News (8)

  • Aust code of practice to shut down spam

    A spam taskforce operating under the auspices of the Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) has released a draft industry code of practice designed to block the spam epidemic.

  • Victoria's e-referral project steams ahead

    The Victorian state government is pushing ahead with plans to implement electronic referral functionality within the state's medical sector.

  • 'Flexible' evidence rules can curb tech-savvy terrorists

    Mick Keelty, the commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, has asked for more flexibility in the law when dealing with evidence connected to suspected terrorists, whose use of new technologies to plan and communicate has put them out of reach of the authorities.

  • Mixed views on AU IT security accreditation

    The security community is bitterly divided about any possible national IT security accreditation scheme. Some say Australia needs one, while others say the whole idea is a waste of time and the government should just implement internationally recognised standards.

  • Privacy bill is full of holes

    Holes in Australia's draft privacy bill will mean that 94 percent of Australian businesses will be exempt from the proposed legislation -- supposed to promote trust in online services.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (1)

  • Criminal intent

    Cybercrime potentially costs Australian businesses millions in unrealised profits and exposes organisations to significant risk but very few victims will admit to being "mugged".

Create an e-mail alert for "internet"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
internet


Frequency: *

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Renai LeMay Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
  • Array Google should come clean on datacentres
    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
  • Array US shows what OPEL could have been
    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured