The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) legal action over iiNet's alleged breach of copyright is squaring up to be a battle over the ISP's privacy obligations under the Telecommunications Act.
Netspace regulatory and carrier affairs manager Matthew Phillips has a lovely big green box. But what's inside? Tell us to win a double DVD box set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.
The Australian 7-Eleven convenience chain is looking to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for a new electronic funds transfer (EFT) system for its 386 stores, replacing its previous in-house system.
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Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.
The major security flaws suffered by the Big Brother Web site are the most recent example of an apparent "launch first, fix later" approach within Channel Ten. But a chequered history with the Web may help explain the problems.
Last week, two security companies spoke to me about their new products and I suddenly realised that we are close to losing the war against spyware.
Graeme Wood, the founder of one of Australia's most successful online businesses, made a very salient point yesterday about the challenge of delivering personalised online services.
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.
Netspace regulatory and carrier affairs manager Matthew Phillips has a lovely big green box. But what's inside? Tell us to win a double DVD box set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.
We've got a full MSDN subscription and four tickets to Microsoft's REMIX conference in Sydney next week to giveaway. Enter here!
We've got a few copies of former Optus executive Paul Fletcher's new book "Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband" floating around the office and it's time to pass one on.
Kaspersky is a strong security suite, but that the extra features available in Internet Security make it worthwhile to pay for, whereas the standard Kaspersky Anti-Virus doesn't offer enough on its own to compare favourably against high-performing, free antivirus programs.
With webOS, Palm goes past matching its competitors and offers something more. The Pre might not be a home run, but it is an indication of good things to come.
BenQ's Joybook R45 is a good laptop at a great price and will be even better once you get an extra gigabyte of RAM in there.
While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7 offers a balance between best-of-breed security protection and ease of use, providing the home user with superior protection that's light on system resources.
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