A senior Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy staffer today said the government did not have answers to the growing list of questions surrounding the National Broadband Network.
Former Defence intelligence officer Rachel Noble has been nominated as Australia's first National Security chief information officer a role that will provide strategic technology advice to the Prime Minister.
Kevin Rudd's department has advertised for a top-level security-focused chief information officer to oversee the technology aspects of its national security strategy.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promised to bolster Australia's cyber-defences to fend off the threat posed by hackers.
While speaking in Moscow, Microsoft CEO and Yahoo suitor Steve Ballmer said, "Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing, it was a way to accelerate our online advertising business... We will spend money on some acquisitions. You can do a whole lot of things with $50 billion."
This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.
For all the horror stories of farmers left stranded by the shutdown of the CDMA network, there are plenty of success stories.
Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.
Tropfest Best Comedy winner Jayce White's other claim to fame is creating the emoticons for Yahoo Messenger. We talk to him about the design process, upcoming smileys and his favourite emoticon.
The new film Firewall is the latest in a long line of Hollywood hacker movies. But how do they rate in terms of accuracy and entertainment value?
What this new NEHTA funding has done is ensured that its leaders feel vindicated in the way they have behaved they have essentially been 'patted on the head' and any real stimulus for 'root and branch' change has been lost.
Google's Vint Cerf shares his thoughts on the limitless possibilities of the Internet.
They're used in everything from Google searches to Web tax filings. But standards struggle is rattling W3C and confounding developers.
Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.
As more people consume multimedia online, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are quietly upping the ante with new search tools for video.
The Free Software Foundation is beginning celebrations of 25 years of GNU with the release of a video presented by actor and comedian Stephen Fry.
At CES 2008, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates and some of his closest friends debuted a comical look at what life would be like as Bill's last day approaches. Many of entertainment's biggest heavyweights, such as Bono from U2, actor George Clooney, and director Steven Spielberg, got some laughs...
While touring Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi literally bumped into Anthony Daniels, the actor behind Star Wars' lovable android C3PO. You might not recognize his face, but you surely know his voice. Take a walk down memory lane with Daniels, who talks...
Final Cut Studio 2 is a solid value and worthy upgrade for serious film editors who work on Macs. However, hobbyists should consider simpler software.
So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.
If you're looking for relatively straightforward Linux-based office productivity, you should have few problems with this distribution.
Commentary: Apple, Sony, and others have come out with laptops featuring big 17-inch flat-panel screens. The displays are beautiful, sure. But is there a solid business rationale for them?
The nanotechnology era is here, and Intel is looking at all the options. Penny-sized weather sensors, cheap technology for all -- the future looks bright!
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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The Change Program changes its Agenda
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Microsoft's Tracey Fellows on Windows 7
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Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
The long-awaited separation of Telstra
Google open-sources JavaScript tools
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