Antony Savvas - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 20/04/2011 'Insider trading' phone call about AMD stocks played to Galleon jury

Lawyers for the defence of Raj Rajaratnam, who is accused of inside trading on stocks including AMD, Intel and IBM, have rested their case in New York...

Article | 9/04/2011 Supercomputers crucial to predicting future natural disasters, claims tech researcher

One of the world's "leading experts" in the use of high-performance computing (HPC) for modelling natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, ...

Article | 3/04/2011 Improved data sharing would save lives during disasters, says United Nations

A United Nations report into disaster relief calls for improved data sharing and technology collaboration between agencies to help save lives.

Article | 1/04/2011 Bill Gates tried to 'rip me off', claims Microsoft co-founder Allen

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has claimed Bill Gates was "scheming to rip me off" over a share of the company during the time Allen was receiving tr...

Article | 19/03/2011 Social media compliance rules lacking: Gartner

Too many organisations do not have comprehensive compliance policies in place for its use, according to Gartner.

Article | 17/01/2011 Fans' data deemed safe after reported World Cup breach

UK football fans are in the clear after a World Cup football ticket data breach scare broke last year.

Article | 4/12/2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co hands out iPads to investment bankers

Investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co is reportedly giving its investment bankers Apple iPads to help complete their work while on the move.

Article | 27/11/2010 IT managers struggle with applications black hole - report

IT departments are failing to address an applications "black hole" with IT managers in the dark about software usage and cost.

Article | 13/11/2010 Demand for retail IT staff up 46 percent

Demand for IT professionals within the retail sector has jumped 46 percent over the last six months, driven by sales channel upgrades, according to Re...

Article | 10/11/2010 Gartner: Companies need shift in private cloud security

The security systems of businesses must "evolve" as they move from virtualised data centres towards private cloud infrastructures, according to analys...

Article | 6/11/2010 A quarter of SMEs fail to get best from IT, research finds

Although almost all SMEs consider IT to be crucial to business success, over a quarter admit they do not know enough about IT and how to make it work ...

Article | 7/10/2010 Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password

A teenager has been jailed for four months after refusing to hand over an encryption key for his computer to police.

Article | 2/10/2010 Gartner: Energy costs are 12 per cent of datacentre expenditure

Energy-related costs account for around 12% of overall datacentre expenditure, but firms are continuing to struggle to cap this spending, according to...

Article | 7/10/2010 Slowdown in IT recruitment activity continues says REC/KPMG

The slowdown in growth of recruitment activity continued in September, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Conf...

Article | 7/10/2010 Unused applications wasting millions, say IT managers

Companies are wasting large amounts of money on unused applications, according to research among senior IT staff, with the largest firms estimating th...