News (27)

  • An open-source civil war?

    Craig Mundie ventures deep into enemy territory at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention seeking allies for Microsoft's 'shared source' plan. But Red Hat's CTO claims the real battle is being waged from within.

  • Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily

    Microsoft has vowed to better disclose the actions of its antipiracy tool once it is installed on Windows PCs.

  • Microsoft antitrust decision on ice

    The European Commission will not make a decision on whether Microsoft has complied with its antitrust ruling until September, an EC spokesman said on Friday.

  • Europe: No patents for software

    Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.

  • Software pirate to pay US$1.1 million

    An admitted counterfeiter has agreed to pay Microsoft and Symantec US$1.1 million in restitution, a victory in the software industry's fight against software piracy.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • How corporate Australia battles information overload

    We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.

  • Microsoft plugs second Passport hole

    The software giant fixes a flaw in its Passport online identity system that could have allowed an attacker to take over old Hotmail accounts.

  • Microsoft's bounty hunter

    Attorney Hemanshu Nigam says virus writers "ought to think twice before they hit the send button."

  • Can biometrics move beyond borders?

    Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.

Create an e-mail alert for "civil"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
civil


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

Back to top

Featured