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Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors 22 May, 2012 20:08:56
Even for organizations with a stellar full-time IT staff, situations often arise where temporary outside help is needed. A big Web project might demand a few extra programmers to meet a tough deadline, for example, or a rollout of tools to support a sales force bent on capturing a broader market may require expertise not available in-house. - +
5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world 08 February, 2012 02:48:00
With the ongoing rollout of Facebook's Timeline feature, security and privacy have never been more important to your digital life. The new layout presents all of your current and past activities on Facebook -- posts, photos, comments, likes and so on -- in a handy timeline format to anyone with access to your profile, which may include friends of friends, colleagues, executives at your company, a potential future boss ... well, you get the idea. - +
LinkedIn groups for IT pros: How to find the best 24 August, 2011 23:59:00
While Facebook and Google+ may grab most of the headlines these days, social networking pioneer LinkedIn has been quietly establishing itself as the place for professionals to meet, converse and exchange information. - +
10 great iPhone apps for business collaboration 30 September, 2010 01:48:00
In today's infinitely connected workplace, the iPhone's popularity and usability make it a powerful platform for collaboration. With a few downloads from Apple's App Store, you can be managing projects, updating your team, tracking progress and sharing documents from anywhere you can get a signal. - +
8 essential privacy extensions for Firefox 24 September, 2010 00:21:00
They say privacy doesn't exist on the Web -- but that doesn't mean you can't try to safeguard your personal information. Our computers are loaded with details about our personal and business lives, and it's definitely not acceptable to reveal them haphazardly. With hackers becoming ever more sophisticated, you have to take precautions. - +
5 Windows 7 security features businesses need to know about 05 August, 2010 03:37:00
The words Windows and security have not always been compatible. In the past, Microsoft's quest to make its operating system as easy to manage as possible for the "typical" user has often meant sacrificing adequate safeguards against intrusion and infection. Windows XP's notorious vulnerability to network worms stands as a recent example; Microsoft shipped the operating system with a firewall but initially left it turned off by default. - +
5 ways to use bootable Linux live discs 21 July, 2010 04:21:00
In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. - +
10 must-have free Palm webOS apps 20 March, 2010 06:11:00
Palm's official webOS app store has come a long way. With only 30 apps available> at the App Catalog's launch last June, there wasn't much for early Palm Pre owners to get excited about. Today, however, the App Catalog sports well over a thousand titles. That's a far cry from the iPhone's 150,000 applications, but there are plenty of apps for users of the Palm Pre and Pixi and the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to choose from, and many of the best ones are free. - +
10 must-have free BlackBerry apps 13 January, 2009 08:52:00
Your BlackBerry might be plenty powerful out of the box, but there are hundreds of third-party applications out there that can make the device even more useful.
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CIO industry insight podcast #11: Brad Howarth talks about the future of broadband 15 June, 2011 09:17:33
Journalist for CIO Australia, Lisa Banks, chats to Brad Howarth about A Faster Future; the book he co-authored with Janelle Ledwidge. - +
CIO Live Podcast #89: Graham Waller, vice president and executive partner, Gartner 24 November, 2010 14:34:44
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks with Graham Waller, co-author of The CIO Edge - 7 Leadership Skills you need to drive results. The book examines the key skills CIOs need and how to develop them,focusing on the importance of the interplay between IT processes and people leadership. - +
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Special Report: Green and Sustainable IT in the Enterprise 15 April, 2010 11:58:23
Despite all the hype surrounding Green IT, many CIOs and senior IT executives are unsure about the best way to start their organisations on the green journey. In this special edition podcast, CIO Australia editor Matt Rodgers speaks to Sundeep Khisty, Green Practice Leader, HP Enterprise Services, Asia Pacific & Japan, about how CIOs can best guide IT to become a core part of a company's sustainability strategy.
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Chinese cyber-espionage threatens U.S. economy, DoD says 25 May, 2012 13:23:49
China's refusal to even recognize the problem -- never mind address it -- is behind opposition to granting an international service license to China Mobile - +
Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges 25 May, 2012 15:45:59
West New York mayor Felix Roque and his son are accused of hacking into a website that promoted his recalling from officeThe mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and his administration. - +
Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download 25 May, 2012 14:56:00
Absitnthe 2.0 is the first untethered jailbreak available for the third-generation iPadAbsinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam. - +
Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches 25 May, 2012 09:30:09
Companies are vulnerable, but often don't realize they areThe story "Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches," posted on the wire Thursday, incorrectly stated the location of Onapsis in the second paragraph. - +
Government alarm over cyberattacks validated by terrorists 25 May, 2012 13:23:21
Purported al Qaeda video circulated by supporters of Senate legislation to regulate computer security of critical industries
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