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IBM barred from US government contracts

IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the US federal government. Read more »

Lundy: Time is right for open source in government

Open source might get a better look-in within government, says Senator Kate Lundy, if those responsible for purchasing decisions were forced by policy to evaluate all the options on the market. Read more »

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Government CIOs 'do not understand open source'

Government CIOs that dismiss open source software because of support issues, which is the case for the Australian Tax Office, Defence and Centrelink, simply do not understand the concept, according to Sun Microsystems. Read more »

Qld education progresses PC project

Queensland's Department of Education, Training and the Arts has revealed it is most of the way through one of Australia's largest roll-outs of a standard desktop PC and server operating environments, including a standardised Apple Mac installation. Read more »

San Francisco admin hijacks city network

A network administrator for the city of San Francisco has been arrested on charges of taking control of the city's computer network and locking administrators out. Read more »

South American hacker exposes privacy flaws

An anonymous hacker has posted six million details of Chilean residents online in a bid to highlight data-protection problems in the country. Read more »

Australia's got talent! But turns to UK for IT skills

Australian vendors, recruiters and government agencies arrived in London over the weekend armed with a growing list of IT specialists from the old country needed Down Under, as part of the federal government-hosted Australia Needs Skills expo. Read more »

Telstra, CommBank, DoD in secret cyberwar games

In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II. Read more »

Australian open source procurement guide weeks away

Publication of an open source procurement guide for government agencies is not expected until March this year, four months after the early December timeframe flagged by officials last year. Read more »

Council social engineering test exposes flaws

Kingston City Council in Victoria recently conducted a social engineering experiment to see how its staff would react to a stranger trying to gain access to the server room; the exercise revealed, and helped fix, serious flaws in staff awareness. Read more »

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Features (33)

Open source for government

Despite the UK government's reluctance to embrace open source, Martin Brampton points out the many ways they're suited to each other -- the least of which is cost. Read more »

New Indian government a threat to offshoring?

What do the results of the recent Indian election mean to companies looking to offshore IT services there? Author Paul Davies explains. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Inside the San Fran network lockout

A strange sort of techno-drama is playing out in the city of San Francisco, California right now. The blame for the fiasco may not be as easily assigned as it at first appears. Read more »

Take technology out of your security policies to maintain compliance

Stop chasing compliance by implementing new security technologies, security devices, and/or security controls; instead, address the issue where it belongs -- in your security policies. Read more »

Mini-glossary: Project management terms you should know

Effective communication is a key element of successful project management, which makes a common language essential. This glossary will help your team standardise on frequently used PM terms, from critical path to Gantt chart to scope change management. Read more »

Oversee Web site editing with Macromedia Contribute 2

You want to hand off some Web maintenance tasks, but you're afraid to turn users loose with editing tools. Macromedia Contribute 2.0 works hand-in-hand with Dreamweaver MX 2004, so novices can work on site content--but under your administrative control. Read more »

Application Lifecycle Management Overview

If you have a group of programmers, their managers and your customers, each with their own way of tracking where a project is up to and whether milestones have been met -- chances are you need software to enforce efficient processes and reporting. This is where application lifecycle management (ALM) products fill their niche. Read more »

Understanding information taxonomy helps build better apps

Information architects grapple with taxonomy, but developers often ignore it--to their own detriment. Understanding information taxonomy is the first step in designing better software from the ground up. Read more »

Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley

Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »

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Blog (2)

Hack attack week

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It wasn't a good week to be an Alaskan vice-presidential candidate, an online publication or even a multinational science project -- as all were compromised by hackers this week. Read more »

Gestation, robots and NASA hacking

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Firefox 3 made it out the door last week, and set a world record while doing so; after 15 years Wine 1.0 also hit the street. We also look at robots, google developer day and outsourcing in this week's Weekly Roundup. Read more »

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