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  • Concerns raised over NSW hacking Bill

    Civil rights and privacy advocates yesterday expressed concern about a NSW Parliament proposal that would allow the state's police to remotely access a suspect's computer for up to 28 days without disclosing the hack for some time.

  • NSW not alone in police hacking laws

    Proposed state legislation that would allow NSW Police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely reflected similar moves in other jurisdictions, a notable Australian cybercrime analyst said today.

  • NSW passes police hacking Bill

    Legislation to boost NSW Police covert searching and computer hacking powers looks set to go ahead after facing almost no opposition in the lower house of the NSW Parliament earlier this week.

  • NSW Police to get hacking powers

    The New South Wales Government has unveiled plans to give state police the power to hack into computers remotely, with owners potentially remaining in the dark about the searches for up to three years.

  • Net package for NSW public schoolies

    Internet access, e-mail accounts and personal Web pages will be progressively rolled out to 1.2 million NSW public school students by June 2003, in what is being touted as one of the largest projects of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

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  • Computer crime will get worse: AU police

    Proactive measures need to be taken to bring down high tech crime rates, according to detective acting inspector Peter Wheeler from Melbourne's Computer Crime Squad, following today's release of the 2004 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey.

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    Don't let having a mobile workforce break down your communications. In Australia, some organisations, through the use of wireless integration, have increased their lines of contact, and not just out in the field.

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    We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

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    ZDNet Australia shows you how to save money and keep staff happy with thin clients.

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    What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?

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