Marcus J. Ranum, a pioneer of commercial firewalls talks about the challenges facing the industry and the ethics of 'ethical hacking'.
Having railed against “unfair” competition from emerging Asian economies exploiting low-cost, low-skill labour, Australian manufacturers have drifted toward the same economic model.
Charles Sturt University (CSU) has partnered with Linux vendor Novell to offer a two-year postgraduate Masters degree which includes formal Linux certification.
The first fully accredited Open Source Security Testing Methodology (OSSTM) program -- a five-day hands-on course run by penetration testing specialists Pure Hacking -- will kick off this September.
Australian technology workers could learn a lot about professionalism from legal practitioners, according to the lawyer named the new president of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) on Friday.
Sometimes the best practices of one of our superiors contradicts what we know to be right. How we handle the effort could well determine the fate of our project.
Companies want cheap labour, universities depend on international student dollars, industry needs key skills, and local graduates just want a job. Mark Wheeler investigates the drama playing out over the ICT labour market.
Good communication skills don't just make you look good. They can also increase the chances of your projects getting approval.
Serving as an IT leader demands integrity, often requiring managers to act unselfishly. The price for this type of behaviour can be high, however it may just be the right thing to do.
You were promoted because of your technical brilliance and project management skills. But what do you know about managing people?
Just how good are web filtering packages? We put eight of the best head to head in our Australian review.
Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?
Apple drops iPhone NDA
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Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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