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2008: The year of the content filter 
Software
2008: The year of the content filter
By Sarah Stokely | Feb 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
With Communications Minister Stephen Conroy set to release his report on ISP-level content filtering later this month, 2008 is shaping up to be the “year of the content filter” ...
 
Australian open source workers earn more money 
Training & Development
Australian open source workers earn more money
By Sarah Stokely | Feb 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
IT workers who specialise in free and open source software are earning more than the national average for IT, according to the results of Australia's first open source census.
 
Python 3.0 to be backwards incompatible 
Software
Python 3.0 to be backwards incompatible
By Sarah Stokely | Feb 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
Organisations using the programming language Python will be majorly affected by changes in store for the language over the course of the next twelve months, Linux.conf.au ...
 
Google Summer of Code headed down under 
Software
Google Summer of Code headed down under
By Sarah Stokely | Feb 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hot on the heels of the local launch of its Google Highly Open Participation computing competition for high school students, Google looks set to bring its famous Summer of Code ...
 
In open source, money doesn't always talk 
Software
In open source, money doesn't always talk
By Sarah Stokely | Jan 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
Getting a job in open source development can mean getting a pay-cheque for working on your favourite hobby. But the equation is more complicated than just adding money, ...
 
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source 
Software
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source
By Sarah Stokely | Jan 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, ...
 
Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier 
Security
Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier
By Sarah Stokely | Jan 30, 2008 | Comment Now 
Computer security expert Bruce Schneier took a swipe at a number of sacred cows of security including RFID tags, national ID cards and public CCTV security cameras in his ...
 
linux.conf.au set to kick off in Melbourne 
Software
linux.conf.au set to kick off in Melbourne
By Liz Tay | Jan 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Melbournites beware, Linus Torvalds and his colony of penguins are arriving in force for the annual Free and Open Source Software conference,linux.conf.au.
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