News (36)

  • Government yields on device spying bill

    The Federal Government has abandoned plans to grant law enforcement agencies unfettered freedom to intercept communications from multiple devices that are not listed in a warrant, yielding to pressure exerted by the privacy lobby.

  • Tech giants put chips on security alliance

    Death to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, long live the Trusted Computing Group.

  • How we can stop identity theft--for good

    Identity theft is a growing problem throughout the world, but there's a mistaken impression that it is carried out merely by rogue hackers, when it is just as likely to be the guy next door.

  • Will Australia's privacy overhaul be dumped?

    Privacy advocates fear that the long-awaited overhaul to Australia's 20 year old Privacy Act will die before it ever sees the light of day.

  • Anti-terrorist law: Australia pushes e-mail interception

    New counter-terrorism measures pushed by a government “run out of control” will see Australian agencies legally able to intercept unread e-mails for the first time in routine investigations, according to a civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers of Australia (EFA).

Features and Case Studies (8)

  • 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.

  • With RFID, corporate might makes right

    Retail powerhouses such as Wal-Mart gather in the United States to push development of controversial tagging technology.

  • Fight money laundering with hi-tech tools

    The motivation for money laundering is greed, and the common gateway is the Internet. How do Australian banks use technology to fight this phantom menace? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • China flexes its muscles

    From Wi-Fi to semiconductors, Western firms see opportunity and hurdles in the Chinese market.

  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

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