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  • Budget laptop restrictions send mixed messages

    Tuesday's budget saw the Federal government remove the tax break for workers purchasing laptops under a salary sacrifice, in a move inconsistent with a number of other policy initiatives, according to observers.

  • Happy hour for employee PCs in Australia

    Australian brewer Lion Nathan is bubbling with excitement over a new program that helps it leverage the purchasing power of its own employees by allowing them to acquire discount portable computers as part of a salary sacrifice scheme.

  • Cyberbludging special: Acceptable usage

    There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save money?

  • Government wants e-mail spying to last for longer

    Amendments to the Federal Telecommunications Interception Act will be put before the House of Representatives today, as the government seeks to extend the limit of a sunset clause which allows authorities to monitor internal and government communications without a specific warrant.

  • 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.

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  • Cyberbludging special: Acceptable usage

    There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save money?

  • For developers, it's not all fun and games

    Employees at game software makers are speaking out about demanding hours, challenging companies to change their ways.

  • How AUSTRAC avoided a BlackBerry jam

    A government e-mail systems lockdown has kept popular BlackBerry handhelds off-limits at many Australian government departments, but a simple fix has changed that.

  • The good, the bad and the ugly

    What does the recent election result mean to those of us in the IT industry, and Australian employees in general?

  • Top time wasters at work

    A work productivity survey has revealed that about 17 hours out of a 45-hour work week is generally unproductive. The main culprit -- procrastination.

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Reviews (1)

  • Policy Central Enterprise

    Enforcing the acceptable use of business computers is often a tricky business. Policy Central Enterprise is an application that offers to help manage an AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) by placing the onus on individual users.

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