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New iiNet ads on the way?

New iiNet ads on the way?

Is iiNet preparing new ads in light of today's court decision?

February 24th, 2011 in Legal by ZDNet Australia Staff 3 Comments 3 Votes
What is 2011: a Space Odyssey?

What is 2011: a Space Odyssey?

IBM's Watson kicks some Jeopardy butt, but in previous rounds he has lost to wily humans.

February 16th, 2011 in IBM by ZDNet Australia Staff Comment 2 Votes
The first casualty of iiNet's redundancies

The first casualty of iiNet's redundancies

Eyebrows rose when people saw who was the first out the door when iiNet offered redundancies.

February 9th, 2011 in iiNet by ZDNet Australia Staff 1 Comment 1 Vote
Defence's cybersecurity courses kick off

Defence's cybersecurity courses kick off

ZDNet Australia can exclusively reveal new posters to go along with its IT security retraining package.

February 8th, 2011 in Security by Christine Lee Comment 2 Votes
Signs of a faulty speed camera

Signs of a faulty speed camera

Victoria knew it was time for a speed camera audit when...

February 4th, 2011 in Government by Christine Lee 4 Comments 2 Votes
Rudd rides to Assange's rescue!

Rudd rides to Assange's rescue!

"Julian? It's Kevin! I've brought you something! Nobody was using it you see."

December 14th, 2010 in Security by Christine Lee 6 Comments 6 Votes
Abbott schools Turnbull on NBN strategy

Abbott schools Turnbull on NBN strategy

Having thrown former Shadow Communications Minister Tony Smith into hasty retirement, Liberal Leader Tony Abbott explains to his new communications shadow what he expects of the holder of the role.

September 16th, 2010 in Government by ZDNet Staff Comment Vote
Microsoft unveils new booth babe

Microsoft unveils new booth babe

Introducing ... the Meter Man!

September 2nd, 2010 in Microsoft by Christine Lee Comment 7 Votes
Abbott unleashes his inner tech-head

Abbott unleashes his inner tech-head

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott decides he could be Bill Gates if he wanted to.

August 12th, 2010 in Election 2010 by Christine Lee 1 Comment 6 Votes
Steve Jobs' iPhone 4 Jedi mind trick

Steve Jobs' iPhone 4 Jedi mind trick

Steve Jobs tried an old Jedi mind trick at the Apple antennagate conference. Unfortunately, he wasn't as strong in the force as he thought he was.

July 20th, 2010 in Apple by Christine Lee 2 Comments 11 Votes

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Google closes Motorola buy: http://t.co/9ezoLnSg

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/WbuTt174 - #security #cyber

Nuance launches in car voice activated platform (Zack Whittaker ZDNet) http://t.co/9mFEA93c

Sage simplifies SMB payment management http://t.co/gbAKq1ku

A farewell to democracy: Kaspersky http://t.co/zE2SAGol via @zdnetaustralia

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R they joking? iPhone only way 2 go!
New 5 out in October (we think) & will kill all copycat phones, AGAIN!!

Android's biggest security flaws - Security - News - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/6nYZRvhh
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Google: We now own Motorola Mobility http://t.co/oeFgovzl

@dougsteelman RT @dellsecureworks : Security researcher Tim Vidas of Dell SecureWorks outlines problems with the Androi…http://t.co/BE4LmItr

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#Security researcher Tim Vidas of @DellSecureworks outlines some concerns with the #Android operating system: http://t.co/gV8MgCiN

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“@Techmeme: TiVo streaming coming to iOS this summer (@jasonogrady / ZDNet) http://t.co/07L0ndoD ” < wonder if it will work in AU

Security researcher Tim Vidas of Dell SecureWorks outlines problems with the Android operating system: http://t.co/lA4t9ffu

Why I (now) hate Apple | ZDNet - http://t.co/f5v6BWxu

A farewell to #democracy: (according to)> #Kaspersky http://t.co/82GeK5Ik via @zdnetaustralia

I am not sure how this issue becomes an attack on Mr Turnbull. But I guess he is fair game. In any event I would have thought a Ddos woul...

8 hours ago by Doubt on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

RT @JamesVickery: Westpac board goes paperless with iPads http://t.co/L8V05zFs

I still use 98SE. Windows ME was an abortion in a bucket and Vista was ME without the bucket. My screen may look boring, but I jumped str...

9 hours ago by Treknology on Microsoft admits Vista was 'cheesy'

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9 hours ago, CeBIT 2012 opens: photos

Android users, you think only Apple are having security problems. See what is your major problem.
http://t.co/cjJYSOJw #infosec

RT @my_CISB: Android users, you think only Apple are having security problems. See what is your major problem.
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RT @aimee_maree: "For Buytaert, Drupal owes much of its success to being open source" http://t.co/RdnHB2y9 #Drupal

Malware charges users for free Android apps on Google Play - http://t.co/Zhnf2rtw

Well I don't know what they have done with their EFTPOS machines, local one in WA Coles Express I used this morning and I normally do "ch...

9 hours ago by harryinthesoup on Coles ditches PINs in payment pilot

@TaschaD More information: http://t.co/8rfUsQJ0 I guess I shall simply go without.

RT @zdnetaustralia: The Westpac board have gone paperless using iPads and a secure, home-grown app environment: http://t.co/F1d17bvF ^LH

Chrome overtakes IE: does it matter? http://t.co/JRvKsVdn

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Interesting - no mention of Win 98/ME/2000 ... which heralded Internet access for millions of users ? I thought Win 98/ME would be the mo...

14 hours ago by gouranga on Microsoft admits Vista was 'cheesy'

An Application like Good from Good Technologies does the same thing, working with the enterprise email server and is off the shelf.

14 hours ago by Helpdesk123 on Westpac board goes paperless with iPads

Never mind a "B+" version, go for "C" and put in a few extras. I'd like a high speed ADC (100Msps) but that's just me... Final size? Equ...

15 hours ago by sa_penguin on Raspberry Pi architect mulls design change

what a non-story. these thing happen all the time. is zdnet short on material?

16 hours ago by paulwrussell on Spotify launch suffers redirect bungle

4 months old phone died. Took 6 weeks, three visits to the authorised repairer (Fonebiz) to "fix it". 2nd hand untested parts used, I say...

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17 hours ago by ramnet on Microsoft admits Vista was 'cheesy'

If Vista is cheesy, Metro is an over-ripe Stilton.

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17 hours ago by rant rant rant on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

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First off, Bitcoin is not a virus. Second off, the only way to generate Bitcoins, is by using a Bitcoin miner. More information on this h...

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When an operating system is sold it should not launch until an approved security service is purchased online with a list of approved supp...

1 day ago by Kevin Cobley on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

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