Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin speaks to ZDNet.com.au in this video interview about his fight for the best broadband outcome for the Australian public.
WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.
New e-Discovery rules being developed for the Federal Court of Australia will require CIOs to take a more active role in their organisations' legal affairs.
Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.
E-mails are usually regarded as being primarily an IT issue which is handled by way of backups, but most IT managers haven't prioritised corporate governance, regulatory compliance and the risks associated with actions such as legal discovery. This could cost a company dearly.
CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system.
Are radical elements in the open source community slowing eroding the reputation and uptake of open-source software?
Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.
The Oracle antitrust trial isn't the only thing that's throwing PeopleSoft off track these days, according to financial analysts.
Attorney Hemanshu Nigam says virus writers "ought to think twice before they hit the send button."
Can storage management in the future be as easy as setting a few policies and flicking a switch? We look at the steps needed to get there. Additional reading: Seven steps to data warehouse development
Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.
Open-source advocate Bruce Perens says SCO will need more than fancy footwork to win its dispute with IBM.
A female Belgian virus writer who has allegedly been waging a public and protracted war against an antivirus expert has been arrested and charged by the authorities.
It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.
Telstra shareholders fear break up
What do Telstra shareholders think of the telco's new CEO David Thodey? And would they support the government'… Watch it now
Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
The long-awaited separation of Telstra
Google open-sources JavaScript tools
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