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  • Privacy rules for a Web 2.0 world

    Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy.

  • Rudd's 2020 vision looks past technology

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the Labor government's plans to bring the country's "best and brightest" together by convening the Australia 2020 summit in April -- but concerns have been raised over its use of technology.

  • Police to get powers to censor Australians' Web

    Federal Police could soon have the power to control which sites can and cannot be viewed by Australian Web surfers.

  • 3G iPhone: On its way to Aussie SMEs

    Despite the introduction of a range of enterprise-friendly features, don't expect the 3G iPhone to be welcomed with open arms in your office unless you're a SME.

  • Bluetooth security vulnerabilities ignored

    Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt has warned of the dangers of flaws in Bluetooth protocols, claiming these vulnerabilities are unrecognised.

Features and Case Studies (17)

  • How government Web sites stack up

    Government Web sites around the world are not reaching the public as effectively as they might.

  • Customs: Murray Harrison, CIO

    Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.

  • Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

    Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

  • Ten things holding back tech

    Ever get the feeling that we aren't quite yet where we want to be? Here are 10 factors that may be holding back the world's technological development.

  • Is Windows still relevant?

    In the increasingly Google-YouTube-Web 2.0 age we inhabit, it's become fashionable to dismiss Windows as a relic.

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