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Ahead to the past

Ahead to the past

Derek Fung, from sister site CNET Australia, takes a little look back at where we came from in "Tech Time Machine".

March 1st, 2012 in Pulse by ZDNet Staff Comment Vote
Cryptography machines: a photo history

Cryptography machines: a photo history

The National Cryptologic Museum holds a fantastic history of code and code-breaking machines, which we've striven to catch on film.

August 11th, 2010 in Cryptography by Daniel Terdiman Comment 1 Vote
Govt wants ISPs to record browsing history

Govt wants ISPs to record browsing history

Companies who provide customers with a connection to the internet could soon see themselves having to retain subscriber's private web browsing history for law enforcement to examine when requested, a move which has been widely criticised by industry insiders.

June 11th, 2010 in Interception by Ben Grubb 69 Comments 162 Votes

IBM called in to deal with Netbank issues

IBM was brought in by Commonwealth Bank of Australia last week during its Netbank problems to rectify a software issue.

July 7th, 2009 in Commonwealth by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote
50 significant moments from internet history

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

October 3rd, 2008 in History by Staff Comment 1 Vote

Video: History of British PCs

The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.

September 5th, 2008 in Acorn by Andy McCue Comment Vote
Photos: A brief history of drives

Photos: A brief history of drives

Hard drives weren't always so compact or so capacious, as a quick pictorial tour through the museum of hard drives at the HDS SAN Technology Centre in Odawara, Japan, reveals.

July 18th, 2008 in History by Angus Kidman Comment Vote
Photos: The digital heroes of WW2

Photos: The digital heroes of WW2

As England's historic Bletchley Park raises funds to restore buildings used by code-breaking legends such as Alan Turing during World War II, ZDNet.com.au 's sister site CNET News.com is taking a look back at the cryptographic machines that kept vital specialists of the German, American, British, Polish, and Japanese military forces awake at night.

June 4th, 2008 in History by Zoë Slocum Comment Vote

Sun: MySQL buy 'most important in software history'

The company says its acquisition of open-source database provider MySQL will enable it to dominate in open-source server software.

February 28th, 2008 in Acquisition by Cath Everett Comment Vote
Photos: The history of the transistor

Photos: The history of the transistor

In the 60 years since its invention, the transistor has shrunk from hulking origins to the point where more than six billion can fit in an area the size of a credit card. Follow the history of the transistor from its humble origins in Bell Labs to its possible quantum future.

January 30th, 2008 in Transistor by Alex Serpo, and Nick Heath Comment Vote

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7 minutes ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

9 minutes ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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1 hour ago by Staden on Cybercrime golden age over in two years?

Before accusing me of fudging the figures, that was the percentage in April, the latest available. It seems that as the advantage of the ...

4 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Wireless currently carries less than 2% of total internet data traffic. Simply to carry the existing traffic, we would need 50 times the ...

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The stupidest part about a wireless solution for the burbs is that it will actually cost more to put an antenna on the roof to get the si...

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The problem is not range of the cell in the urban areas where Turnbull wants LTE instead of fibre, it is the number of users. In urban ar...

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Sorry no deal Cinders, I'd rather send my money to someone and watch them desperately try to stop the NBN as this has much better enterta...

12 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

What else can you expect from a Dodo customer?

12 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Oh please dont be unkind, I gotta have some fan's. btw I agree I dont set the standard, but who does I wonder?

14 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/SlBpMj0c - #security #cyber

So we agree it was a stupid idea and even stupider comment then ;-)

14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Not you obviously ;-)

And stop giving yourself thumbs up FFS.

14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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#NewSouthWales ditches registration stickers 4 light #vehicles in favour of #technology http://t.co/xX5N0Rp9

Anonymous hacks Reliance's Internet filtering server - ZDNet (blog) http://t.co/uObU1HBP http://t.co/0UBXxwX4

Which Windows will make for a better tablet? http://t.co/4mAHg850

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Microsoft is serious about open source??? http://t.co/mqQGgta7

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NSW outlines datacentre migration plans - Hardware - News - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/OQfUl0D1

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Chrome overtakes IE: does it matter? http://t.co/e4SILk8a

A ZDNet study showed that British Facebook users are drunk in 76 percent of their photos.

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