If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.
Researchers from two Queensland universities have just finished a working prototype to separate farm animals from their wild counterparts, making sure only livestock and not feral animals or wildlife can drink and eat from farm water supplies and feed.
Australians experience one of the highest levels of cybercrime in the world, according to a new survey — but are Aussies really such easy targets?
The Federal government has launched a new security alert service for small business and home users, aimed at helping Australians protect themselves from cyberattack.
Microsoft has launched Dynamics AX 2009, its latest ERP system, which has been designed to appeal not just to the company's traditional SME market but also to users in the largest companies.
Spammers are taking advantage of Google's free Analytics service to track the performance of spam campaigns and boost their business.
Businesses should rethink perimeters, shed the firewall and allow people to "skinny dip" on the Internet, according to security and communications researcher, William Cheswick.
All the news and highlights from Australia's largest IT security conference, taking place in the Gold Coast this week.
Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.
A hacking competition will attempt to prove that signature-based antivirus is dead but security vendors say, apart from signatures, antivirus is alive and well.
Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products — but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?
Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.
We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.
Companies want cheap labour, universities depend on international student dollars, industry needs key skills, and local graduates just want a job. Mark Wheeler investigates the drama playing out over the ICT labour market.
Software filters that are designed to block access to fraudulent Web sites are largely ineffective at protecting against new attacks, according to security experts.
Managed security service providers are gaining momentum in Australia. Can outsourcing security secure your company?
Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's president, says the company has mended its ways since the days when "we didn't listen" to customers. Can the Silicon Valley luminary brighten up its prospects?
The likes of SAP, JD Edwards, and Oracle claim the utopia of the real-time enterprise is only achievable if built from day one but there are alternatives.
A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?
Find out how to create a Web resume that gets attention but doesn't put your current job or personal information in jeopardy.
Security vendor Symantec has once again pointed the knife at Apple Macintosh users.
Virtual Hairstyle has grand ambitions but falls a little flat in the style department. Try out a virtual makeover with our Australian review.
If looks could kill, the Acer Ferrari 3000 would be wanted for murder. But unless you're a fashionista first and foremost, look elsewhere for a better-performing thin-and-light laptop.
If you get your digital music from CDs alone, this tiny player rocks; otherwise, format conversion mars the experience.
Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiest—and safest—option.
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs — but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
Botnet operators have become public enemy number-one as consumers, businesses and governments fall foul to identity theft, DDoS attacks and spam. Yet no one appears to be able to stop the spread of bots -- except maybe the media.
So, it seems the WOW -- for Microsoft's Windows Vista -- is not now, but sometime in the future, maybe.
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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I'm a celebrity, don't back me up
Lies, damned lies and telco stupidity 
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