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Search giant Google today defended the incomplete Australian coverage provided by its Street View add-on to its Google Maps and Earth tools, after launching the service early this morning.
Thousands of UK e-passports stolen this week are likely to sell for up to 20m on the black market, privacy experts have said.
Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy.
Facebook has suspended the "Top Friends" application after a Canadian computer technician discovered it allowed anyone to peep through normally inaccessible parts of Facebook accounts.
Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?
Graeme Wood, the founder of one of Australia's most successful online businesses, made a very salient point yesterday about the challenge of delivering personalised online services.
Last week's blog on why consumers might be confused by contradictory messages on computer security from banks drew a few objections from interested parties ones that I thought would be worth responding to this week.
If the Internet is God, and the browser my shepherd, I am a lost lamb who has been waiting for the Prophet to answer my call: What are those icon-less buttons at the bottom of Internet Explorer 7?
Monitoring Web usage, checking e-mails or simply keeping an eye on use of resources, ZDNet Australia looks at tips to help IT professionals keep on the right side of the line when it comes to employee privacy.
In recent polls, many IT professionals reported that they've been asked to do something unethical in their jobs. Join our discussion on the ethical issues confronting IT pros.
Even if your organisation takes every possible precaution to protect its data, a security breach is often inevitable. What do you do if it happens? Mike Mullins offers some pointers for notifying those affected.
Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother, monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Here are 10 of the most effective ways to keep an eye on what your users are doing.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other legislation have made data retention a hot topic. But about the flip side of the coin -- what happens when your data has finally served its purpose?
A DoubleClick executive landed in hot soup recently after suggesting browser makers should toe the line when it came to online advertising.
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ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.
Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?
Due out later this year, ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0 promises changes that are much more subtle than ZAP 3.0, but no less powerful.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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