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  • Prince Charles backs 'green' thin computing

    Prince Charles has discovered thin clients and finds the notion they can help cut energy costs "mind boggling".

  • Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'

    A Microsoft manager has said one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" in order to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure.

  • Don't fear Gen Y workers: Gartner

    Fears that such Generation Y workers will rebel against traditional workspace strictures may be blinding companies from taking advantage of their problem-solving abilities, a Gartner researcher has warned.

  • 3.6 million adults fall for phishing scams

    More than a million users were duped by phishing attacks last year, compared to the year before.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Skills crisis prompts IT workers to break the law

    Constant talk of an IT skills crisis is encouraging workers to ditch their employers for better job offers before even spending a day in the office.

  • E-voting comes to Australia

    Visually impaired Australians will be able to cast their ballots using e-voting machines for the first time in this year's federal election.

  • Yahoo IM used to spread phishing scam

    Yahoo Instant Messenger has been used to spread a phishing scam designed to steal username and password information from users. The scam is then spread through the user's contacts list.

  • Foreign firm given leg up in broadband rollout: Telstra

    Telstra has criticised the federal government for handing over taxpayers' money to a foreign-owned rival with unproven broadband technology to supply rural Australia with high-speed Internet access.

  • Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility

    PDF documents on Web sites and intranets need to be accompanied by accessible HTML or text versions if they are to comply with disability legislation, a leading technology lawyer has claimed.

  • YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law

    Whether YouTube suffers the same fate as Napster may depend on the wording of a nearly antique law written long before video-sharing Web sites were envisioned.

  • Keeping a cool head

    Aviva Australia CIO Sharam Hekmat is not one to rush into things without his eyes wide open. He tells Renai LeMay why a large HP outsourcing contract was split into several chunks and the reasons for bringing some services in-house.

  • Phishers hijack IM accounts

    In a twist on phishing, cybercrooks are hijacking instant-messaging (IM) accounts to lure people to their information-thieving Web sites.

  • Vista's European battleground

    Windows Vista hasn't shipped yet, but Microsoft and the European Union are already caught up in a tussle over the antitrust impact of security technology in the operating system.

  • SAP right fit for General Pants

    Retailer General Pants Group has overcome early fears that SAP implementations are only for the top end of town, and has the numbers to back up its investment.

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