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    Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) announced today that it had selected a CIO to replace Peter Dalton who left that position last year.

  • LinkedIn appoints local chief

    LinkedIn has announced Clifford Rosenberg as the company's managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

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    The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has again filled its CEO position after former CEO Kim Denham was sacked in May this year.

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    For Australian start-ups looking for venture capital, 2009 was a very bad year. 2010 may be no better.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

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    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

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    Has Conroy got the numbers for reforms?

    Getting Senator Stephen Conroy's regulatory reform for the telecommunications industry through the parliament would need support from the Senate. On Twisted Wire we ring around to see which parties are supportive and which are against.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Apache site hacked via SSH keys

    The apache.org website suffered an intrusion over the weekend that resulted in the site being taken down.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

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    In this week's Twisted Wire podcast, Tasmanian NBN chair Doug Campbell talks about the roll-out of the National Broadband Network in that state, as well as its economic viability and the path ahead.

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    Fedora is Red Hat's younger, more community-driven desktop-centric distribution. ZDNet.com.au grabbed the ISOs hot out of the oven to see what Fedora 12 was all about.

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    The salary of Mike Kaiser, the National Broadband Network Company's government relations and external affairs chief, has been outed by a senate motion started by Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin yesterday.

  • McAfee Total Protection 2010: Photo gallery

    McAfee Total Protection 2010 is the latest in McAfee's security stable to offer all the bells, whistles and options that the company can squeeze into one security suite. This program is nothing if not extensive, as the following screenshots show.

  • Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

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  • Open-source bonuses for the big guys

    At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource; and moderator Matt Asay, vice president of business development at Alfresco and a member of the CNET Blog Network.

  • Handling governance of open source projects

    Simon Phipps, chief open source office at Sun and OpenSolaris board member discusses the issues in trying to impose a governance model on open source projects.

  • Why Vista UAC can't stop malware: Microsoft

    User Account Control (UAC), the 'annoying' security feature in Windows Vista, will not stop malware from infecting PCs, according Roger Grimes, a member of Microsoft's software security team.

  • Facebook CEO announces new platforms to improve sharing

    At an afternoon event in San Francisco on May 24, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and founder, explains the social-networking site's plans to expand services and increase information-sharing. Facebook members will get automated servces ot share everything from sports picks to tunes.

  • Millennium Hotels: Eli Salant, vice president of IT

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Reviews (213)

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    Although Seagate BlackArmor is difficult to use for networking novices, it is a good choice for small business and advanced users.

  • MSI X-Slim X340

    Ultimately MSI's X-Slim X340 is a disappointment. It is reasonably attractive, but it's not worth the price due to the horrible keyboard and budget touchpad.

  • VMware Workstation 6

    VMware Workstation is an excellent product, having the potential to save IT managers many hours of work. And at only AU$257.23 per seat, it is also good value for money.

  • OLPC XO

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.

  • Windows Server 2008

    Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.

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