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  • Coke, Vodafone, pinned for spamming

    Coca-Cola has been issued with a formal warning over a spam marketing campaign but it was spared a monetary penalty, unlike the three other companies involved, which included Vodafone.

  • CBA finalising second-factor roll-out

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has commenced a final roll-out of two-factor authentication (2FA) systems that will see 400,000 customers of its NetBank internet banking service upgraded to the secure log-in technology.

  • Rickroll virus targets iPhones

    An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ikee, which replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.

  • Professor issues proprietary e-health warning

    A health informatics professor from Sydney University today said Australia's e-health systems should be strictly open source rather than using proprietary software.

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    The National E-health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was unable to measure how many organisations were using the products it was creating, according to a secretary for the Department of Health and Aging.

Blogs (92)

  • Do you suffer from phantom monitor pain?

    Do you suffer from phantom monitor pain when you only have one monitor in your work environment, compared to two or more at home?

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Aussie start-up Liaise wows Demo

    Two entrepreneurs flying the flag for Australia at the prestigious DemoFall 09 showcase in Silicon Valley last week made their presence known in the best possible way: by beating 70 other attendees to be named the best enterprise product.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Is Conroy backpedalling on separation mandate?

    Now that Minister Stephen Conroy has played his hand regarding Telstra's separation, the hard part begins.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Start-up outlook: A national disgrace

    The fact that Australia won't be represented at either of the globe's pre-eminent showcases for emerging tech companies should be considered a national disgrace.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Aussie start-up execs hit Silicon Valley

    The global financial crisis might have tarnished some of Silicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technology entrepreneurs who have migrated to the US, it hasn't lost its bright shiny status.

Features and Case Studies (1046)

  • Sydney Media140: Photo gallery

    Sydney's first ever Media140 conference, held at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) studios, drew around 300 academics, journalists and media enthusiasts to discuss the benefits and risks that professionals face in using open social networks, such as Twitter.

  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • 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.

  • Raising the mid-market ICT bar

    There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Alcatel-Lucent's blatant NBN pitch

    There's a certain ridiculousness to Alcatel-Lucent's National Broadband Network video production that goes to the heart of an obvious worry that it will ultimately be left out when the cheques are signed.

Videos (5)

  • iPhone 0S 3.0

    The latest update to the iPhone's operating system adds a host of sorely needed features, including voice recording, stereo Bluetooth, and cut, copy, and paste. And once AT&T gets its act together, you'll get multimedia messaging, as well.

  • Oracle unveils Beehive

    At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Oracle President Charles Phillips and Chuck Rozwat, the company's executive vice president of product development, announced the release of Beehive. Beehive is an open, integrated communications system that includes instant messaging, video conferencing, and e-mail.

  • iPhone SDK makes public debut

    From games to instant-messaging and business-oriented applications, Apple demonstrated practical uses of its software development kit. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi shares the highlights from the event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California

  • MessageLabs: Social networking sites are 'goldmine' for Phishers

    Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at Messagelabs, said the company's latest research indicates that Australian spam levels are well below the global average. The bad news is that social networking sites, such as MySpace, are helping phishers create more targeted attacks.

  • Turn on, tune in, rock out

    Embed URL Embed on your site Post to... * del.icio.us * Digg * Reddit * Slashdot * StumbleUpon E-mail to a friend To send to more than one person, separate e-mail addresses with a comma. * To * From Comments Send message With most mobile phones now sporting cameras of 2-megapixel resolution or higher, concerts have become fair game for fans keen on capturing the experience for sharing with fellow band devotees. But is the resulting footage any good? We took a phone to a gig to find out.

Reviews (1005)

  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • Sony Ericsson Naite

    Sony Ericsson's Naite isn't a heart-starter but let's face it, the reason you'd buy the Naite is for the secret pleasure of knowing your phone is slightly less of a burden on the environment than those wretched iPhones.

  • Norton Internet Security 2010

    Norton Internet Security 2010 builds on the immense progress it made in last year's version, maintaining a low system profile while strengthening its security framework. It's not perfect, but even Symantec's detractors should check it out.

  • Google Wave

    Developers make good stress testers, and the initial Wave service has had a lot of testing in the last few months. We take a ride on the wave, which should be opening to a wider beta program at the end of September.

  • Nokia 6720 Classic

    With so many excellent phones to choose from, Nokia hasn't done nearly enough to make the 6720 desirable. It does the basics well, but struggles to justify its price.

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