The federal government is to conduct a full review of the security of public and private sector information and communications networks.
Architect David Fisher says that by the end of 2010, an 80-storey tower in Dubai will stand tall as the world's first-ever shape-shifting skyscraper.
Tuesday's big announcement, that several major mobile platforms — Symbian, UIQ, Series 60 and MOAP — are to be pooled into one open-sourced über-platform, came out of the blue.
Today Salesforce.com announced a "global strategic alliance" (also known as a partnership) with Google, introducing a new integration point, Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs.
An Australian security expert has warned that enterprises will face new Wi-Fi security threats thanks to the rise of the iPhone.
The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year.
Canonical plans to release Hardy Heron, its newest version of Ubuntu Linux on Thursday.
Nokia have announced that its upcoming handset, the 6212, will feature Near Field Communication technology, which will allows users to make connections with other NFC-enabled devices by 'tapping' the devices together.
All of a sudden, customers in the US are finding it a lot harder to track down an iPhone.
A million search queries have been "poisoned" at dozens of well-known Web sites over the past several weeks, according to security analyst Dancho Danchev.
Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix — m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone — last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.
Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: creaky IT systems, a depleting base of native speakers and the ever-present threat of cyclones.
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory
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?
Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.
Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products — but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?
For years, CEO of Salesforce.com Marc Benioff appeared in public wearing an "End of Software" button on his lapel -- just to rankle Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any other software mugwump making a killing on selling packaged applications.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
In the 60 years since its invention, the transistor has shrunk from hulking origins to the point where more than six billion can fit in an area the size of a credit card. Follow the history of the transistor from its humble origins in Bell Labs to its possible quantum future.
Cheap PCs with a Linux operating system seem to have hit the users' sweet spots, with taking the plunge into the alternate OS not nearly as hard as users had thought.
Tossing the KF700 into a mobile market obsessed with the iPhone could be a tough pitch for LG. HSDPA data speeds and multiple methods of input could be what's needed to turn a few heads away from the competition.
Zoho Invoice is a useful but limited online tool that allows small teams to manage and track invoices. It's easy to use and customise, and the management interface is intuitive and clearly laid out.
HTC's Shift is yet another UMPC — and another white elephant to add to the pile. By trying to be everything to everyone, the Shift succeeds at being nothing to anyone.
Nokia's latest N-series handset combines the form factor of the N73 and the feature set of the N95 into one powerful camera-phone package.
The HP w2408h is an excellent monitor that's suited to graphics or gaming, but it has its flaws and competitors offer more for your money.
Smartphones have come a long way in the last few years, and it's now feasible to consider going on a business trip leaving your notebook PC behind and relying solely on a mobile phone. Here are the most popular business phones this month, as determined by our readers.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7 continues to outshine its competition with its ease of use combined with thorough antivirus protection.
The Fujitsu U1010 is a cute and fun little gadget, but a low battery life and awkward interface temper our enthusiasm.
The Dell SE198WFP is a 19-inch monitor which presents excellent value for money, and a decent level of performance as well. Check our Australian review.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 makes prettier presentations, so an upgrade may be in order if your work is particularly image-focused and you don't mind relearning the application. If PowerPoint 2003 serves you well, however, it offers most of the same features, albeit with flatter-looking graphics.
E-mail is frequently blamed for creating storage bloat, but is the most effective means of dealing with the problem increasing storage capacity, imposing quotas, enforcing archive rules, or just driving the help desk nuts with questions?
Last week, I lamented the growing tendency to slam perfectly valid technologies as unsuitable for new uses, just because they prove to be unsuited for applications for which they are inherently unsuited.
The mobile market in India, I recently learned, is racing towards 300 million -- and doing so at a rate of 8.77 million new subscribers per month, according to the latest government figures.
Storage is a serious business, but when things screw up in a chronic manner, sometimes all you can do is cackle louder than Jeanne Little and then get on with cleaning up the mess.
The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.
There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.
What's the first thing you look at when you check into a hotel room? The bed? The view? The minibar?
We're constantly being told that storage capacity is cheaper than ever, so why do companies still insist on imposing size limits on e-mail inboxes?
When developing a data warehouse, you effectively face three choices: expensive, ridiculously expensive, or ludicrously expensive.
Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.
Telstra mobile code reader
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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Lies, damned lies and telco stupidity 
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