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    National Australia Bank is confident that it has the tools it needs to leapfrog rivals by adopting three-factor authentication, adding an extra means of security to the normal two factors most Australian banks offer customers to secure their transactions.

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    Global tech giants IBM, NEC and Alcatel-Lucent have denied reports they were planning to pay $5,000 per seat to attend a fundraising dinner this Thursday hosted by Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett and attended by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

  • Greens renew call for Tassie ICT minister

    Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim claimed last week that the state was being disadvantaged by not having an information and communications technology minister.

  • Tasmania's NBN shrouded in mystery

    Tasmanians have complained they're being left in the dark over the state's leg of the National Broadband Network (NBN), despite the Federal and Tasmanian Governments insisting construction could start within weeks.

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    We scoured the world to find the best and have detailed the top 10 candidates we consider most likely to succeed Sol Trujillo as the chief executive of Telstra.

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  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Measuring the Mercury deal

    When rumours of a possible buyout of Mercury Interactive by HP started doing the rounds back in May, I described the prospective deal as "a bit whiffy".

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    Will Mercury slip through HP's fingers?

    Over the next two days, 350 of Australia's more senior IT types will gather in Melbourne for Mercury Interactive's annual local user conference.

Features and Case Studies (44)

  • Case study: Western Power quality tool

    Despite having a quality management product on the books at Western Power, no one was using it, causing the energy company to have problems with software development quality.

  • DoE Victoria learns from project management lessons

    Working out an IT governance scheme when you have 600,000 users in place is a challenge, but stricter project management has been so successful for the Department of Education in Victoria that the government agency is now adopting the same methodology even for non-IT projects.

  • How the Woz shaped Apple

    Though Apple's success has made Steve Jobs' name well-known in many a household, few know much about co-founder Steve Wozniak. But, says Seb Janacek, "the Woz" played at least as crucial a role in shaping the PC industry as Jobs.

  • Who's taking the ITIL bait?

    In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

  • One-chip computer at heart of AMD-ATI deal

    Advanced Micro Devices is laying out billions of dollars to acquire ATI and get into the often-painful world of graphics chips.

Videos (1)

  • Dell M109S projector

    There is much to both love and hate about Dell's M109S projector. It has a very low resolution, gets seriously hot, and is only 50 lumens in brightness. At the same time it's tiny, has the longest lamp life we have ever seen, and is mercury free.

Reviews (58)

  • BenQ Joybook Lite U121 Eco

    With "Eco" and "Lite" in its name does that mean the U121 is a product with fewer features with a high price for the sake of being branded as environmentally friendly?

  • Toshiba Satellite A300 (2009)

    Toshiba's A300 certainly stands out in a crowd, but its battery life means you won't be out in the crowds for long.

  • Maxon Visimax Projector

    Despite the promise of its tiny size, the Maxon Visimax projector is little more than a gimmick, and an expensive one at that.

  • Dell M109S projector

    There is much to both love and hate about Dell's M109S projector. It has a very low resolution, gets seriously hot, and is only 50 lumens in brightness. At the same time it's tiny, has the longest lamp life we have ever seen, and is mercury free.

  • Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4GHz)

    Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro gets a solid under-the-hood upgrade for better performance and longer battery life, allowing the MacBook Pro to put enough distance between itself and the lower-end MacBook to justify its higher price.

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