Recent articles by Nate Cochrane

eCrime Symposium: Live coverage

eCrime Symposium: Live coverage

Editor-in-chief Nate Cochrane tweets live from the eCrime Symposium.
Nate Cochrane Aug 4 2009 10:46AM Security
Electrifying ideas for a smart power grid

Electrifying ideas for a smart power grid

Utilities' next-gen networks are not just for bright sparks.
Nate Cochrane Jul 30 2009 10:20AM Security
Terrorists shop around for identities

Terrorists shop around for identities

Shopkeepers urged to check their customers' bona fides.
Nate Cochrane Jul 9 2009 10:45AM Security
Utilities wise up to smart grids

Utilities wise up to smart grids

Power to the people?
Nate Cochrane Jul 2 2009 6:27AM Networking
Rod Beckstrom confirmed to lead ICANN

Rod Beckstrom confirmed to lead ICANN

Civil libertarian puts dictators and spooks on notice.
Nate Cochrane Jun 26 2009 2:07PM Security
Rod Beckstrom appointed ICANN chief

Rod Beckstrom appointed ICANN chief

Australian out, cybersecurity expert in.
Nate Cochrane Jun 26 2009 11:12AM Networking
First look at Windows 7 security

First look at Windows 7 security

USB drive encryption to become standard on business PCs.
Nate Cochrane Jun 24 2009 11:33AM Software
iPhones in the stream

iPhones in the stream

Live, real-time video streaming coming to your hand.
Nate Cochrane Jun 23 2009 12:02AM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Google's wave drowns the bling in Microsoft's Bing

Opinion: Google's wave drowns the bling in Microsoft's Bing

The browser battle renewed today as Google launched its game-changing successor to e-mail, Wave, while across town NineMSN demonstrated its new search engine, Bing.
Nate Cochrane May 29 2009 4:07PM Software
Sharing generation faces Australia Card 3.0

Sharing generation faces Australia Card 3.0

The Facebook generation, unbowed by their parents' sense of privacy propriety, is fast-tracking a global "Australia Card", a Sydney biometrics conference heard yesterday.
Nate Cochrane May 29 2009 5:59AM Security
Skype launches Australian online shop

Skype launches Australian online shop

A clicks-and-mortar strategy is a possibility for virtual telco, Skype, which launched its Australian online shop today.
Nate Cochrane May 27 2009 5:51PM Telco/ISP
AusCERT09: Googling our way to network apocalypse

AusCERT09: Googling our way to network apocalypse

Disabling Australia's critical infrastructure starts with a simple Google search, a security researcher warned today at a Gold Coast conference soon after another speaker told audiences of the need to aggressively pursue smart power meters.
Nate Cochrane May 19 2009 2:55PM Security
AusCERT09: US Military inspects student laptops for security threats

AusCERT09: US Military inspects student laptops for security threats

If you have a problem with your staff or students installing unauthorised applications, or your network is groaning under malware, Colonel Joe Adams from the United States Military Academy at West Point has a solution - but it's one your users probably won't enjoy.
Nate Cochrane May 18 2009 2:45PM Security
Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Gazing into its crystal ball, analyst International Data Corporation predicts "pockets of opportunity" for the IT industry in an otherwise gloomy outlook this year.
Nate Cochrane May 5 2009 2:18PM Hardware
More money for research is cloud's silver lining

More money for research is cloud's silver lining

A freshly decorated Australian researcher in the $78 billion a year cloud computing industry is using his $1000 award to lift the subject's profile locally.
Nate Cochrane Apr 16 2009 6:15AM Networking
Australian researcher finds silver lining in the cloud

Australian researcher finds silver lining in the cloud

Cloud computing is tipped to nudge $A200 billion a year by 2013, but who pays for it is the question that concerns a newly decorated Melbourne researcher.
Nate Cochrane Apr 15 2009 12:00PM Networking
Entries open in inaugural SC Australia/AusCERT awards

Entries open in inaugural SC Australia/AusCERT awards

As part of the IT security industry's leading global awards program, the SC Australia awards presented by AusCERT recognise those who patrol our electronic badlands.
Nate Cochrane Mar 18 2009 2:40PM Security
BBC.com mulls global media options

BBC.com mulls global media options

Australian fans of Dr Who and other BBC properties may soon have cause to rejoice.
Nate Cochrane Mar 7 2009 11:52AM Strategy
Survey: Economic woes spur virtual conferencing

Survey: Economic woes spur virtual conferencing

Reducing travel costs and speeding products to market are hot buttons for decision makers, an iTnews survey found.
Nate Cochrane Mar 4 2009 3:52PM Software
Obama's digital kingmaker advises Aussies to get "real"

Obama's digital kingmaker advises Aussies to get "real"

It's time to drop the corporate-speak to start dealing with your supporters, customers and partners like human beings.
Nate Cochrane Feb 13 2009 3:17PM Strategy

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