2009 October:   Computing
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IBM 'in anti-competition probe', BBC, 2009 Oct. 8 (IBM is being investigated by the US Department of Justice over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour, a trade body says)
Apple challenges Woolworths logo, BBC, 2009 Oct. 6 (technology giant Apple launches a legal challenge against Australian supermarket chain Woolworths over the company's logo)
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Call for rethink on data storage, BBC, 2009 Oct. 15 (a Microsoft official says new trading rules are needed for the movement of electronic data around the world)
Andrew Murfett, iPod for books Kindles excitement, The Age, 2009 Oct. 9 (the Australian publishing industry was abuzz yesterday over the announcement that Amazon.com's foray into the world of electronic readers, the Kindle, is coming to Australia)
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Data losses in Snow Leopard bug, BBC, 2009 Oct. 13 (users are reporting a bug in the Mac's latest operating system that deletes their entire accounts when they log in as a guest)
Microsoft readies bumper update, BBC, 2009 Oct. 12 (October 13 will see Microsoft issue the biggest security update ever that aims to fix 34 vulnerabilities)
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Clay Lucas, Myki users overcharged, The Age, 2009 Oct. 22 (in the most recent case of overcharging, 47 bus travellers in Seymour were overcharged last week after a computer error; the public relations consultant employed by the Government to be the public face of myki, Jean Ker Walsh, said that a software glitch had caused the overcharging)
Dan Oakes, NBN Co sparking into action, The Age, 2009 Oct. 7 (the national broadband network company has exploded into action in the past month, hiring dozens of employees and beginning talks with the consumer watchdog over proposed wholesale pricing for the $43 billion network)
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Bob Howard, Pin reminder security scrutinised, BBC, 2009 Oct. 16 (a system used by a bank to help customers who have forgotten their Pin number has major security flaws, the BBC learns)
Microsoft readies bumper update, BBC, 2009 Oct. 12 (October 13 will see Microsoft issue the biggest security update ever that aims to fix 34 vulnerabilities)
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Days numbered for card counters, BBC, 2009 Oct. 9 (a Dundee final year university student has developed a new computer system that could signal an end to card counting at casino blackjack tables)
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Video Gaming (see also Simulation and Skills, and in Social: Games or Violence)  up   first    top   back  on

Jonathan Pearlman, Gamers wage real war in virtual world, The Age, 2009 Oct. 8 (unlike the US Army, the free online game America's Army has no age or gender limit for its soldiers, who can come from any country and kill from their bedrooms; gamers take on the roles of real-life American war heroes and replay their heroic exploits across Iraq and Afghanistan)