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  • Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag'

    If everything goes as planned, for 72 hours next February hackers from all over the United States will hit targets across the Internet in the largest mass attack to date.

  • Conroy caves in to FTTN deadline demands

    The Federal government has announced today that bidders for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network will receive an extra 12 weeks to study network information for their proposals.

  • Telstra pays $5m FTTN bond, network details included

    Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo announced this morning that the company has lodged its AU$5 million tender bond for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network.

  • Optus taking on Telstra with 42Mbps 3G network

    Today Optus announced plans to expand its 3G network coverage next year to 98 percent of Australia and will bring mobile speeds up to 42Mbps by 2010, in a direct challenge to rival Telstra.

  • Tanner promises to lead Razor Gang in IT carve-up

    Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.

Blogs (7)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Weighing the price of separation

    A reader suggested a key test to structural separation to compare shareholder return for BT with that of Telstra, providing a presumptive analysis of whether separation was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. This was a great idea that I had to try.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV: back to the future?

    What a difference a decade makes.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Seriously, Ten: What's going on?

    The major security flaws suffered by the Big Brother Web site are the most recent example of an apparent "launch first, fix later" approach within Channel Ten. But a chequered history with the Web may help explain the problems.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Google Desktop Search inherently insecure

    Google stitched up some gaping holes in its desktop search software recently but the nature of the tool's design means that the contents of users' hard drives will remain under constant threat of exposure.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Loser-generated content

    Sick of being the biggest loser when it comes to free-to-air Web portals, Ten's getting serious. Time to check in on the eve of their new site launch.

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  • Swimming against the wireless tide

    While most companies are adding the latest wireless breakthroughs to any device imaginable, one player is actually looking to use a wireless technology over wires.

  • High availability: Keeping it up

    High availability is about getting your hardware, networks, software, policies, and people all working together smoothly.

  • 50 significant moments from internet history

    We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Q&A: Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield

    In an interview with ZDNet.com.au, Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield shares his thoughts with us about the web, Google, Microsoft and Flickr's acquisition by Yahoo, as well as his recent departure from the US search giant.

Reviews (50)

  • Boeing's sky-high Net access takes off

    British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.

  • Exchange Server 2007 SP1

    Service Pack 1 (SP1) reinstates a lot of the functionality that Microsoft left out in order to get Exchange Server 2007 out of the door last year.

  • Windows Server 2008

    Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.

  • Apple iPod Touch

    If the Touch is the player that you want, that you really, really want, you've probably got one already. Fence-sitters should stay there until next year when third-party apps or version 2.0 comes out.

  • Telstra throws Next G Treo in the ring

    Telstra will introduce Australia's first Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo 750 smartphone on February 26, with the added bonus of compatibility with its high-speed Next G mobile network.

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