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IT failures roundup: Banks around the world!

Failures seem to come in waves, and today it's banking. Think your bank's systems are perfect? Don't be so sure. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Software, Bank, Information Technology, Debit Card, Online Banking, UBS AG, Australian IT, Banking, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Tools & Techniques, E-business/E-Commerce, Management, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Qantas IT problems cause Sydney airport "chaos"

Poor staff training on Qantas' new Altea Departure Control-Flight Management system led to delays on flights departing from Sydney, Australia. Given the airline's poor IT record, no one should be surprised. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: information technology, qantas airways ltd., australian it, strategy, management, michael krigsman

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Additional Resources

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

More people, more pollution, right?

Population ControlWhat is it now, the big 'O' is going to sterilize the peasants so they don't reproduce? If you want to get the low IQ, better to castrate Windows admins.NT.*yawn**yawn* - yeah, okay, heard all that before. If you want to propose a solution (other than resorting to communism...

Tags: GFC, pollution, famine

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild

A 21 years old Australian has launched the first iPhone worm to automatically exploit jailbroken devices. With the source code now in the wild, how long before copycats start modifying and improving it? by Dancho Danchev

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wild, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Oz Weather for iPhone 1.7.1 (Mobile)

Oz Weather for iPhone application provides frequently updated weather forecasts, observations and radar loops from official Australian Bureau of Meteorology sources. The weather information it provides is of much higher quality, immediacy and relevance than what is provided by US weather suppliers via the built-in iPhone weather application. It also...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Radar, Ajnaware, Aerospace & Defense, Smart Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Australian iPhone worm won't give some users up

So this virus sorta executes an iRickroll...Sorry.. Couldn't resist...RE: Australian iPhone worm won't give some users upI think it is apple protecting its software sales....

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Australian iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

TacOps 4.06AHu (Mac)

TacOps 4 is the commercial version of "TacOpsCav 4," an officially issued standard training device of the US Army. It is a simulation of contemporary and near-future tactical, ground, combat between United States Army and Marine, Canadian, New Zealand/Australian and German forces versus various opposing forces OPFOR, simulating the Former...

Tags: Force, Apple Macintosh, Training, Battlefront.com, TacOps 4, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Apple pitching media companies on tablet?

If you read between the lines in yesterday's post, one could conclude that Apple is talking to the New York Times about it's upcoming tablet product in an effort to get buy in from the media giant on what's presumed to be a completely new form-factor...

Tags: Media Company, Apple Inc., Fairfax Media, Tablets, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds

This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...

Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Schools Improve Educational Experience, Enhance Security With System Upgrade

The New South Wales Department of Education and Training decided to give high school students and teachers a computer as part of the Australian government's Digital Education Revolution initiative. To give students access to the latest technology, the department has begun upgrading its computers to the Windows 7 operating system....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Productivity, Government, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-10-22

Australian Oxford Dictionary for iPhone 2.1.2 (Mobile)

Australian Oxford Dictionary for iPhone is a major revision of the most authoritative Australian Dictionary for all Australians. This flagship dictionary draws on the databases of Australian English at the Australian National Dictionary Centre. It contains over 110,000 headwords -over 200,000 index entries, more than 10,000 encyclopedic entries with special...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Entry, Enfour, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-20

OpenLieroX 0.57 rc1 (Mac)

OpenLieroX is like the original Liero kind of a realtime Worms. OpenLieroX is based and compatible to the famous LieroX. LieroX is a 2D shooter game. It is an unofficial sequel to Liero, and is the most popular of all the Liero clones. It features online play, fully customizable...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Player, Albert Zeyer, OpenLieroX, LieroX, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Should Obama Have Won the Nobel?

What are you going to do about it?Please,reveal how many more extremists there are for the secrete service to watch.I'm as big an Obama fan as anyoneBut the fact is that he hasn't accomplished anything worthy of such a prize. He says the right things, certainly, but until plans are...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Nobel, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Aussie power grid threatened by virus

Nasty virusInfects and corrupts several file typesspreads in network sharesOne of the few virus I've encountered that can only be cleaned up by reloading windowsRE: Aussie power grid threatened by virusIf there's "absolutely no way it could make its way onto the grid" then don't use a sensational headline like...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, power grid, virus, tool

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Australia Child Care Benefit Calculator 2.0.2009 (Windows)

This FREE Child Care Benefit Calculator aims to help Australian parents to estimate their Child Care Benefit CCB percentage and how much CCB and Child Care Rebate CCR they can get from Australian Government. This Child Care Benefit Calculator estimates the Child Care Benefit Percentage (CCB %) based on no....

Tags: Children, Investment Property Calculator, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-10-01

PassagePlus 1.7.0 (Mac)

PassagePlus is a passage planning and navigation application aimed at the leisure boating market. It is compatible with the UK Hydrographic Office's ARCS Skipper, Land Information New Zealand's NZMariner and the Australian Hydrographic Service's Seafarer RNC electronic charts. Passage planning includes the creation or import of waypoints and routes and...

Tags: Passage, Apple Macintosh, Wind Vector, PassagePlus, GPS, Handhelds, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-30

onCourse 1.7.13 (Mac)

onCourse allows you to track your students, courses and enrolments comprehensively. With minimal training your staff will be able to easily manage the most important information from across your organisation: web site pages, students, enrolments, invoices, tutors and much more. Everything you need is there: a full general ledger system,...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Web Site, onCourse, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-28