The Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) chief information officer (CIO) Cliff Van Lohuizen could be in for a pay rise as the authority boosts his position to Senior Executive Service (SES) Level 1.
Security giant Symantec overnight said it would acquire email security services provider MessageLabs.
Twenty-six countries have united to form a global cyber-security group: the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (Impact).
The ISO has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard.
The ISO has taken over control of the OOXML specification and started a committee to consider harmonisation with the OpenDocument Format (ODF).
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?
What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux
Motorola says that Intel's proposed ultrawideband standard risks poisoning the market, but there is an alternative.
Commentary: With the launch of Microsoft Office 2003, Has OpenOffice's time finally come?
Ubiquitous PC mice once existed only on the scientific fringe, with their inventor waiting two decades before commercial models were produced.
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