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As Christmas Nears, AVG (AU/NZ) Advises Shoppers How to Stay Safe Online

As Christmas Nears, AVG (AU/NZ) Advises Shoppers How to Stay Safe Online 
Melbourne, 18 November 2009 – As Christmas shoppers everywhere head online looking for good deals, Internet security software distributor, AVG (AU/NZ) is promoting safe online shopping this holiday season. 
“Online shopping offers many benefits, including the ability to shop at any time of the day [...]

Autodesk collaborates with DreamWorks and Imageworks on Mudbox for Linux

Autodesk Consulting provides Linux pipeline implementation for Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting software
Sydney, Nov. 18, 2009 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting’s custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at [...]

Innovative Aussie website takes the guess work out of gift giving

SYDNEY – Wednesday 18 November 2009 – Sick of getting jocks and socks for birthdays and Christmas? Can’t tell Aunty Maude she’s already given you a foot spa? Are your parents stuck in a time-warp when it comes to choosing gifts? Fed up with returning gifts because your daughter-in-law is so fussy? Well, now your [...]

Latest Norton Ghost is Windows 7 Compatible and Offers Blu-ray Disc Support

Latest Norton Ghost is Windows 7 Compatible and Offers Blu-ray Disc Support
New Version Now Features Cold Imaging and ThreatCon Integration 
Sydney, Australia – November 18, 2009 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, announced today the worldwide release of Norton Ghost 15, one of the industry’s most advanced PC backup and recovery solutions. [...]

Interview with Nick FitzGerald, Emerging Threats Researcher, AVG Technologies and Impulse Gamer

Interview with Nick FitzGerald, Emerging Threats Researcher, AVG Technologies and Impulse Gamer 

Before working AVG, tell our readers a little about your history? 
I worked in the computer centre at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand for about ten years as a consultant.  I mainly covered PC support issues and was responsible for overseeing the [...]

Adobe AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 Beta Software Now Available

SYDNEY, Aust. — Nov. 17, 2009 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that beta versions of Adobe® AIR® 2 and Adobe Flash® Player 10.1 software are now available from Adobe Labs for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Flash Player 10.1 is also available for x86-based netbooks, and expected to be available across a [...]

Symantec Norton Internet Security Offered on Lenovo Think Branded PCs

Symantec Norton Internet Security Offered on Lenovo Think Branded PCs 
Sydney, Australia –November 13, 2009 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced an agreement to distribute Norton Internet Security on Lenovo Think-branded PCs, including ThinkPad laptops, ThinkCentre desktops and ThinkStation workstations, worldwide, in multiple languages.  The award-winning Norton Internet Security software will be pre-loaded as a [...]

BitDefender Security for Mail Servers 3.0.2 Achieves Virus Bulletin Gold Award for Three Tests

BitDefender Security for Mail Servers 3.0.2 Achieves Virus Bulletin Gold Award for Three Tests 
 BitDefender Linux Version Provides Low False Positives, High Spam Catch Rate 
Australia and New Zealand – November 12, 2009 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, today announced that BitDefender Security for Mail Servers 3.0.2 has once again achieved a Gold Award in the latest Virus [...]

Three Blind Mice

Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam (Ewen Leslie) has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean (Toby Schmitz) has a fiance and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry (Matthew Newton) just loves playing cards. Throughout the [...]

Symantec Simplifies Backup and Recovery to Help Small Businesses Protect Against Downtime

Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Automates Data and System Protection, Speeds Recovery of Entire Systems
SYDNEY, Australia – 5 November 2009 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the availability of Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 , a complete data and system backup and recovery solution for small businesses.  Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 automates [...]