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Cultivating charitable computing

OLPC isn't the only charitable effort, as vendors pursue different paths to philanthropy.
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DKIM and the battle against phishing
10/04/2008 13:31:15
Spoofers, spammers and phishers, beware. There's a new gun in town, and some of the Internet's most powerful companies - including Yahoo, Google, and PayPal - are brandishing it in the ongoing battle against e-mail fraud. More...

The world's your oyster
10/04/2008 13:13:01
Finding funding, the right staff and a viable business model are the common concerns for Australian entrepreneurs with big Web 2.0 ideas, even if the roads they take are vastly different. More...

ACS news: Kim Denham appointed ACS CEO
19/02/2008 15:12:57
The ACS has appointed Kim Denham as its new Chief Executive Officer. More...

Apple growth will draw malware attacks
19/02/2008 14:56:53
Mac OS X is safer today -- but not necessarily more secure for the long term -- than Windows More...

The perils of dirty data
19/02/2008 12:46:54
Few IT projects are more frightening than data integration and reconciliation. Actually, let us rephrase that. One thing is more frightening -- when data integration goes bad. More...

Five ways to roll out SOA
19/02/2008 12:27:07
Big-name companies from Comcast to United Airlines are jumping into SOA, changing the way organisations plan, develop, and deploy enterprise applications More...

Tech's all-time top 25 flops
19/02/2008 12:02:55
The mega-flops of history that do not bear repeating More...

Cyber-espionage moves into B2B
19/02/2008 11:52:44
Business and governments are the new victims - and the perpetrators More...

Internet security: just wishful thinking?
19/02/2008 11:37:09
Malware, adware, viruses and spam continue to assail users everywhere as the Internet continues to be a dangerous place - and it's getting worse. While security vendors struggle even to stay in touch with an accelerating tide of threats, professional criminals are gainfully exploiting millions of computers, governments and businesses are recruiting specialised hackers to wrest away others' secrets and malware writers are winning their war. The extent of Australian computer crime is hard to gauge as there's no requirement for it to be reported. However, the fact that more than a billion dollars was spent on trying to find and seal holes in the security fences here and in NZ shows that the problem has got industry attention. In this survey our writers here and overseas look at the panoply of dangers out there, what is being done to create a bulwark against them - and where the battles have simply been lost. There's little to cheer looking down the security road for the next year; elsewhere in this issue, Neil McAllister looks at the top 25 technoflops of all time. Security came out at the top of his list. More...

Seven reasons why your software is so slow
04/01/2008 20:15:34
Ever wonder why your PC keeps choking on that slick, new corporate app? Here are the chief culprits bogging down the latest software's performance More...

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