A coalition of federal law enforcement agencies announced a new push against child pornography on file-swapping networks, citing undercover operations ongoing since the northern fall of 2003.
Australia's NineMSN has announced it will close its chat-rooms in the interests of child safety, effective 14 October.
The computer network hostage crisis in San Francisco is over, thanks to the city's mayor.
A network administrator for the city of San Francisco has been arrested on charges of taking control of the city's computer network and locking administrators out.
A strange sort of techno-drama is playing out in the city of San Francisco, California right now. The blame for the fiasco may not be as easily assigned as it at first appears.
A new survey highlights a predictable problem: there could be lots of risky private information stored on USB sticks. That's about as surprising as Paris Hilton flaunting her lady garden in public.
ICT salaries are rising, but they are certainly not skyrocketing.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.
In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a three-part exclusive video interview with Westpac Bank chief information security officer, David Backley, in addition to tips and reviews for businesses to thwart security attacks.
Ivan Krstic, director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child project, brought a beta 2 test prototype model of the AU$175 laptops to AusCERT 2007. ZDNet Australia's Munir Kotadia caught up with Ivan to find out more about the pre-release model's features.
At the AusCERT 2007 conference in Queensland last week, keynote speaker Ivan Krstic, who is the director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, told attendees that desktop security was fundamentally broken. We asked several security experts who attended the conference if they agreed and how the problem could be fixed.
Bargain hunters, ZoneAlarm with Antivirus is the security deal for you.
It's time to educate users about the importance of passwords . . . for security's sake.
Denmark's Aalborg Zoo is setting up a system that lets parents use their cell phones to keep tabs on their children's whereabouts.
This latest tablet PC from HP Compaq is a decent improvement over its predecessors, though unresolved legacy flaws may dampen user enthusiasm.
Just how good are web filtering packages? We put eight of the best head to head in our Australian review.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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