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    Security tips from an expert, including how to inventory your systems externally to become more informed and strategies for checking the work your network administrator performs.

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  • Turkish hackers target Australian Web sites

    Many of the cybervandalism attacks reported in Australia appear to stem from individuals or groups based in Turkey, a report has found.

  • Network security gets unified

    Three of the industry's goliaths have this week unveiled unification strategies for their standalone network-protection products.

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    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

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    If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The Swedes are doing it, so why can't we?

    I have never been to Sweden. In fact, I have no real, hard evidence that Sweden really exists as anything more than a collective, Utopian vision where things just work, and life is better.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Note to Howard: Sometimes, you get what you asked for

    It's hardly news that Telstra's corporate philosophy has become one of incessant whinging and strongarming since CEO Sol Trujillo rolled into town, but over the past week the company took its rhetoric to another level ...

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    Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte this week publicly pondered popular Web technologies most IT managers must be looking at and asking "how can these make/save me money?"

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    A request to compare IT costs to company revenue can indicate your company is considering outsourcing IT. Find out the other four signs so you don't get caught unemployed.

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    Security tips from an expert, including how to inventory your systems externally to become more informed and strategies for checking the work your network administrator performs.

  • 10 tips for designing a small business network

    Setting up a network in a small business environment entails some specialised considerations to ensure an optimum implementation.

  • 10 ways to secure borderless networks

    Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.

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    Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

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    Tips for implementing a wireless, Ethernet or power-line network in a small-business environment.

  • Tech Guide: Setting up a Wi-Fi home network

    A broadband connection brings the Internet into your home at blazing speeds. And with a wireless, or Wi-Fi, network, you can get that access on multiple computers throughout your home -- and even outside -- without cords.

  • Virtual privacy: 8 VPN appliances tested

    If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

  • Voice over IP: Security, stability, success

    If you're thinking about voice over IP, we take a look at the steps involved in getting it set up and what's on offer from four major vendors.

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