News (2488)

  • Thailand blocks 2,300 websites

    Thai authorities have blocked 2,300 websites for allegedly insulting the country's monarchy and are waiting for court approval to restrict a further 400, the country's government said today.

  • Huawei denies 'ludicrous' espionage claims

    Chinese networking vendor Huawei has slammed as "ludicrous and inaccurate" claims that it had links to the Chinese military and government that could cause security problems for the National Broadband Network.

  • Optus NBN plan would kill DSLAMs humanely

    Optus this week said that although it would bypass telephone exchanges and the ADSL infrastructure within them when building its National Broadband Network, it would do so in an "orderly" manner and guarantee wholesale pricing to ISPs whose assets were made redundant.

  • Sydney hospitals switch TVs for MFDs

    Days after NSW's Health's technology was slammed as archaic, the Sydney West Area Health Service has gone to market for over 2,000 high-capacity bedside touch-screen computers for patient entertainment and clinician access to core health systems.

  • Internode appoints first CIO

    ISP Internode has appointed it's first chief information officer: Mike Damms, an industry veteran with previous experience at companies including Vodafone UK, Avaya, Lucent and Motorola.

Blogs (41)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over

    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?

  • Read the blog post - Alex Serpo

    Will the NSW Govt put Linux in schools?

    The NSW Government's release this week of an expressions of interest tender to give low-cost laptops to every senior public school student in NSW is a big step, but will these systems be Windows or Linux?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    US shows what OPEL could have been

    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Datacentres should have kitchens

    There's a standard checklist of items you'll need to include for a datacentre: raised flooring, easy access to redundant power supplies, an air conditioner the size of a small hotel room, but the chances are you don't have a kitchen on there.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit

    The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.

Features and Case Studies (608)

  • Business warming up to the iPhone

    Apple has captivated the general public with the iPhone, but has it convinced the business world to take the plunge?

  • RFID round-up: Still in the trough

    Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.

  • Why CIOs aren't nuts for Chrome

    Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox.

  • 50 significant moments from internet history

    We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

  • Net neutrality is an 'American problem'

    The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the Net neutrality debate as solely a US problem and further, that the nation that pioneered the internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma.

Videos (6)

  • How to spoof a MAC address

    MAC address filtering is often used to secure older wireless equipment. Is this technique effective? In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address and why MAC address filtering might not even keep out the \"slacker hackers.\"

  • Five Cisco IOS tips to save time

    Keeping your Cisco equipment configured for optimal performance can be a time-consuming process. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates five, time-saving tips for working more efficiently with Cisco IOS commands.

  • Asset management: Unplug unutilised equipment

    Many datacentres and organisations are wasting energy on equipment that is plugged in but not in use. This is poor asset management, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Energy consumption can be reduced by between five to 10 percent without investing a single cent, he says.

  • Desktop and datacentre energy management

    Most PCs are equipped with power management functions, but people turn them off. Turn them on, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Savings can be achieved in datacentres also. Most companies run test and development centres constantly, but some are changing their ways.

  • Think green ... and protect your data

    Sending old equipment off for recycling not only helps the environment, it also ensures that 'forgotten' data stored in old storage devices does not find itself in the public domain.

Reviews (746)

  • Asus LS221H monitor

    The ASUS LS221H a very attractive, high quality monitor at a very competitive price.

  • Fujitsu M1010

    Fujitsu's netbook offering doesn't really differ much in performance, but redeems itself in design. We still wish it was a touch cheaper, though.

  • Apple MacBook Air (Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz, Nvidia GeForce 9400M)

    If you weren't a fan of the previous MacBook Air, nothing will change your mind here. It does, however, present an excellent user experience. We can only hope the next revision is a little more feature-laden.

  • Samsung CLP-310

    You don't get blazingly fast laser speeds with the CLP-310, but it does live up to the hype of offering affordable colour laser printing in a small form factor.

  • HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server

    The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is a powerful server with a strong emphasis on reliability and serviceability that reduces overall device cost.

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  • Liam Tung IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell
    It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".
  • Array Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over
    Like many, I expected Telstra's dismissal was inevitable, given that it had openly flouted the NBN's guidelines and attempted to bend the process to its own wishes. But who would have expected it so soon?
  • Array Gutless studios have the wrong target
    I have one word for the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). Gutless.
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