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Strathfield rises out of administration

Strathfield rises out of administration

Deed of Company Arrangement includes $2.8 million in funding and $40 million wiped from balance sheet
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    Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims 28 January, 2012 12:13:41

    Symantec sees malicious behavior, but Lookout credits ad network supporting free Android apps
    Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps.
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    NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March 26 January, 2012 21:45:00

    NEC will slash 3,000 jobs outside Japan as it copes with the effects of the Thai floods and problems in its mobile business
    NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.
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    Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope 28 January, 2012 12:28:27

    The company will disclose requests from governments that want tweets removed
    Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday.
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    Investors bet $16 million on growth in application delivery market 28 January, 2012 04:35:43

    When investment firm Edison Ventures decided to contribute the majority of a recent $16 million round of funding for application delivery controller provider Kemp Technologies, investment manager Lenard Marcus acknowledged that some initial risk was incurred.
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    Juniper's financial challenges continue 28 January, 2012 08:18:48

    Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.
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    Adscend denies Facebook, AG allegations 28 January, 2012 08:41:21

    Charged with maintaining a Facebook scam, Adscend said it has never engaged in the alleged activities
    Adscend Media, the defendant in lawsuits filed this week by Facebook and the Washington attorney general, on Friday denied the allegations in the complaints and shifted blame to its affiliates.
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    NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March 26 January, 2012 21:45:00

    NEC will slash 3,000 jobs outside Japan as it copes with the effects of the Thai floods and problems in its mobile business
    NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.
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    Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong 28 January, 2012 07:43:48

    Tech giants including Apple, EMC and SAP turn in a strong quarter this week
    This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing.
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    Juniper's financial challenges continue 28 January, 2012 08:18:48

    Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.
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    802.11ac boosts buzz more than bandwidth 28 January, 2012 04:35:40

    Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not advocate a position that is particular to the author's employer and has been edited and approved by Network World editors.
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    Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces 28 January, 2012 07:51:00

    The initiative is called Futurama internally and will touch products like WebEx, Quad, Jabber IM and Tandberg
    Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.
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    SAP's HANA in-memory database will gain ability to run ERP this year 26 January, 2012 09:29:13

    The move could accelerate SAP's plans to migrate its applications customers away from Oracle's database
    SAP plans to roll out support for the ERP module within its flagship Business Suite product family on the HANA in-memory database platform in the fourth quarter of this year, executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka said in an interview Wednesday.
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    Lookout Security rebuts rival's Android malware claims 28 January, 2012 12:13:41

    Symantec sees malicious behavior, but Lookout credits ad network supporting free Android apps
    Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps.
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    Juniper's financial challenges continue 28 January, 2012 08:18:48

    Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.
More >Security
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    Security roundup: The triumph of hactivists, the sorrow of Symantec 28 January, 2012 06:22:43

    It was another busy week for hactivists attacking the online targets of their ire. This time, hackers under the banner AntiSec appeared to have hacked the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. government's online security website, in protest against the much-railed-against legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well as other bills regarding intellectual protection. Similarly, the group Anonymous is believed to be behind the distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday that brought down the European Parliament's website in what is thought to be retaliation for European support for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site the week before. Anonymous also opposes a treaty being ratified in Europe now called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That deals with infringement of intellectual property rights.
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    Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill 28 January, 2012 06:11:46

    Proposal would have required ISPs to store 'Net browsing data for two years
    Lawmakers in Hawaii on Thursday quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the detailed browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years.
More >Storage
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    NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $US1.3 billion loss in year through March 26 January, 2012 21:45:00

    NEC will slash 3,000 jobs outside Japan as it copes with the effects of the Thai floods and problems in its mobile business
    NEC said it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.
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    Two Years of Apple's iPad: Happy Second Birthday, Innovative Tablet! 28 January, 2012 07:52:00

    Two years ago, Steve Jobs showed us the original iPad. Here are some of the milestones for the innovative slate over the past 24 months.
    Two years ago Friday, Apple's late co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original IPad, one of the most anticipated Apple products in history.
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