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• ANZUS cyber security message aimed at China

  By AAP | 27 April, 2012 12:44

  The extension of the ANZUS alliance into cyberspace in 2011 was aimed at cyber attacks from China, a new study says.

• Joint ventures by US tech firms with China pose cyberwar risk: report

  By Ellen Messmer | 09 March, 2012 09:35

  Should conflict occur, China's cyberwar plans target the U.S., and today's Chinese joint ventures with U.S. manufacturers in hardware, software and telecommunications create a "potential vector" for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to exploit and compromise, says a report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission sent to Capitol Hill today.

• Internet freedom could turn on 'middle countries'

  By Kenneth Corbin | 08 February, 2012 10:37

  With so much attention focused on online censorship in highly restrictive countries such as China, Iran and Syria, the discussion of global Internet freedom often has tended to exclude the large class of more moderate nations with rapidly growing online populations with only a rudimentary set of laws and policies for the Web.

• U.S. losing high-tech jobs, R&D dominance to Asia

  By Ann Bednarz | 20 January, 2012 03:20

  U.S. companies are locating more of their research and development operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science and technology economies, the National Science Board (NSB) reported this week.

• Your identity up for grabs

  By Mark Gibbs | 14 January, 2012 04:35

  Security was a big issue in 2011 with more sophisticated and a wider range of threats than ever before wasting even more of everyone's time at a cost of billions of dollars.

• Security roundup: DOD revving up cyber-defense for 2012; Microsoft to have big January Patch Tuesday

  By Ellen Messmer | 07 January, 2012 07:35

  Buried in the lengthy National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the $622 billion defense spending bill which was signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 31, 2011, are some interesting nuggets about how the U.S. military wants to expand its cyber-defense strategy over the course of this year.

• China's cheaper cities prime for IT outsourcers

  By Stephanie Overby | 08 December, 2011 07:16

  More than 20 cities in China offer viable IT service delivery, according to a recent report by outsourcing consulting firm Everest Group, each with its pros and cons.

• China warming to broadband competition

  By AAP | 28 September, 2011 08:47

  China is allowing more competition in building broadband infrastructure than Australia, where the federal government has created the National Broadband Network (NBN) monopoly, according to Opposition communications spokeperson, Malcolm Turnbull.

• China cracks down on WiFi in public spaces

  By AAP | 29 July, 2011 14:49

  China has ordered public spaces offering WiFi web access to install costly software to enable police to identify people using the service, state media said.

• Hewlett-Packard to expand in China

  By AAP | 04 July, 2011 09:27

  US computer maker Hewlett Packard plans to expand in China, with a string of research centres and manufacturing facilities in several Chinese cities.

• IT outsourcing in China and data privacy guidelines

  By Stephanie Overby | 05 May, 2011 05:09

  China's data privacy protection has long been considered one of the world's weakest. But the government's proposed data security guidelines may go too far in the opposite direction.

• China closes 130,000 Internet cafes as it seeks more control

  By Michael Kan | 18 March, 2011 21:06

  China shut down more than 130,000 illegal Internet cafes in the country over a six year period, as part of crackdown to control the market, according to a new Chinese government report.

• Chinese 'driving ICT agenda' in Africa: Wikileaks

  By Rodney Gedda | 02 March, 2011 11:23

  The latest US cable released by Wikileaks scorns Chinese ICT companies doing business in Kenya as "re-colonising Africa" with "good and cheap" equipment, even if the after-sales service is described as s***.

• CIO world view

  By CIO Staff | 21 February, 2011 09:24

  A roundup of people, news and events from global CIOs.

• Night Dragon brings security vulnerabilities into the boardroom

  By Georgina Swan | 11 February, 2011 10:06

  A hacking operation dubbed ‘Night Dragon’ has targeted energy utilities, using tried-and-tested intrusion methods to steal intellectual property related to oil field exploration and bidding plans, according to security company McAfee.