Academic supercomputing labs continue to clean up Linux and Solaris servers targeted by unknown attackers over the last month, as law enforcement officials investigate the crimes.
The Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre has expanded with the addition of The University of Melbourne and Novell to its roster.
A 10 Gbps fibre-optic connection between Perth and Sydney designed to foster research and development was officially launched today, halfway through a three year program intended to connect as great a number of Australian research centres as possible.
Australian telecommunications heavyweight, Telstra, unveiled its new "Innovation Centre" in Sydney yesterday, designed to "accelerate the development of new and emerging technology solutions for customers".
Australia's communications regulator has written to the vice-chancellor of the University of NSW, Mark Wainwright, asking him to review a decision likely to force the closure of the institution's Communications Law Centre (CLC).
Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.
Some future trends in storage are obvious: we'll need more of it, it'll be cheaper per megabyte, and a lot of it will be virtualised.
Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
A worm that takes advantage of what some security experts describe as the most widespread Windows flaw ever has started spreading, while new analysis has uncovered a time bomb in the worm's code poised to unleash a furious denial of service attack at Microsoft itself.
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At NICTA's recent Techfest conference, researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA) get to show off the projects they have been working on all year, including facial recognition tech designed to help catch criminals as well as better algorithms and sensors for traffic control.
Call centre managers can no longer rely on achieving key performance indicators to win promotion, a new study has found.
Most PCs are equipped with power management functions, but people turn them off. Turn them on, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Savings can be achieved in datacentres also. Most companies run test and development centres constantly, but some are changing their ways.
Researchers in England explore an always-on, wearable camera that could capture images automatically.
Research's SoundXpander promises to give you a realistic multidimensional sonic experience from an ordinary two-channel stereo or PC speaker system. Can this small device truly immerse you in a realistic sound field?
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The possible ill effects on human health of mobile phones and towers will be studied at a virtual centre comprised of research organisations from Victoria and South Australia.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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