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• Telstra out of Conroy's filtering trial

  Telstra has decided not to participate in the government's controversial ISP filtering trial, for which expressions of interest were due today.

• National broadband data: who's late

  Today is the deadline for Australian telcos to hand over information on their networks so that the federal government can use it in its process to build a $4.7 billion national broadband network. ZDNet.com.au investigated who's on time and who's late.

• Salesforce.com hits back at critics

  Salesforce.com has responded to some of the criticism it has suffered after service outages left users without their CRM services for as long as an hour and a half.

• Network Associates gets proactive with viruses

  Network Associates has announced the beta release of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0, which combines proactive and reactive security measures in one software package.

• E-mail gateway products get smart with spam

  Email security technology got smarter this week as Mirapoint announced a new technique for filtering out spam and Network Associates enhanced the functionality of its McAfee security appliances.

Blogs (2)

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  Weighing the price of separation

  A reader suggested a key test to structural separation to compare shareholder return for BT with that of Telstra, providing a presumptive analysis of whether separation was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. This was a great idea that I had to try.

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  Apple and Apple: We can work it out

  Yesterday, Beatles songs weren't in the iTunes fray, now it looks as though a deal's been made.

Features and Case Studies (38)

• What's the best virtualisation suite?

  Virtualisation is a great way to thin down your datacentres (assuming you can keep VM creep under control). But what's out there? In the first part of this virtualisation feature, ZDNet investigates ...

• Australian naked DSL mega-roundup

  Since last November when iiNet very loudly launched its naked DSL product, "naked" has been on everybody's lips, and it seemed like everybody was in on it. Some, however have held out. This round-up of 13 ISPs looks into who's got it, who doesn't and who wants to.

• Taming the alpha mail

  The actual administration of e-mail -- getting it into your company, filtering it, distributing it, providing mobile access to it, archiving it, backing it up, undeleting it -- can be an extremely time-consuming, bothersome process.

• Sun power proves shocking for Powercor SAP

  Facing a major upgrade of its core SAP environment, Victorian electricity distributor Powercor last year found itself facing a mountain of issues -- and riding a steep learning curve to testing management.

• Managing your move into mobility

  With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.

Reviews (96)

• Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2010

  Going by older detection and removal numbers, Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware offers competent if basic security protection. However, so do many free competitors. This year, we recommend giving Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2010 a pass.

• Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010

  Trend Micro Internet Security Pro's broad feature set combined with its look and feel make it a serious contender, but questionable efficacy and middling performance mean it's a program we're not recommending for this year.

• Alienware M17x

  Alienware's new version of the M17x makes some welcome design tweaks and offers the best laptop gaming hardware you can get. Just be warned: it ain't cheap.

• AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

  While the higher power consumption is a slight concern, the X4 955 proves that AMD is back in the performance game and ready to play hard ball. Bring on the next generation.

• Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition

  While Core i7 presents a new performance paradigm, the heinously gluttonous Australian prices will need to come down before it's accepted by the mainstream.

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