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  • VMware Unveils “Breakthrough” Virtual Desktop

    VMware is showing off a new public beta of its ACE2 Enterprise Edition, pitching the solution as the only product that allows IT administrators to centrally manage and control virtual desktops installed on any PC.

  • ASIO Wants Access to Smart Card Database

    The government’s smart card initiative is again raising concerns in parliament, with the head of ASIO telling a Senate committee that a warrant was not needed for it to request information from the smart card database.

  • The Digital Big Bang: 988 Billion Gigabytes by 2010

    An EMC sponsored IDC study forecasts the amount of digital information created in 2010 to hit a staggering 988 billion gigabytes. A result that will see digital information turn more than six times over the 161 billion created in 2006.

  • Marshal Filters for Security

    Security firm Marshal has released a URL Filtering List, comprises of a database of over 60 million websites, for Web security and management through a single, policy-based framework.

  • NEC calls for return to thin computing

    Although Senator Coonan’s announcement today of its $162million plan to subsidise broadband access where it is unavailable in metropolitan areas is conspicuously well-timed for a looming Federal election year, it certainly supports NEC's p...

  • Novell Releases Open XML Converter

    Novell has come through with its promise to promote interoperability between OpenOffice and Microsoft Office 2007, and become the third group to release and Open XML/Open Document Format translator in as many months.

  • Office 2007 for $25?

    Microsoft is making a big push for the allegiance of Australian university students, offering Office 2007 packages for as little as $25.