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• ATO Change Program budget now $879m

  The budget for the Change Program has again been bumped up as the Australian Taxation Office says it needs $105 million to finish the project over the next two years on top of the $749 million it has already spent.

• Myki 74% installed in Melbourne

  Victoria is preparing for the roll-out of its new myki smart card in Melbourne after introducing the system to regional areas around the capital.

• Thodey defends $200m IT blowout

  Telstra chief executive David Thodey today defended the progress of his company's five-year IT billing and customer relation management system modernisation, which has run $200 million over budget.

• Vic court systems late, $12m over budget

  Victoria's integrated court management system project has run 14 months over time and at least $12 million over budget, partly due to poor supplier performance, the Victorian Auditor General has found.

• Ombudsman targets 'outdated' Vic Police IT

  Victorian Ombudsman George Brouwer has started an investigation into the Victorian Police's IT department and what he has described as its "outdated information technologies that are unsuited to a 21st century approach to policing".

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  Silence of the IBM

  Having one of your biggest customers roast you in the media as "slow to react to a catastrophic systems failure" and "unwilling to apologise" for it is not a good look for IBM New Zealand.

• Confessions of a naked Mac user

  I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.

Features and Case Studies (56)

• 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.

• When will virtual worlds become a business tool?

  Reality has been cruel to virtual worlds, with most failing to live up to expectations, especially in business environments. Did analysts get that right or are they also guilty of second-degree Second Life hyping?

• Securing Microsoft 2: hackers invited to Redmond

  In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.

• Get up to speed on Microsoft's August security bulletins

  In August, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating nine as critical threats. (The remaining three are important threats.) With that many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first?

• Boards undervalue IT: Boyles

  Company directors undervalue their IT staff and still believe that automation will help them cut IT budgets without affecting their core business, according to David Boyles, chief information officer of ANZ Bank from 1998-2004.

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• 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.

• Dell OptiPlex GX280

  Dell's new OptiPlex GX280 offers the latest Intel computing technology for an approachable price.

• Dell OptiPlex SX280

  Dell's OptiPlex SX280 is a business desktop PC featuring Intel's 915G Express Chipset, PCI Express, DDR2 memory and an optional "all-in-one" stand for its small form factor.

• Windows XP SP2 more secure? Not so fast

  While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.

• Microsoft Windows XP SP2

  We recommend installing Windows XP SP2 but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.

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