Computerworld Staff

The inspector general's office at the U.S. Department of Transportation disclosed that a laptop PC containing the names, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 133,000 Florida residents was stolen from a car in Doral, Fla., on July 27.

Research group National ICT Australia (NICTA) has received an additional A$250 million (CDN$210.8 million) in funding from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) and the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

Regional Victoria is suffering an infrastructure crisis with 163,000 homes and businesses without access to broadband, according to Victorian Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson.

Regional Victoria is suffering an infrastructure crisis with 163,000 homes and businesses without access to broadband, according to Victorian Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson.

Ratcheting up their alliance against common foe Oracle Corp., IBM and SAP AG said that the next version of IBM's DB2 database will be designated the preferred database for mid-sized users of SAP's business software.

The worldwide movement by operators to deploy high-speed mobile broadband services - based on the global W-CDMA and HSDPA technology standards is fuelling unprecedented economies of scale in the supply of equipment for carriers and handsets for consumers.

The Victorian government in Australia has signed a A$5 million (US$3.66 million) contract for the provision of online services to hospitals, education facilities, local government and state government organizations. n

The Victorian government in Australia has signed a A$5 million (CAD$4.2 million) contract for the provision of online services to hospitals, education facilities, local government and state government organizations.