News (2020)

  • Internet gridlock to occur in just two years

    The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.

  • Web banking: It's time to write down your password

    Banks should stop forcing customers to create long, alphanumeric passwords because they can't protect against today's threats, according to AT&T computing researcher William Cheswick

  • 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.

  • Staff threaten network security from home

    Companies are being exposed to risks by home workers' bad behaviour online, such as hijacking the neighbour's Wi-Fi and opening unsafe e-mails.

  • Aussie firms snap up broadband to earn AU$57bn

    A greater proportion of Australian firms are doing business on the Internet than ever before, according to results released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Blogs (23)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Internet killed the (digital) radio star

    During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Is there room for an MID in your pocket?

    A few weeks ago, I was in Shanghai, at the Intel Developers Forum. Intel was keen to show off what it hopes will be the bridging device between high-end mobiles and laptops: the mobile Internet device or MID. Intel was showing off a lot of interesting things at the conference. The MID, sadly, was not one of them.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The Machine is Us/Ing Us

    A YouTube video has changed my view of the world. And no, this time it didn't involve a monkey or a grievous injury captured on camera.

  • How Seven blew the internet Olympics

    If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Aussie PCs valuable for all the wrong reasons

    When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?

Features and Case Studies (570)

  • The bonfire of online vanities: Web 2.0 critic speaks

    Lee Siegel is a cultural critic who has written for The New York Times, Slate and The Nation. However, he is perhaps best known for what happened in 2006 when writing for The New Republic.

  • Microsoft's next move as Yahoo rejects dowry

    As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.

  • In cyberspace, no one can hear you scheme

    Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.

  • 10 security problems unique to IT

    Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover.

  • For Opera, smaller really is better

    Opera CTO Hkon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

Reviews (390)

  • First Take: Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 Beta 2

    Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.

  • Internet security suites compared

    These suites bundle everything you need, from antivirus protection to firewall blocking, in one box. Plus, they offer additional privacy protection, such as blocking objectionable Web sites, spam, and spyware -- all in one convenient package. Which is the best?

  • Norton Internet Security 2006

    Norton Internet Security 2006 is a solid security suite, but it bogs down PC performance. Though it's a reasonable upgrade for entrenched Norton fans, it offers users less bang for the buck than ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.

  • Internet Explorer 6 (with Windows XP SP2)

    Venerable Internet Explorer is showing its age among the hot, young field of browsers led by Mozilla's Firefox.

  • Opera the underdog

    With Internet Explorer's market share down to around 90 percent and support for Mozilla's Firefox growing daily, it begs the question, does Opera stand a chance?

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