18 minutes ago | ComputerWorld
Yahoo! may finally be nearing a deal to sell a part of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider, Alibaba.
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28 minutes ago | ComputerWorld
In the last 72 hours Mark Zuckerberg made a hero of his bank manager and an honest woman of his wife. That’s a hell of a weekend.
43 minutes ago | ComputerWorld
IT professionals have to face the fact that social networking is no longer just the domain of families and friends trying to stay in touch with each other or businesses trying to reach out with enhanced customer intimacy. It is emerging as a potential killer app within IT teams striving for continual service improvement, collaborative effort and efficiencies in the way knowledge is retained and shared.
58 minutes ago | ComputerWorld
Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports.
May 18, 2012 1:01 pm | ComputerWorld
True privacy can be hard to come by in the socially enabled online world, but Twitter on Thursday announced that it has joined Firefox maker Mozilla in taking a big step forward for users.
May 18, 2012 11:31 am | ComputerWorld
A Cisco-commissioned survey of 600 businesses found that 95% permit the use of employee-owned smartphones and tablets in the workplace.
A Cisco-commissioned survey of 600 businesses found that 95 per cent permit the use of employee-owned smartphones and tablets in the workplace.
May 18, 2012 10:37 am | ComputerWorld
The last time Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a layoff of 25,000 people, it was on the same day that Lehman Brothers collapsed and the stock market nose-dived. That was in September 2008.
May 18, 2012 6:32 am | ComputerWorld
This week we start with something that has both intrigued and amused me: Microsoft Research has a new operating system in the works targeted at home automation called, with glaring dullness, HomeOS.
May 18, 2012 3:09 am | ComputerWorld
Insiders are responsible for as much as 80 percent of malicious attacks. Because insiders are trusted by nature, detecting their illicit activities requires an array of monitoring, scanning, and other techniques. Roger Grimes, an InfoWorld contributing editor -- and a working security professional who tracks down unscrupulous insiders -- explains how to plan and execute a complete insider threat strategy.
May 17, 2012 10:23 pm | ComputerWorld
Security conference,AusCERT, offically ended on Friday after a week of insights, networking and awards. Delegates gathered for the final sessions from experts such as Eugene Kaspersky and Eric Byres.
May 17, 2012 9:53 pm | ComputerWorld
Too many Australian enterprises are rushing into the Cloud without asking the right security questions, according to Pierre Tagle of information security and risk management consulting firm Sense of Security.
May 17, 2012 9:50 pm | ComputerWorld
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will help underpin a new IT precinct in Wollongong on the south coast of New South Wales.
May 17, 2012 7:53 pm | ComputerWorld
Malcolm Turnbull has said nearly 110,000 households in greenfield estates are on the NBN Co waiting list to receive fibre connections.
May 17, 2012 6:51 pm | ComputerWorld
Optus will sell the Motorola Defy Mini in Australia, a dust-proof, water-resistant and scratch-resistant smartphone.
May 17, 2012 6:44 pm | ComputerWorld
It seems like we are always dissing on Google. But not today. The search engine giant is about to roll out Knowledge Graph — a semantic Web solution — and the all the portents are good. Excellent in fact.
May 17, 2012 6:25 pm | ComputerWorld
The annual AusCERT gala dinner and awards is the social highlight of the conference and this year was no exception with winners and their colleagues celebrating into the night. The conference ends today on the Gold Coast.
May 17, 2012 5:19 pm | ComputerWorld
Lycamobile has been issued a formal warning from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for breaching the Telecommunications Act.
May 17, 2012 4:47 pm | ComputerWorld
Nokia has revealed its latest two Windows Phones will go on sale in Australia next month.
May 17, 2012 4:13 pm | ComputerWorld
Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets.
