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  • ACT follows Perth's ticketing system

    The Australian Capital Territory is on the cusp of signing a deal to roll out Perth's smart ticketing system for its buses.

  • Centrelink frees up ID protocol

    Welfare agency Centrelink has decided to make an internally developed smart card and ID authentication protocol freely available to external organisations.

  • UK prisoner data goes missing

    Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone missing after a Home Office contractor lost a USB stick on which it had been stored.

  • UK airport begins biometric ID trial

    Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks.

  • Stolen e-passports worth millions

    Thousands of UK e-passports stolen this week are likely to sell for up to 20m on the black market, privacy experts have said.

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    Last week I gained first hand insight into how one of the up and comers in networking is putting price pressure on heavyweights like Cisco, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.

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  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007

    Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.

  • A new day for business security

    Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.

  • American Red Cross: Steve Cooper, CIO

    In this CIO Vision Series interview, American Red Cross CIO Steve Cooper talks about lessons learnt from Hurricane Katrina and why creating an identity management system has become one of his biggest challenges.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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  • Norton Internet Security 2008

    While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

  • Samsung CLX-3160FN

    The Samsung CLX-3160FN isn't the best or fastest multifunction printer, but it offers a good value for small offices and work groups with basic needs.

  • China reveals massive smart ID card plan

    China's 960 million citizens will be issued with digital smart ID cards, starting from next year.

  • Biometrics special: Who are you?

    Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

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