The Western Australia Police is chasing down a new chief information officer to manage the department's annual IT budget of $200 million after a search last August failed to find a candidate.
After reports alleged yesterday that "hundreds" of South Australian police had been sprung using their work computers to illegally download films, the state's Commissioner has refuted the accusations in a letter published today.
The Tasmanian State Government has outlined a variety of technology-related initiatives in its budget today, including funding for e-health, policing and digital marketing projects.
The leaders of two of Australia's largest ISP's see a viable business model in offering free or discounted broadband connectivity, sponsored by advertisements targeted according to a user's web surfing habits.
Years of frustration with "unfair" IT outsourcing contracts and chronic IT underfunding have driven Victoria Police CIO Valda Berzins to shake things up at the organisation, with a new senior staffer soon to come onboard to help her guide a major overhaul of the organisation's IT strategy.
Patch Monday makes its timely return and is armed with another week of stories, interviews and rumours to digest.
In light of Intel's latest celebrity-infused Centrino Duo ads, here is a look back at five great tech ad campaigns.
Facebook's answer as to why it removed vigilante groups that had posted details about accused fire-bug Brendan Sokaluk smells of fear that it may be as responsible as media for content published on its network.
It's official: Australia is an easy target for Russian crime gangs some are even turning Aussie lonely hearts into money mules. But are those "victims" actually guilty?
Banner adverts for Dell and Optus were appearing on the Pirate Bay Web site earlier this week -- until ZDNet Australia published a story revealing the fact.
Online fraudsters are getting smarter and the current round of "phishing scams" may just be the start, according Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) head Alastair MacGibbon.
The footage Four Corners displayed of a suspected Melbourne fraudster's house and technology during a police raid last week hardly fits the profile of a master fraudster.
The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?
Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services?
The thriving community of Internet users that are opting for a 'Second Life' in virtual worlds are a tempting market for advertising. But is a virtual presence a viable option for big business?
Here are ten of the guilty parties who try to do the impossible: to make us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented -- and who very nearly succeed.
You think spam techniques are driving you mad now... just take a look at what's in store.
Commentary: The average fairy tale has more truth in it that some of the rubbish that's endlessly reiterated about software piracy.
One sure way to stop pirates is to make music free. Distributors could pick up the tab and get their investment back from marketers and advertisers.
Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.
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