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Australian Army slams soldiers' site
News The Australian Army is cracking down on a Web site believed to be run by a group of serving Australian soldiers that reviews military equipment and hosts an online forum. In a series of emailed responses to ZDNet Australia, the Army spokesperson...
[February 26, 2004, 8:20]
Australian controversy over government Web censorship
News The products were assessed by the CSIRO (an Australian scientific and industrial research organisation) for ease of installation and use. According to the Code, any addition or removal of a filter product from the list of 16 will only be done...
[July 3, 2000, 9:31]
Australian IT execs suffering 'information fatigue'
News The downturn in the information technology sector is beginning to take its toll on the mental health of senior and skilled Australian IT practitioners, according to an industry analyst. It appears that Australian senior managers are being hit from...
[March 24, 2003, 8:47]
Australian tax staff fired for security breach
News A dozen employees have either been sacked or resigned after internal audits of logs by the Australian Tax Office showed employees had been abusing their access privileges. While no level of unauthorised access is acceptable, in an organisation of...
[August 28, 2007, 12:49]
Australian gov't calls on experts over DDoS attack
News The only website that appears to have been affected by yesterday's distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on government web servers was the site belonging to the Australian prime minister and cabinet.
[September 10, 2009, 10:18]
Australian law claims spam success
News The Spam Act 2003 has led to the closure of several major Australian-based spammers, the Australian communications Authority (ACA) claimed today. As recently as last week, Spamhaus reported that there has been little or no activity by these...
[July 22, 2004, 11:15]
Australian police probe government cyberattack
News The Australian Federal Police has been called in to investigate a planned denial-of-service attack on Australian government web servers due to occur at 7pm tonight. The Australian Federal Police are leading the investigation into these cyberattacks...
[September 9, 2009, 12:01]
Australian parliament fights spyware outbreak
News Australian Democrat Senator Brian Greig is drafting legislation which aims to better define, and in some cases outlaw spyware and adware, after his office found the computers on the parliamentary system had been compromised by more than 50...
[July 12, 2004, 9:35]
Australian firm claims first Java-Passport interface
News Australian-owned BuyItOnline has developed and released JPassport, a Java-based version of Microsoft's much-publicised product, Passport, which allows an e-commerce Web sites access to Microsoft's single sign-on system for user data and...
[March 7, 2002, 8:22]
Australian government offers open-source guide
News The guide, to be a specialised supplement to the existing Guide to ICT Sourcing for Australian government departments and agencies, is also designed to reinforce the federal government's position of "informed neutrality in ICT sourcing", the...
[July 7, 2004, 10:55]
Australian government moves on SMS spam
News Australian mobile text messaging may be spared the tsunami of spam that cripples email, with carriers involved in the distribution of unsolicited bulk messages facing fines of up to AU$10m (about £4m).
[June 13, 2003, 8:48]
Australian criminal records available online
News Australian's can now check out the criminal behaviour of their friends and neighbours online for just $6 dollars (£2.25) using a new service from Crime Net. This new service has attracting considerable criticism from Australian civil libertarians...
[May 2, 2000, 15:54]
Australian government inching towards desktop Linux
Talkback Trouble with most Australian government employees is they are always looking for a 'backhander' (bribe) to do anything. How about that line in the article stating one third of the Australian poplulation gets CentreLink payments (welfare).
[October 29, 2004, 9:24]
Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation
News The Australian Consumers Association on Monday recommended legalising the use of mod chips as it cautiously greeted a recent proposal to introduce a levy on digital recording media and devices. The ACA has recommended that the use of mod chips be...
[June 21, 2004, 10:00]
Australian media authority plugs potential leaks
News The Australian Communications and Media Authority on Thursday said it was talking to the Internet Industry Association about what action it needed to take to make sure its blacklist stays private and under lock and key.
[March 19, 2009, 16:07]
Australian Financial Company Virtually Eliminates On-Site Support Visits Using Appliance-Based Remote Desktop Support Solution
White Papers Australian Finance Group (AFG), the largest third-party wholesaler of mortgages in Australia, processes an average of over 6000 residential mortgages worth a total of over $2 billion per month and has seized more than 20% of the Australian broker...
[February 10, 2009, 0:20]
Accenture Case Study: Australian Tax Office
White Papers Today, the Australian Taxation Office is more customer-focused than ever, delivering more value and business services online thanks to a series of bold national initiatives coupled with Web-based capabilities.
[September 25, 2009, 2:35]
Australian bush WiMax network gets go-ahead
News Despite an ongoing legal battle that threatens to derail the network, the Australian government and OPEL have sealed a deal that will bring WiMax to the bush. The communications minister Helen Coonan yesterday announced that the funding agreement...
[September 10, 2007, 11:57]
Australian government may act on spam
News The Australian National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) has recommended the introduction of anti-spamming laws, while simultaneously playing down their potential benefits in a report released on Wednesday.
[April 16, 2003, 9:25]
Australian expo aims to entice UK techies
News Australian vendors, recruiters and government agencies arrived in London over the weekend armed with a growing list of IT specialists needed down under, as part of the federal government-hosted Australia Needs Skills expo.
[March 18, 2008, 8:38]
