Domain name specialist NetRegistry has come under fire for using women dressed as nurses to promote its services at Australia's largest trade fair CeBIT this week.
GPS technology is being used in the US to track sex offenders, violent criminals and even children jigging school.
Almost two years after announcing its intention to use RFID to track prisoners and guards alike, it has been revealed that the ACT Department of Corrective Services has signed a deal to rollout the technology.
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has announced that current CEO, Sheryle Moon, will be departing at the end of this week.
The pay gap between male and female tech professionals has narrowed but striking differences remain, according to the latest UK government research.
Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector.
Restricting women's job opportunities costs the Asia Pacific region up to $47 billion each year.
"Hi, where do I find the keynote session," I asked the registration desk of the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) conference. "That's upstairs. Just follow the drumming." Right, I thought.
And now time for what's becoming a regular segment on Tech and the City: Odd Marketing Campaign Watch.
It's been a fascinating few weeks for female tech enthusiasts -- plasma love and nearly nude calendars are but two of the highlights.
Firewalls have come a long way since we last looked at them in 2005, and have now become full-blown Unified Threat Management devices. We take a look at the top players.
Mini-conferences continued to be the order of the day at Linux Conference Australia 2007.
Emily Richmond-Jones discusses CSC's internal IP telephony project, Oracle to SAP migrations, as well as her vision for bringing more women into the IT industry.
Do women lack interest in IT, or is inadequate support and enduring stereotypes keeping them away?
Harvard president's comments reignite debate over women in computer science, with reformers trying to reverse guy-centric patterns.
The Dell Studio XPS 13 is a very good laptop. It could have been excellent, but Dell seems to have actually tried too hard in some areas, such as the laptop's design, and we feel it's backfired slightly.
It may not be entirely rational buying a GPS for its beautiful screen and multimedia features, but the 312 almost makes the case despite its numerous bugs and flaws.
We found this to be an impressive unit and, while it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, if you need to facilitate up to 25 concurrent SSL VPN user sessions then the NETGEAR SSL312 is definitely worthy of short-listing for evaluation.
Belkin's NE-WTL leather laptop tote has been designed with the "busy woman executive" in mind.
The days of the 3G brick are numbered, with Samsung's Z510 joining the Motorola v3x in the slim and sexy category.
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