The state corruption watchdog has raised concerns about a spate of unauthorised computer use by Department of Corrective Services officials. A former prison officer from Bandyup Prison has been charged with several offences relating to alleged unlawful use of a restricted-access computer system and disclosing information from it.
Archive for February, 2010
25 Feb
3Tera Acquired By Computer Associates
Aliso Viejo-based 3Tera, a developer of cloud computing services and software, is being acquired by CA, CA announced today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to CA, it will use the acquisition to expand its portfolio of solutions to manage cloud computing.
25 Feb
Supreme Court Begins to Build Unified Computer System for Court Records
FAIRMONT — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has launched a huge project to develop a unified computer system for the state’s court system. A representative from the Supreme Court stopped by the Marion County Circuit Clerk’s office Wednesday to make the announcement. It plans to build an single internet system that links court [...]
25 Feb
Fire chief drops $90k computer request
Norwood Fire Chief Mike Howard has withdrawn his request for $90,200 to replace 20 computer workstations at the firehouse and has agreed with the $29,000 budget set by the town’s Computer/IT Director Mark Redlich for the fiscal year 2011 budget. Howard and Redlich met last week and discussed the discrepancies between the two proposed budgets.
25 Feb
Down hurling boss blasts away glitch in fixtures ‘computer’
BY the time Down hurlers get the ferry to cross Strangford Lough on their way home from Wexford next Sunday night, they will have covered almost 1,000 miles, spent 22 hours on a coach and had two overnights in the first two weekends of the National Hurling League. In another example of how unfair Croke [...]
25 Feb
Infinite Computer Solutions records 22% growth in net profit in third quarter
Infinite Computer Solutions recorded a 22.3 per cent growth in net profit in the third quarter of the current financial year to Rs 20.44 crore, up from Rs 16.71 crore in the previous quarter. The company however recorded a 2.8 per cent dip in revenue to Rs 160.90 crore from Rs 165.45 crore in the [...]
25 Feb
Computer hacker takes the side of struggling Latvians
A Latvian computer hacker has been leaking secret bank details to a local TV station. In Riga, data about the finances of banks and state-owned firms has been shown on Latvian TV, thanks to the hacker who uses the alias “Neo.”
25 Feb
Sony Computer Entertainment changes name
The change comes in Japan as Sony integrates its gaming, mobile and personal computer divisions under the leadership of Kaz Hirai. The change comes into effect from April 1st. However the regional divisions Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ) and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will not be changing their names.
25 Feb
Toyota CEO apologizes, stands behind computer systems
The head of the world’s No. 1 automaker apologized to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday for quality control lapses that led to several deaths and the eventual recall of 8.5 million of Toyota vehicles globally. But he disputed claims faulty computer systems are the underlying cause of the automaker’s problems. Toyota Motor Corp. President [...]
25 Feb
Is That A Rootkit In Your Pocket?
Computer scientists from Rutgers University have demonstrated how smart phones could be as susceptible to rootkit infiltration as PC and server operating systems. Vinod Ganapathy, assistant professor of computer science in Rutgers’ School of Arts and Sciences and computer science professor Liviu Iftode worked with three students to study rootkits as they pertain to smart [...]
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