Sydney companies are taking precautions to ensure their datacentres are safe in the face of a massive dust storm that hit the city on Wednesday in the early hours.
The Australian division of German car giant Mercedes-Benz has kicked off the search for a new chief information officer to lead all of its IT-related activities locally and in New Zealand.
Will Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith stick around if the bank's rapid decline in value due to the credit crisis leads to a fire sale of several of its key divisions?
Australian chief information officers have shown a mixed reaction to Google's new Chrome browser, which was released in testing form last week to early adopters' praise.
Forget pointing the finger at China when government systems and defence contractors are compromised it's the dirty work of Danish hackers, says Finnish security researcher, Mikko Hyppnen.
What do you do when you want to replace men with intelligent robots for dangerous surveillance missions?
Microsoft's current Internet Explorer 8 marketing push continues to leave a bad lingering aftertaste.
Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?
Firefox is still king when it comes to daily work on the tubes, despite the steady increase in the buzz surrounding the open-source Webkit project, on which Safari and Google Chrome are based.
Shoving everything into a hosted environment effectively creates a quick and dirty disaster recovery strategy.
When you really get down to it, former Victoria Police chief information officer Valda Berzins and her offsider John Brown aren't so different from many other IT managers in the public sector.
Will Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith stick around if the bank's rapid decline in value due to the credit crisis leads to a fire sale of several of its key divisions?
Customs has been trialling a spy plane to patrol Australia's borders, flying surveillance low and slow to get into the dirty details of shipping.
If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the "dirty little secrets" may surprise you because we don't usually talk about them out loud.
As VoIP becomes more prevalent, its popularity will undoubtedly attract some unwanted attention -- spammers and phishers looking for their next scheme. Here is a look at some common forms of VoIP abuse, including VoIP spam and caller ID spoofing, and how you can fight back.
If you are in the market for a blogging platform, content management system or a complete web platform, you can do far, far worse than choose WordPress.
BlackBerry has replaced its well-loved jogball with a touch-sensitive trackpad in its latest messaging handset release.
As a tool for cleaning an untidy Windows registry, PC Tools Desktop Maestro seems to do a good job, and combines this ability with excellent privacy tools. However, users of Windows Vista may find Desktop Maestro being blocked by User Account Control.
The StorCenter Pro NAS 450r is a generously-specified appliance running Windows Storage Server 2003. While it scores on performance, it's pricey and lacks capacity.
Like Crocodile Dundee, the M110 would be great in the bush but not so well-suited to city living. The M110 will suit those who are bound to get the phone dirty, but its rugged exterior doesn't exactly protect a wealth of valuable technology.
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