http://computerworld.co.nz/ New Zealand's IT Information Source sarah.putt@computerworld.co.nz (Sarah Putt) Karl@ffxbusinessgroup.co.nz (Karl Martin) http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/5-byod-pitfalls-and-how-you-can-avoid-them http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/5-byod-pitfalls-and-how-you-can-avoid-them Vague policies, rogue apps, zombie phones can doom even the best 'Bring Your Own Device' intentions. But the good news is it's not too late to make game-changing adjustments. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:22:39 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/ferromagnetics-breakthrough-could-change-storage-as-we-know-it http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/ferromagnetics-breakthrough-could-change-storage-as-we-know-it A previously misunderstood magnetic phenomenon has been apparently explained by a paper published on Sunday in Nature Materials - and the explanation could lead to wholesale transformation in magnetic storage. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:21:38 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/microsoft-launches-security-bounty-programs-for-windows-81-and-ie-11-preview http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/microsoft-launches-security-bounty-programs-for-windows-81-and-ie-11-preview Microsoft will pay researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the preview version of its Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) browser and Windows 8.1 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:56:44 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/many-companies-are-negligent-about-sap-security-researchers-say http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/many-companies-are-negligent-about-sap-security-researchers-say SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments according to security researchers Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:54:20 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/3d-printer-creates-lithium-ion-batteries-the-size-of-a-grain-of-sand http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/3d-printer-creates-lithium-ion-batteries-the-size-of-a-grain-of-sand Researchers from Harvard and the University of Illinois have printed precisely interlaced stacks of tiny battery electrodes, each less than the width of a human hair. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:21:35 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/why-havent-mvnos-taken-off-in-the-middle-east http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/why-havent-mvnos-taken-off-in-the-middle-east Over the last decade, MVNOs have become part-and-parcel to the telecoms market of practically every developed country in the world Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:38:54 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/why-australia-post-and-nab-have-adopted-agile-methodologies http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/why-australia-post-and-nab-have-adopted-agile-methodologies Adopting an agile approach to business innovation requires a sense of urgency, commitment to change, organisational vision and an ongoing focus on momentum and support Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:36:01 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/data-wiped-from-630-megaupload-servers http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/data-wiped-from-630-megaupload-servers LeaseWeb, one of Europe's biggest hosting providers, has wiped 630 servers that contained Megaupload data Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:34:20 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/nsa-spying-could-mean-us-tech-companies-lose-international-business http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/nsa-spying-could-mean-us-tech-companies-lose-international-business It is not just personal information that is being swept into the National Security Agency's (NSA) massive databases. It is corporate data as well Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:29:04 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/dia-previews-government-ict-strategy http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/dia-previews-government-ict-strategy Balance between all-of-government approach and individual departments doing their own thing Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:21:46 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/congress-looks-to-kill-nasas-plan-to-capture-an-asteroid http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/congress-looks-to-kill-nasas-plan-to-capture-an-asteroid House Republican leaders are shooting to get astronauts on the moon and Mars, but they're trying to nix the president's asteroid plans. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:21:35 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/att-to-offer-nec-terrain-push-to-talk-android-smartphone-starting-friday http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/att-to-offer-nec-terrain-push-to-talk-android-smartphone-starting-friday AT&T and NEC have teamed up to launch the NEC Terrain, a ruggedized Android push-to-talk smartphone that goes on sale Friday online for $99.99 and a two-year contract. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:21:04 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/intel-chooses-sides-in-wireless-power-market http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/intel-chooses-sides-in-wireless-power-market Intel has joined The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), an industry group that hopes its "flexible wireless power" specification for mobile wireless charging can become an industry standard. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:20:32 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/acceptable-risk http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/acceptable-risk While BYOD has become the norm in many organisations, security threats associated with it tops the charts for 2013 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:19:59 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/countries-question-google-on-glass-privacy http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/countries-question-google-on-glass-privacy Privacy officials from six countries and the European Commission are pushing Google to answer questions about privacy issues surrounding its digital eyewear called Glass. