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Submission + - Australian stats agency goes open source (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by jimboh2k on Thursday December 16, 2010 @09:42PM

jimboh2k writes: The Australian Bureau of Statistics will use the 2011 Census of Population and Housing as a dry run for XML-based open source standards DDI and SDMX in a bid to make for easier machine-to-machine data, allowing users to better search for and access census datasets. The census will become the first time the open standards are used by an Australian Federal Government agency.

Submission + - 5 open source groupware suites to watch (cio.com.au)

Submitted by swandives on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @06:41AM

swandives writes: The big names like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Google Apps are generally found in organisations, but there are also viable open source alternatives. The latest in this '5 open source technologies to watch' series looks at open source Groupware, including Bongo, Citadel and Horde, for business applications.

Submission + - Cobol skills drought amid mainframe migrations (cio.com.au)

Submitted by swandives on Monday November 22, 2010 @07:24PM

swandives writes: COBOL has been around for more than 50 years, but companies are struggling to fill demand for skills. Some are even recruiting developers out of retirement to fulfil demand. According to CIO in Australia, they should instead consider an application modernization program which could also pave the way for migration off the mainframe to an open system. COBOL skills remain in demand among banks and govnerment departments, but the traditional mainframe platform is under pressure from modern Unix, Windows and Linux systems.

Submission + - Red Hat releases RHEL 6 (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @07:10PM

Sharky2009 writes: Red Hat has released version 6 of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution, which has more than 2,000 packages, and an 85 percent increase in the amount of code from the previous version. The company says it has contributed more than 3,500 changes to the Linux kernel.

Submission + - Wireless broadband over TV spectrum advancing (cio.com.au)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @10:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: Great slideshow of the CSIRO's prototype Ngara symetrical 12mbps wireless over analogue TV spectrum technology ahead of field trials in December. The CSIRO is also seeking millions in networking vendor funding to commercialize the technology, which could help deliver Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN).

Submission + - iPad serial port adapter

Submitted by swandives on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @09:47PM

swandives writes: Following on from the iPhone serial port hack, Chris Pollock shows how an iPad will look with a serial port adapter for those who need more screen space. The pictures show a basic prototype, but Pollock expects to have a more attractive alternative up and running in the coming months.

Submission + - How to: Unlock Android's multimedia muscle (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Thursday October 28, 2010 @09:57PM

Sharky2009 writes: Solid piece on how to unlock Android's full potential on your phone. How to do stuff like stay synced with Windows, get a full-featured interface, and use iTunes.

Submission + - MacBook Air vs. iPad showdown (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Thursday October 28, 2010 @09:35PM

Sharky2009 writes: Apple is plugging the Air as a hybrid device combining the best aspects of the MacBook with the iPad, but is that really the case? Great comparisson piece, including blow for blow tech specs and software features.

Submission + - IBM touts Portable Modular Data Center (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @03:01AM

Sharky2009 writes: Despite the ongoing boom in the resources and mining sectors, IBM is tipping that finance, government and manufacturing organisations will be the primary customers of its now officially launched data-center-in-a-box, the Portable Modular Data Center (PMDC).

Submission + - Governments must abandon proprietary software (techworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:18AM

Sharky2009 writes: Free software advocate, Richard Stallman, has argued that governments should be required to abandon proprietary software if they are to properly serve their citizens. According to Stallman, who launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984, free software – in the context of the ability to run, study, change and redistribute at the user’s discretion – was essential to governments retaining control over their computing.

Submission + - Linux kernel due early March (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by swandives on Sunday January 17, 2010 @10:03PM

swandives writes: The Linux.conf.au is in full-swing in Wellington, New Zealand, and Computerworld Australia has an interview with Jon Corbet in the leadup to his Kernel Report. The latest kernel release is due early March and will include reversed-engineered drivers for Nvidia chipsets.

Submission + - Google weighs up closing Google.cn, China offices (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @01:11AM

Sharky2009 writes: Google has said that the discovery of Chinese hacking attacks against itself and the Gmail accounts of human rights advocates is prompting it to consider pulling out of China altogether. This would see it close downs its Chinese operations and close Google.cn.

Submission + - Google “concerned” over Australian man (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @07:47PM

Sharky2009 writes: Google has expressed its concern over the Australian Government's plans to introduce a mandatory filtering regime for ISPs, arguing that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide. The company advocates limits on freedom of speech, such as in the instance of child pornography, but says a mandatory ISP filtering regime with a scope that goes well beyond such material was heavy handed and could raise genuine questions about restrictions on access to information.

Submission + - Australian Gov introduces mandatory ISP filtering (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @02:06AM

Sharky2009 writes: The Australia Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act to require all ISPs to block Refused Classification (RC)-rated material hosted on overseas servers. The introduction of mandatory ISP-level filtering follows the release of the Enex TestLab report which trialed the viability of ISP-level filtering among nine Australian ISPs.

Submission + - Mandatory ISP-Level Filtering report released (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sharky2009 on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @01:45AM

Sharky2009 writes: After much delay the Australian Federal Government has released the results of Enex TestLab’s test pilot into mandatory ISP-level content filtering, finding that a technically competent user could circumvent filtering technology based on ACMA’s blacklist.

The report also finds that the majority of filtering technologies, when correctly installed, enable the filtering of additional content with minimal or no performance impact.

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