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    The fate of a Bush-backed national identification card is up in the air after the US senate rejected providing US$300 million in funding for the plan.

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    What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every day at the company that made you rich, or chase other dreams?

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    The federal government has invited expressions of interest in securing a slice of the AU$23.7 million in funding made available to boost broadband access in regional Australia.

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    The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, the fund that arranged a crucial US$50 million investment in the Linux litigator, haven't settled their disagreements after all.

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    Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

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    It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Start-up outlook: A national disgrace

    The fact that Australia won't be represented at either of the globe's pre-eminent showcases for emerging tech companies should be considered a national disgrace.

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    Two entrepreneurs flying the flag for Australia at the prestigious DemoFall 09 showcase in Silicon Valley last week made their presence known in the best possible way: by beating 70 other attendees to be named the best enterprise product.

  • D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review

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    Getting money to fund a disaster recovery plan has never been harder. With these tips, however, you can send the message to those holding the purse strings that disaster recovery is vital.

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    Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?

  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

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    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

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  • Red Cross solicitation is a Trojan horse

    Before you entrust your credit card information to a malicious user, find out what the American Red Cross has to say about the Septer Trojan horse.

  • Battling for better backup

    How can Australian businesses configure backup software so that it reduces rather than increases workloads, and perhaps even provides some return on investment in the process?

  • Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest

    Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

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