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  • EDS cuts AU$25m Defence-supplier deal

    EDS has won a five-year, AU$25 million IT outsourcing deal with recruitment firm Chandler Macleod to provide back-end processing services that will support its Defence recruitment drive in the coming years.

  • OLPC's Bitfrost: Privacy disaster, or security haven?

    Faced with a young, tech-inexperienced user base, the One Laptop Per Child foundation set out to build an easy to use security system, Bitfrost but did it create a privacy threat that tracks users' identity instead?

  • Is Apple on the way out?

    A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?

  • How ethical hacking saved the day

    What should you do if your hacked servers are being used for illegal purposes? Read this case study to find out.

  • .Net develops advantages over Java

    Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look.

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  • WebDU 2009: Photos

    WebDU, the annual web technology conference, took place at the Star City Convention Centre on Thursday and Friday last week.

  • Boost UNIX security with DNS restrictions

    Every server process you run on your system provides another potential point of compromise. That's why it's so often recommended that you turn off unnecessary services on Windows machines and deactivate unneeded daemons on UNIX operating systems.

  • Seven steps to increase Linux security

    Many network administrators new to Linux find it hard to transition from a point-and-click security configuration interface to one based on editing complicated and hard-to-locate text files. Here are seven easy things administrators can and should do to make their Linux server more secure and significantly reduce the risk they face.

  • Linux: Post-installation tips

    Ten things to prepare the OS for day-to-day use.

  • Networking for smarts

    In this product review, we look at tools that can monitor network performance.

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  • Networking for smarts

    In this product review, we look at tools that can monitor network performance.

  • OpenBSD 3.3 released despite funding cut

    The latest version of the popular OpenBSD (Berkley Software Distribution) was released today, and is available for download from FTP sites.

  • OpenOffice.org versus Microsoft Office

    The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

  • Don't Interrupt: Seven options for uninterrupted power

    Power spikes, surges, sags, blackouts, and noise can all play havoc with your expensive equipment and vital data. We look at seven options for keeping your power uninterrupted.

  • OpenOffice.org takes on Microsoft Office

    The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

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