The Federal Opposition has criticised the government's plans to spend $53 million on its National Broadband Network implementation study, claiming the document would be flawed due to the lack of an included rigorous cost/benefit analysis.
Two fast-growing Australian IT services firms have planned a more cautious approach to hiring in 2009 to reflect unpredictable conditions.
A previously unreleased report from Australia's attorney-general's department has urged the government to take action to curb the quick and ferocious nature of modern cyber-attacks.
A group of Australian students have just been crowned winners of the Imagine Cup, a global competition in software design.
A group of Australian University students, including one of Australia's most well-known technology bloggers, has progressed to the finals of the Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup software development competition in Paris.
I can't wait for the new iPhone to come out mainly because I'm so dog-tired of listening to the never-ending screeds of rumour mongering nonsense speculating on what functionality the device will have that come out every single day. So I've decided to join in. I'm 100 per cent convinced the new iPhone will run Vista and have WiMax connectivity. In fact I'd bet my house on it.
The average datacentre lasts between 15 and 20 years, so when the current generation of datacentres near the end of their working life, will their replacements be at all familiar?
Microsoft's global head of product security, George Stathakopoulos, is leading the company's efforts to dam the rising tide of security problems.
According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.
A top London lawyer has warned that the current trend of UK companies offshoring to locations outside the EU, such as India and China, does not absolve them from complying with their data protection obligations in the UK.
From doling out t-shirts to organising development and career planning programs, companies strive to keep their employees motivated. Here are some tips for keeping staff happy.
Penetration testing is a good way to audit whether your controls over standardised configurations are working, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
If your company needs to manage a large collection of multimedia files, FotoWare's solution is powerful, quick and easy to use.
Commentary:Historically, Intel drops a technological grenade of sorts at the doorway as it exits its current processor area, to confuse and misdirect the competition. Bill O'Brien thinks this could be the case with Intel's latest Pentium 4 release.
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