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:21:37 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/nsa-defends-spying-as-backlash-rages http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/nsa-defends-spying-as-backlash-rages Mounting backlash against National Security Agency spying practices is now coming from sources as varied as security expert Bruce Schneier, former Reagan-era budget director David Stockman and high-level representatives of European countries. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:21:26 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/ipad-5-rumor-rollup-for-the-week-ending-june-18 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/ipad-5-rumor-rollup-for-the-week-ending-june-18 As last week's Apple WWDC faded in the rear view mirror, the iOSphere hungered for more. And the hunger gave birth to hope, and hope to more rumors, including the one that predicts iPad 5 will be announced this week to foil and foul Samsung's scheduled London news. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:20:46 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/lg-production-of-flexible-display-smartphone-screens-to-start-in-q4 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/lg-production-of-flexible-display-smartphone-screens-to-start-in-q4 LG will begin mass producing flexible display screens for smartphones in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Korea Times. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:20:05 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/say-cheese-earthlings-spacecraft-to-snap-home-planet-pic-from-deep-space http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/say-cheese-earthlings-spacecraft-to-snap-home-planet-pic-from-deep-space NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now flying near Saturn, is turning its cameras back toward Earth today so it can grab a photo of its home planet from almost 900 million miles away Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:21:44 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/what-ges-cloud-computing-foray-means-for-big-data http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/what-ges-cloud-computing-foray-means-for-big-data As if GE doesn't already have enough on its plate, the company entered the cloud computing marketing this week, announcing plans to provide cloud-based analytics services for its industrial customers. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:21:44 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/start-up-readies-network-optimized-linux-for-data-centers http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/start-up-readies-network-optimized-linux-for-data-centers Start-up Cumulus Networks this week has emerged with a Linux network operating system designed for programmable data centers like the ones Google and Facebook are building. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:21:47 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/windows-phone-weak-huawei-sneers http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/windows-phone-weak-huawei-sneers Huawei calls the Windows Phone platform weak despite using it as the foundation for some of the smartphones it makes. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:21:28 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/apple-pours-os-x-snow-leopard-another-java-fix http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/apple-pours-os-x-snow-leopard-another-java-fix Apple on Tuesday patched Java 6 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, fixing 34 flaws that Oracle addressed the same day for Windows. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:19:54 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/australians-fleeced-out-of-93-million-in-2012-report http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/australians-fleeced-out-of-93-million-in-2012-report Scammers continue to take Australians for a ride with losses of A$93.4 million reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) last year Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:30:15 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/with-faster-5g-wi-fi-coming-wi-fi-alliance-kicks-off-certification-program http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/with-faster-5g-wi-fi-coming-wi-fi-alliance-kicks-off-certification-program The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:19:20 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/lte-advanced-is-coming-but-smartphone-users-may-not-care http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/lte-advanced-is-coming-but-smartphone-users-may-not-care LTE Advanced is coming soon to the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, but U.S. carriers still have to upgrade LTE networks to operate the faster service, and Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:18:34 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/australia-suspected-to-have-prism-data-ludlam http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/security/australia-suspected-to-have-prism-data-ludlam Greens senator Scott Ludlam believes the US National Security Agency (NSA) has handed information it has collected from its PRISM system to the Australian government. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:15:31 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/steve-jobs-draft-email-plays-pivotal-role-in-antitrust-case http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/steve-jobs-draft-email-plays-pivotal-role-in-antitrust-case An email composed, but never sent, by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs may prove instrumental in the Justice Department's case that Apple, along with the five largest book publishers, colluded to fix prices for electronic books Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:44:25 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/it-capital-spending-rises-but-not-for-pcs http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/technology/it-capital-spending-rises-but-not-for-pcs While Windows 8 is getting blamed for dismal PC sales, upgrading laptops and desktop systems isn't a priority for business users, according to new research. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:15:28 +1200 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/industry-to-get-access-to-fastest-ever-government-supercomputers http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/industry-to-get-access-to-fastest-ever-government-supercomputers The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to build supercomputers "1,000 times more powerful" than any existing ones in the UK Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:46:36 +1200