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  • Federal Privacy Commissioner spooked by UK data bungles

    Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has reiterated her organisation's call for mandatory reporting of major data security breaches to the Australian Law Reform Commission as part of its review of Australian privacy laws.

  • IBM calls for patent reform

    IBM has called for tighter regulation of patents and a review of intellectual property ownership issues in collaborative software development.

  • Telco competition notices up for debate

    The federal government has invited the telecommunications industry to comment on ways the competition watchdog can more effectively act against anti-competitive conduct.

  • Services giants line up for RailCorp ICT business

    Proposals to outsource aspects of the NSW railways' ICT operations are gaining pace with a who's who of the services community eager to grab what is likely to be a lucrative piece of business.

  • Tech's China syndrome

    Washington's newfound ire toward China is not a good sign for US technology companies.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • New e-Discovery rules: A CIO's nightmare?

    New e-Discovery rules being developed for the Federal Court of Australia will require CIOs to take a more active role in their organisations' legal affairs.

  • Top 10 worst IT disasters of all time

    From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years

  • Become a security guru in five simple steps

    It's not difficult to become the local security expert -- the person others look to when they need network resources secured or who they point to when they want to source someone in their attempts to reform security policy -- There are really only five steps to it.

  • Exclusive: Queensland state CIO opens up

    Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.

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  • Sony's toddler robot makes strides

    It dances. It can hold a conversation. And in about a year, humanoid robot Qrio will be knocking on doors, if Sony's plans fall into place.

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