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Privacy vs protection: Police and the right to hack
Insight Renowned security researcher Mikko Hyppönen discusses the pros and cons of law enforcement using hacking techniques to fight crime.
Tags: Hacking, Privacy, Government, Police, Security, F-Secure Corp., Privacy, New South Wales, antivirus, computer
Computers get all clustered
News World experts are meeting in Brisbane to brainstorm the next step in the evolution of the Internet--linking computers via the Net to provide super-computer capacity.
Brainstorming a Net-powered supercomputer
News World experts are meeting here to brainstorm the next step in the evolution of the Internet--linking computers via the Net to provide supercomputer capacity.
Aust state not alone in police hacking laws
News Other jurisdictions besides New South Wales are proposing legislation to allow police to quietly hack into suspects' computers remotely, an Australian cybercrime analyst says.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Bill, Telecommunications, Queensland, computer, Victoria, phone, hacking, Facebook
Cisco wins Queensland University wireless deal
News Cisco Systems will announce it has bagged a networking deal with the University of Queensland, which includes what the networking giant described Tuesday as "the largest 802.11n wireless network in the world".
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Director Of Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Queensland, Wireless, Wireless Network, IEEE 802.11n, networking company, network, journalist
IBM Australia hit US$2.9B in 2008
News Enterprise technology giant IBM's Australian unit saw record revenues of over US$2.94 billion in 2008, thanks to several large deals such as with Queensland Motorways.
Tags: Sales/revenue, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Medicare, General Motors Corp., Australia, systems integration, financial, revenue, New Zealand
Queensland cops' new Objective for record keeping
News Software company Objective Corporation has joined forces with the Queensland Police Service and will provide a new document and information management system to the law enforcement agency.
Queensland schools to get anti-virus overhaul
News Up to 92,000 computers in Queensland state schools will be updated with new anti-virus software, under one of the largest statewide contracts for Symantec.
Short Take: Aussie hacker gets two year sentence
News A Queensland court has sentenced a local computer hacker to two years jail.
Australian researchers shed light on quantum computers
News Researchers from Australia have taken a significant step in the quest to build a quantum computer, creating a light-based quantum circuit capable of basic calculations.
Tags: Processors
Australia: Queensland sets up hi-tech research fund
News The government of Australia's northern state of Queensland has announced a new A$15m (US$7.75m) fund to entice developers of hi-tech research to the state.
IBM targets Japanese companies' processes
News IBM is targeting business process outsourcing opportunities in the lucrative Japanese market through a new centre in Brisbane.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Business applications
Mass layoffs at Hutchison expected Monday
News Wide-scale redundancies are expected at troubled telco Hutchison; staff have been alerted to attend early morning conference calls on Monday.
OLPC wireless tech goes the distance
News The pre-draft 802.11s version, which is more suited for conditions in developing economies, has been tested to a range of 2km.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Mobile/Wireless
Laser printers may pose health risks
News Office laser printers are as unhealthy as cigarettes, according to an Australian professor, who is now calling for regulations to limit printer emissions.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology
