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Linux 'missed Aussie Desktop Wave' - IDC
News For more coverage on ZDNet Australia, click here. Linux is already late in catching the desktop refresh wave in Australia, says analyst firm International Data Corporation. However, Australian IDC market analyst Michael Sager said the post-Y2K...
[May 24, 2004, 10:05]
'Over-enthusiastic' Agent Spams Mobiles
News The Surfers Paradise office of Ray White real estate has apologised for blanket spamming mobile phone users, and has told ZDNet Australia it will "severely discipline" the employee responsible. That was done purely by new staff member, he had no...
[July 30, 2003, 10:00]
Telstra Caught In Online Poll Swindle
News Updated: Caught in the act of rigging ZDNet Australia online user surveys last week, Telstra has refused to issue a formal apology, saying it can't control the actions of its employees. Basically it's not a Telstra-endorsed thing that happened...
[January 29, 2002, 13:56]
Coping With The Crazy Boss
News Following a story ZDNet Australia ran earlier this month, Understanding the crazy boss, IT pros around the country have been coming out of the woodwork with their stories of workplace angst. And another ZDNet Australia reader, described the mood...
[May 15, 2002, 10:39]
Australian Open-sourcers Set Up National Association
News Prominent open-source activist Con Zymaris told ZDNet Australia that the new body -- Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) -- would tackle business issues associated with free and open-source software, including risk assessment, migration and...
[March 1, 2004, 8:00]
Australia Won't Disclose Stance On Encryption
News Minister for communications Senator Richard Alston's office didn't return phone calls to ZDNet Australia and the Attorney General's department referred the matter to the Department of Defence, which said: "It goes into the realms of defence and we...
[September 21, 2001, 10:32]
'Controlled' Music Copying Okay - Record Industry Group
News Australian Record Industry Association chief executive officer, Stephen Peach, told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia: "We certainly don't agree consumers should have the statutory right to simply make copies, we think that right should rest in...
[July 1, 2004, 12:10]
Oracle Gets PeopleSoft Green Light In Australia
News Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel said in a statement the regulator would not oppose the proposed acquisition, a move foreshadowed by ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia last month.
[November 24, 2004, 12:50]
Australian Government Windows Certification Proving Slow
News The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), the agency assigned with evaluating software to determine its appropriateness in security terms for use by government agencies, told ZDNet Australia they had "received a sponsorship letter from an...
[February 21, 2003, 10:48]
Failed Dot-commers Move Into Porn
News ZDNet Australia reported yesterday on the growing trend of dot-com has-beens to cash in on online porn and the Adult Webmasters School -- www.adultwebmasterschool.com -- which kicked off July 1, claims a large proportion of its students have a...
[September 6, 2001, 10:02]
Australian Government Offers Open-source Guide
News A new guide designed to help federal government agencies evaluate open-source products alongside their proprietary rivals is due to be completed and distributed by September, officials told ZDNet Australia on Wednesday.
[July 7, 2004, 10:55]
Oracle Linux Customer Undergoes Trial By Fire
News Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux, upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, emailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the...
[April 2, 2007, 11:56]
University Suggests Students Uninstall Kazaa
News A spokeswoman for the University of Western Sydney's (UWS) information technology department yesterday told ZDNet Australia that it had identified spyware piggy-backing on Kazaa as the cause of login problems for some students attempting to access...
[March 4, 2004, 11:35]
Australian Army Slams Soldiers' Site
News An Army spokesperson told ZDNet Australia that it had directed members responsible for the mil-kit-review.com Web site to "comply with their obligations" regarding release of information to the public, citing concerns over security, accuracy...
[February 26, 2004, 8:20]
Java To Follow Solaris' Example
News Speaking to ZDNet UK sister site ZDNET Australia, Sun's Java technology evangelist Raghavan Srinivas said an open-source version of Java "will happen," although the timeline and licensing details remain sketchy at this point.
[June 4, 2004, 10:30]
Shut Down Or Else: CrimeNet's Final Warning
News Hulls) basically said that he's not satisfied and still wants me to close down," Shultz told ZDNet Australia. Attorney General Mr Rob Hulls told ZDNet Australia that "it is totally inappropriate that Shultz should dictate to the judiciary.
[June 2, 2000, 10:07]
Porn Access Debate Hots Up In Australia
News The Australia Institute's executive director, Clive Hamilton, made the comment to ZDNet Australia following a report in a Sydney newspaper on Tuesday that claimed Australia's broadcasting authority was set to ditch one popular filtering technology...
[March 4, 2003, 8:33]
Norton AV Flaw May Put PCs At Risk Of Virus Attack
News However, a Symantec spokesperson told ZDNet Australia that the flaw was not a threat to users because it only affected systems that are running Windows with administrator rights. Security researcher Dan Milisic, who discovered the vulnerability in...
[November 9, 2004, 9:28]
Trademark Claims Loom For Firms Bearing 'Linux'
News As reported by ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia on Tuesday, Linux Australia has secured Linus Torvald's support to register the word "Linux" as a trademark with Australia's intellectual property regulator.
[August 13, 2004, 11:05]
Antivirus FUD Obscures Reality
News The Australia managing director of mail filtering software company Clearswift, Chy Chuawiwat, told ZDNet Australia some of the data he's seen companies release just doesn't add up. Dozortsev told ZDNet Australia that the company must be careful not...
[August 29, 2003, 10:05]
