Singtel-owned Optus has introduced excess download charges on its home and broadband "Fusion" bundles, less than a week after telling ZDNet Australia that it had no plans to do so.
Internet service providers (ISPs) are sitting on the fence on whether to participate in the government's upcoming live trial for ISP-level filtering of undesirable internet content, with their involvement depending heavily on the terms of the trial.
Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?
Communications regulator the ACCC has taken Telstra to court over what it claims are misleading statements contained in advertisements for the telco's Next G network.
Iraq, immigration, taxes, and healthcare probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 US presidential campaign. IT has made nary an appearance -- so what do the candidates think on the subject of technology?
In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.
Firewalls protect your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? ZDNet Australia investigates.
As a veteran IT security consultant with first-hand experience working at two of Australia's largest ISP/telcos, encompassing the installing and configuration of many of the filtering technologies currently on the market, I am writing to express my deep concerns about your proposed internet filter.
Sol Trujillo has, not for the first time and perhaps not for the last, ignited a furore, this time over his charge that Australians are racist. While his broader comments mischaracterise a country generally welcoming to people of different cultural backgrounds, there is also some validity to them when it comes to the way he was treated during his stint here.
Have you ever wondered just how much "junk" Internet traffic is costing your company? One of Jonathan Yarden's coworkers recently tasked him with finding out. In this case study, learn how he went about gathering this information, and see how unwanted traffic affects his organisation's bottom line.
Security won't contribute much to your bottom line--until it fails. But who do you turn to if you can't afford a team of security specialists?
We recommend installing Windows XP SP2 but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.
We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?
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