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Macs get crypto key to government budgets

May 29th, 2008 by Liam Tung

Macs are a step closer to being accepted in government agencies, which usually require a full-disk encryption tool to protect sensitive data, after Check Point announced Pointsec for Apple's Leopard and Tiger operating systems.

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Tech don't worry about the government

June 24th, 2010 by Ty Pendlebury

This week we look at the iOS 4 and the new iPhone, hear about the death of the gaming controller, and insult the ex-Prime Minister.

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Report: Norway says 'nei' to iTunes DRM, again

October 2nd, 2008 by Caroline McCarthy

Two years after initially making a stink about the extensive copy protection in Apple's media marketplace, Norwegian authorities re-raise threats of legal action against the company.

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Nobody protects Macs, not even Steve Jobs

April 16th, 2008 by Liam Tung

Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?

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Australia's giant e-waste recycling centre: Photos

November 20th, 2008 by Alex Serpo

The largest e-waste recycling centre in the southern hemisphere was opened this week in Sydney's Villawood amid controversy over the Federal Government's refusal to commit to a mandatory e-waste recycling policy.

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Optus won't subsidise Apple's iPad

April 28th, 2010 by Ben Grubb

Optus won't subsidise Apple's 3G iPad tablet-like device when it arrives late May in Australia, according to a source close to the company.

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Greener Apple offers free recycling

July 12th, 2007 by Ella Morton

Apple has devoted two weekends in July to a green initiative in which any brand of PC, printer or peripheral can be handed over for free recycling.

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Mac OS X gets Windows Media Photo

September 7th, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft, while trying to get its HD Photo image format standardised as "JPEG XR", also continues to work on spreading the technology by more conventional means -- such as building Photoshop and Mac OS X support.

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CIOs pass their verdict on the 3G iPhone

July 11th, 2008 by Suzanne Tindal

CIOs of top Australian organisations spilled the beans to ZDNet.com.au on what they think of the 3G iPhone, and whether they will let the device, launched early this morning, into their enterprise.

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RailCorp targets rogue iPhone app

March 3rd, 2009 by David Braue

NSW state corporation RailCorp has threatened a Sydney software developer with legal action if he fails to withdraw a train timetable application that is currently the second most popular application in its category in Apple's App Store.

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