Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories by: Howard Dahdah

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    ATO again the target of phishing scam 07/01/2009 09:55:00

    Just like it did this time last year, the Australian Tax Office is again warning taxpayers of a fraudulent email being circulated that claims to offer citizens a tax refund.
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    Minchin: 2008 a year of broadband stagnation 31/12/2008 09:07:00

    Instead of having a high speed national broadband structure in place, Australia will enter the new year with confusion and further delays in realising its broadband dream. That’s shadow communications minister Nick Minchin's assessment of Senator Stephen Conroy’s 2008 efforts on delivering broadband to the people.
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    Quiz: Australia's contribution to Linux and open source 30/12/2008 14:19:00

    How much do you know about Australia’s contribution to Linux and open source software?
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    Consumer complacency features prominently in security survey 17/12/2008 14:38:00

    Consumers appear to be rather complacent about their online security, if research by VeriSign is a guide.
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    ISPs begin to offer unmetered access to ABC’s iView service 11/12/2008 11:28:00

    iPrimus is the second ISP to announce this week it is offering unmetered access to the ABC’s iView TV service, which is now available to all its broadband customers.
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    NBN may be running late, but it will be built right: Conroy 01/12/2008 09:04:00

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that the National Broadband Network has taken much longer than the government expected, but says the outcome will be worth it.
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    It falls 8% short, but Conroy accepts Telstra’s NBN bid 27/11/2008 14:32:00

    At 12 pages and almost 1000 pages less than Optus-led Terria bid, Telstra’s proposal to construct the National Broadband Network will be considered for the $4.7 billion project, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said on Wednesday.
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    Medicare employee accessed database to make fake Baby Bonus claims 27/11/2008 09:26:00

    A Medicare employee has used his access privileges to hack into a database of deceased persons to claim more than $300,000 in false Baby Bonus payments, allege the Australian Federal Police.
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    Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place 24/11/2008 12:44:00

    Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his interest in the computing industry into an invaluable snapshot of computer history. Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. His collection is vast, from a 1920s Julius Totalisator, the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Apple’s Lisa, MITS Altair 8800, numerous punch cards and over 6000 computer reference books. And more. He happily opened his doors for CIO to take a look.
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    Graveyard for Old Computers Produces New Wave of Nostalgia 24/11/2008 13:25:00

    When the makers of The Dish -- the Australian film about how the radio telescope in Parkes, NSW played it’s part in beaming live pictures of NASA’s moon landing in 1969 -- came to Max Burnet of the Australian Computer Museum Society asking for a PDP-9 as part of their prop, Burnet was happy to assist.
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    Film industry sues iiNet over BitTorrent downloads 20/11/2008 14:47:00

    The leading film studios and Channel 7 have taken legal action against iiNet claiming the ISP is complicit in the infringement of their copyrighted material.
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