United Kingdom online gambling exchange Betfair has chosen to base a major Web site overhaul around Sun's J2EE platform rather than Microsoft's .NET software, claiming the Java product comes with a "proven enterprise track record".
Recent network upgrades at CommSec, Commonwealth Bank’s online brokerage service, arrived just in time to avert an online disaster in the immediate aftermath of the Bali bombings.
Nearly all ADSL-enabled exchanges will have ADSL2+ capabilities by mid-2006 under an AU$210 million program being undertaken by Telstra, the carrier's managing director, data and online, Andrew Johnson said.
Microsoft has admitted to removing the blog of an outspoken Chinese journalist from its MSN Spaces site, citing its policy of adhering to local laws.
Andrew Tridgell has made his first public comments on the dispute between himself and Linux originator Linus Torvalds over source code management for the Linux kernel.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
If your IT department connects employee network accounts with individual employees as opposed to positions, you could be more efficient.
E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.
Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?
Interactive online computer gaming is widely touted at the next big thing for games consoles. ZDNet Australia peers into the future of online, interactive fun.
After all the hype, third generation (3G) mobile phone services are operating in Australia.
America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.
Shoe boxes are for shoes. That's Adobe Systems' message as the publishing software giant pushes a new consumer version of Photoshop, its flagship image-editing software.
AUSTIN, TX -- Here's a twist: The Americans are about to copy the Japanese. Or so believes one e-commerce expert who says it's only a matter of time before Web phone mania, which broke out in Japan a couple of years ago, reaches US shores and elsewehere.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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