT professionals interested in joining a $700,000 scholarship program have until October 19 to apply.

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