Tag: au

News (689)

McAfee blog enabled IE exploit

An Israeli security researcher has published exploit code for an unpatched hole in Internet Explorer that Microsoft disclosed two days ago, using clues from a McAfee report on the hole. Read more »

Apache bug prompts update advice

IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. Read more »

800 IBM jobs at risk: Union

The Australian Services Union (ASU) claimed yesterday that IT giant IBM was looking to offshore around 800 jobs, many more than the 150 positions the union had originally believed affected. Read more »

Intel claims no IP stolen in attack

Intel was targeted by a "sophisticated" attack in January, but no intellectual property was stolen and executives did not think it was linked with the attacks on Google and others that occurred around the same time. Read more »

92% against filter: Whirlpool survey

Early results from broadband information site Whirlpool's annual survey has found that 91.8 per cent of respondents do not support the idea of mandatory internet filtering, with most believing the government should focus on educating parents and children instead. Read more »

IBM to offshore 150 jobs, says union

The Australian Services Union claimed today that IT giant IBM is planning to offshore jobs from a number of its operations centres to China and India. Read more »

Microsoft Surface sold in Oz next week

Microsoft will start selling its Surface tabletop multi-touch system in Australia next week after a formal launch. Read more »

Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program

It is not uncommon for Microsoft to launch a "technology guarantee" program ahead of a new version of Office or Windows, offering buyers of a product late in one cycle an upgrade to the new version once it comes out. So it's not a shocker that Microsoft has one planned for Office 2010. Read more »

Kaspersky: Target zombie servers too

Russian antivirus tsar, Eugene Kaspersky, says Australian ISPs should not only cut off malware-infected personal computers but also infected web servers run by businesses. Read more »

Aussie execs speak out on Apple's iPad

Key figures in Australia's information and communications technology community have been exuberant about the Apple iPad, calling it everything from "kick-ass" to a device that would be a tool for executives. Read more »

More Au News Results

Features (241)

10 open source Windows apps worth checking out

The open source community has a lot to offer, and not just to Linux users. These 10 outstanding Windows tools can make your life easier (for free). Read more »

10 old-school Linux tools I refuse to let go of

No matter which platform you prefer, there are probably a few old tools you just can't part with. Read more »

Paranoid cookie management

How much paranoia you employ in web cookie management determines how much work you must put in, and which strategies you'll use. Read more »

Why Windows 7 should be free in China

Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services? Read more »

Four ways to patch Windows Server 2008 Core Edition

Every version of Windows Server needs a patching strategy. This article breaks down some of the options for patching a Windows Server 2008 Core installation system. Read more »

Increase productivity with these 10 helpful OpenOffice extensions

OpenOffice offers a host of essential features, but as with most software, it would be nice to have it do just a little bit more. Here are 10 OpenOffice add-ons that are particularly well suited to simplifying business tasks. Read more »

Five strategies for 2009 IT gold

This article offers strategies that will help your IT projects be successful this year. The five points cover relationships between IT and its environment, as well as address culture and process. Read more »

Getting started with Firefox Extensions

No browser is perfect -- eventually enough annoyances will build up to the point that you wish you could do something about it. Thanks to Firefox's extendable architecture and a healthy dose of JavaScript knowledge, you can begin bending the browser to your will. Read more »

Q&A with Sun's Reginald Hutcherson

Builder AU recently had a quick chat with Reginald Hutcherson, Director Technology Outreach for Sun Microsystems about what's new in the world of Java. Read more »

How do I assign permissions to users to see SQL Agent Jobs?

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server. Read more »

More Au Features Results

Video (15)

Play!
How to be a zombie journalist - Renai LeMay

ZDNet.com.au news editor, Renai LeMay, talks about how the internet changed journalism at Sydney Ignite 3. Read more »

Play!
Behind the scenes at Tech.Ed

ZDNet.com.au took a tour backstage to see the hardware needed to run a large conference. Read more »

Play!
Chasing Ballmer in Sydney

ZDNet.com.au chases Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer around Sydney during his recent visit Down Under. Read more »

Play!
Unveiled: IBM workers' strike demands

Australian Services Union branch secretary Sally McManus tells ZDNet.com.au what IBM workers want out of the pending strike. Read more »

Play!
Fusing a Fibre Cable

At Pipe Networks' landing station tour last week, the company showed ZDNet.com.au how to fuse two pieces of cable together. Read more »

Play!
AusCERT 2008: Behind the scenes

ZDNet.com.au's Matt Oxley takes you behind the scenes at Australia's largest security conference. Find out why Microsoft's head of product security was afraid of being arrested, watch delegates swing at sheep on the driving range and discover who thinks security is like being chased by a bear — or is it a dog? Read more »

Play!
NICTA shows off 5Gbps wireless chip at CeBIT

NICTA gave ZDNet.com.au a close look at its 5Gbps wireless chip at CeBIT Australia 2008. Read more »

Play!
It's not lovely code, it's an ugly monkey

At the AusCERT 2008 conference in the Gold Coast, ex-NSA staffer Brian Snow, told ZDNet.com.au that software can be secure -- but only if vendors overhaul their development processes. Read more »

Play!
Vista Needs Marketing -- Club Builder

Club Builder this week takes a look at Microsoft, Yahoo and Vista needing more marketing to sell more copies of it. We also look at Rusty Pong, a Wiimote based projector game seen at linux.conf.au's 2008 Open Day. Read more »

Play!
Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding

Blog (118)

Google to dump Gears

[blogs:syslog] -- Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »

Microsoft Surface comes to Australia

[blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft Surface finally to hit Australia, Google adds Buzz to the social networking array and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

1 comment

Apple raises curtain on iPad

[blogs:syslog] -- Generating buzz this week is Apple's new tablet device -- iPad. Will Australia be getting the 3G version? Read more »

Windows 7 in the spotlight

[blogs:syslog] -- After months of hype, Windows 7 was finally released early yesterday morning. Read more »

Google gets a Caffeine Boost

[blogs:syslog] -- Google is experimenting with a new search algorithm, labelled Caffeine, in an effort to improve the performance of its search engine. And is Microsoft finally becoming interested in web standards? Read more »

Twitter brought down by DoS attack

[blogs:syslog] -- Twitter suffered an outage yesterday as a result of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, but the microblogging site has not commented further on the issue. Read more »

Wolfram Alpha makes an entrance

[blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we look at the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new file-synchronisation service for Ubuntu and more. Read more »

Highlights from the Linux.conf.au

[blogs:syslog] -- In this week's Roundup we bring you news from the annual Linux.conf.au, screenshots of Microsoft Office 14 and more. Read more »

2008: Time to call stumps

[blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

3 comments

Theora, Firefox reach milestones

[blogs:betaliving] -- Milestones were reached with two open sources projects: Theora has hit version 1.0 and Firefox reaches 20% global marketshare. Read more »

3 comments

More Au Blog Results

News and features

Latest
Popular
Features
Most Discussed

Blogs

Google launches Apps Marketplace

Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff
Microsoft showcases new NUIs

TechFest, Microsoft's internal even took place this week with researchers showcasing some new interfaces the company is working on. Read more »

-- posted by Staff
Google to dump Gears

Google is about to pull the plug on its Gears project, while Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support in future versions of Firefox. Read more »

-- posted by Staff