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ACS: 'We must provide net and mobile to bush'

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called on the government to broaden the Universal Service Obligation (USO) provisions to include mobile and broadband. Read more »

AU$300,000 windfall for junior geeks

Potential IT students could receive a boost this Christmas with the news the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation has announced AU$300,000 in IT scholarships yesterday -- but next year, the figure could rise to AU$500,000, ACS claims. Read more »

Ethics in ICT: If they exist, the ACS will find them

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) and the ACS Foundation have teamed up with the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Centre of Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) to fund a AU$900,000 research program assessing ethics and regulation in the ICT industry. Read more »

Software accreditation just part of improvement: Working group

A working party composed of representatives from the ICT industry has cautioned that mandating software quality accreditation can be detrimental to small to medium companies and is pushing instead for continuous software process improvement. Read more »

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IT Whiz Kid: Howard Siow

In the first part of an ongoing series, ZDNet Australia and the Australian Computer Society take a look at the young minds that will shape the future of Australia's IT industry. Read more »

Licensing developers won't work

Tony Healy writes why proposed compulsory licensing of IT professionals by the Australian Computer Society are flawed. Read more »

What are you worth?

What are the skills you need to keep in demand? We asked employers, recruitment agencies and training companies what skills will be in demand for 2006 and beyond. Read more »

Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT

Is it time to accept that females lack IT or is lack of support and enduring stereotypes keeping women away? Ella Morton investigates. Read more »

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    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

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