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  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Black Hat expels reporters in network snooping

    Three journalists for a French security magazine were kicked out of the Black Hat security conference after they allegedly sniffed the press room computer network on Thursday.

  • Megadeals going the way of the dinosaurs

    Companies are shying away from outsourcing 'megadeals' in favour of spreading smaller contracts between several suppliers.

  • Baby boomers choking AU$11bn IT outsourcing

    IT outsourcing in Australia is set to crack AU$11 billion in 2008, according to Gartner, but Australia's dwindling IT baby boomer generation will cause problems

  • 'Aussie merchant card security standards a sham'

    Australian retailers are sluggishly adopting credit card security standards, according to Citrix chief security officer, Kurt Roemer, but competing standards and proposed amendments to the Privacy Act will cause even greater confusion for them.

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  • Best practices to get online resumes noticed

    Find out how to create a Web resume that gets attention but doesn't put your current job or personal information in jeopardy.

  • The future looks PHPerfect

    With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network.

  • Planning for large projects

    IT support staff often find it more challenging to plan for bigger projects than smaller ones, and for good reason.

  • Dream development: Staff mentoring

    It's important for IT managers to take the time to set goals and mentor their staff. Here are some staff development techniques.

  • Web services spec gets makeover

    A Web services directory effort spawned by Microsoft, IBM and Ariba has been updated before its submission to an industry standards body.

Reviews (7)

  • No rush to move into new Office

    The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package won't likely spur immediate mass upgrades among businesses upon its release, analysts said, due in part to a complex set of added features.

  • New Office relies on buddy system

    Microsoft says the new version of Office, its most profitable product, could also represent a bonanza for its partners.

  • New Wi-Fi challenges 3G

    New wireless networking gear lets users log on to their service provider from 19 kilometres away. But the service may mean bad news for 3G, and it is here today.

  • Chipset could give sight to the blind

    A long-held hope could be approaching reality, as researchers in the United States get closer to an eye implant designed to restore sight to the blind.

  • Sony Ericsson: not so pleasantville?

    Earlier this month, Ericsson raised a few eyebrows with a warning that it might stop investing in Sony Ericsson, its handset partnership with Sony, if the business continues to disappoint.

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