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Sydney's free Wi-Fi plans scrapped

The NSW government has scrapped plans to offer free Wi-Fi in Sydney, citing spiralling costs and overseas failures for killing the project. 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 »

AIIA's Moon presses Conroy for broadband timetable

Australian Information Industry Association CEO Sheryle Moon has called upon the new Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, to outline a schedule for rolling out a national broadband network. Read more »

Web 2.woe: Simple security flaws going unfixed

Web application vulnerabilities are simple to fix -- but they're here to stay and will likely get worse, say security analysts. Read more »

Only foreign workers can solve govt IT skills crisis

Not enough migrant workers are being hired to work in public service IT, which is contributing to a government-wide ICT skills shortage, according to a report by the Australian Government Information Management Office. Read more »

Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse

Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »

Data breach laws years away

The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws — but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months. Read more »

Bosses can snoop on staff e-mails 'to fight terror'

The Greens and privacy advocates have hit back against proposed laws to allow companies to snoop on their workers' e-mails, but Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said the laws are needed to protect vital electronic infrastructure from terrorist attacks. Read more »

HP developing 'smart rack' to ease data center work

Business executives and bureaucrats are salivating over the potential labor-saving benefits of radio frequency identification technology, and soon technology workers may find reason to be enthusiastic, too. Read more »

Ethics code written to reprogram tech industry

Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell joined a host of electronics makers Thursday in an effort to promote a unified code of socially responsible business practices across the world. Read more »

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Six "must haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams

An Inc. 500 profile from the SoftwareCEO Web site: Performance Software CEO Tim Bigelow shares his six "must-haves" for the creation of highly productive software teams. Read more »

Aussie IT unions rise from the dead

Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around. Read more »

Project management tips

Builder.com columnist Tom Mochal shares his tips on a host of project management issues in this Q&A format. Read more »

Understanding the pros and cons of the Waterfall Model of software development

Waterfall development is a software development model involving a phased progression of activities, marked by feedback loops, leading to the release of a software product. This article provides a quick and dirty introduction to the model, explaining what it is, how it's supposed to work, describing the six phases, and why the model can fail. Read more »

Determine needs now to avoid problems later

User requirements form the building blocks for IT projects. Use these best practices to help identify user needs early in the project lifecycle. Read more »

Dispelling PM myths

Clients often have preconceptions about project management that can put your project at risk. Here are some tips you can use to dispel some of the most common myths. Read more »

IBM's service science

For years, IBM has been one of the world's leading research bodies when it comes to semiconductors, databases, electron microscopes and other "hard" sciences. Now, Big Blue is getting into social sciences. Read more »

Think carefully before moving into a consulting career

The grass may seem greener over in the consulting field, but as a longtime consultant notes, IT managers should consider multiple issues before changing career tracks. Read more »

The future looks PHPerfect

With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network. Read more »

Information taxonomy plays a critical role in Web site design and search processes

Many Web developers regard information taxonomy as a high-level project management issue, but neglecting it at the dev level can have costly results. Find out how you can leverage the benefits of taxonomy to enhance the user experience. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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