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    Australia's federal privacy commissioner, Malcolm Crompton, will combat "long-winded and confusing" privacy policies and statements.

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    Organisers of LCA 2005, the International Linux conference due to be held in Canberra this April, are hoping its Security mini-conference will expand into a separate conference by next year.

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    Australia Post is trialling a two-factor authentication service to be used by customers such as banks for online transactions.

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    Hewlett-Packard's board of directors met for several hours Sunday but adjourned without announcing a decision on the fate of Chairman Patricia Dunn, who is facing calls to resign in the wake of a probe of board members and journalists that involved personal phone records.

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    In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

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    Want to put a VPN or firewall on your network card? A new class of product handles all the processing, keeping your server free to do the hard work.

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    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • Not as thick as some: 7 thin clients tested

    Thin clients seem to be a perennial runner-up to full-featured desktops, but we think the time is right to stop thinking "what if?" and to get rid of those clunky desktop PCs.

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