FOR those outside the IT industry, the term ‘cybercrime’ seems the stuff of Hollywood movies and media scandals. Thoughts of computer hackers defeating evil multinationals by simply infiltrating their networks have never been so entertaining.
THE Australian Communications Authority last week banned the use of mobile phone boosters and users face big fines if caught using the prohibited technology.
PEAK IT industry associations have labelled last week’s Federal Budget a disappointment, claiming only minor spending has been directed at one of Australia’s fastest growing industries.
AUSTRALIA’S information and communications technology industry is worth more than $100 billion a year and employs 680,000 people, but makes a smaller contribution to the country compared with ICT industries in other nations.
A WA company has developed a new software package that will allow part-time investors to analyse share markets and look for upward trends via the Internet.
WHILE more than one third of WA households are now online, the initial cost of connecting to the Internet is still prohibitive for low-income families.
IMAGES of Ally McBeal, LA Law, and The Practice dominate our television screens, but the head of the WA Law Society wants to make sure the public can distinguish fantasy from reality.
HOSPITALITY industry employers will need to look closely at their workplace smoking policies following a landmark Supreme Court decision to award more than $466,000 in damages in a passive smoking case.
STYLISHLY thin laptop computers have replaced the thick reams of legal documents barristers and judges carry to courtrooms in the May Holman building on St George’s Terrace.
ACCORDING to a national survey released this week, 70 per cent of IT business leaders believe jobs will be lost due to the weak economy. But the outlook for the end of the year is bright.
THE Internet Industry Association has called for Communications Minister Richard Alston to abandon the controversial datacasting licence auction set for later this month.
PERTH’S new media companies believe a Federal Government initiative to fund 21,000 new university places in high demand fields such as Information Technology will not result in a glut of IT graduates.
A PERTH-based web portal site has criticised Yahoo and LookSmart for charging businesses more than $300 to be listed in their directories, despite not guaranteeing the sites will be included.