A recent court case demonstrates, once again, the dangers of assembling massive police databases and trusting that law enforcement officers with access are paragons of virtue.
Sites like Facebook and Google, which have evolved into Web platforms, are the wave of the future, according to a panel of top executives at this week's iMeme: Thinkers of Tec conference.
ZDNet Australia held the inaugural Emerging Technology Innovation Awards last night in conjunction with CeBIT.
A German court has delayed handing down a verdict on a US$76 million patent infringement suit brought against European telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom and its network technology partner Siemens.
The head of security firm Forensic Tec Solutions was arraigned Tuesday by federal prosecutors on computer crime charges stemming from the company's intrusion into several government and military computers last year.
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
As the world's environment changes, scientists are becoming increasingly worried that large numbers of species will become extinct. Could this also happen in the corporate environment?
Are you ready to roll out Voice over IP? This article provides you with an overview of VoIP basics and some starting points for evaluating your company's needs. Additional reading: VoIP Resource Centre
Australia's Easter Bilby faces a logistical nightmare ever year as it sets out to make its chocolate deliveries. ZDNet Australia asked a number of systems integrators how they would solve the Easter Bilby's computational conundrums.
With computer forensic recovery, even data thought to have been -erased" can rise from the dead. IT pros must be aware of such vulnerabilities and take the necessary precautions to prevent confidential information from getting into the wrong hands.
PestPatrol offers fast and thorough spyware protection, but it is also the most expensive antispyware app we reviewed.
Thanks to the movies, we're quite comfortable with biometric scanning, but are fingerprint scanners ready for the office? And are they as easy to defeat as we've seen at the cinema?
Fingerprint-recognition specialists AuthenTec has created software support for 'plug and play' biometrics that can be integrated into Windows.
Malcolm Turnbull's ghost twitterer
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Google Chrome OS demonstration
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