Nirmal Chandrasena
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Banks help govt fish the phishers
by Nirmal Chandrasena
The Federal government, in conjunction with major banks and credit card companies, has launched a campaign to stamp out internet banking fraud.
May 20, 2004
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Jobs on the horizon?
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Employment in the IT sector is slowly improving, but people may be critically under-skilled, according to Eddie Liu, manager of IT recruitment at Robert Walters.
Mar 23, 2004
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Graduates opt for TAFE
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Figures from the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) indicate that 60,000 degree holders are enrolling in vocational education and training (VET) courses at TAFEs and private colleges each year.
Mar 18, 2004
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ICT jobs: are they out there?
by Nirmal Chandrasena
A new survey has found that fulltime employment in Australia’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector had grown, while unemployment remained ‘unacceptably high’.
Feb 24, 2004
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Bagle-B not rampant in Australia
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Internet security organisations Trend Micro and MessageLabs have discovered a variant of the Bagle email virus, called Bagle-B.
Feb 18, 2004
MODTECH Civic Diamond 1600DW
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Powered by an Intel Pentium-M 1.6GHz, the Modtech Civic Diamond 1600W Centrino notebook has a decent core specification, including a useful 512MB DDR RAM, 40GB of disk space and an ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 card offering 64MB of non-shared memory.
Dec 10, 2003
BEYOND Avrora
by Nirmal Chandrasena
It's not big, but it's brave - powered by the Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz processor, the classy looking Beyond Avrora was not afraid to show its muscles, scoring very well in office related tasks.
Dec 10, 2003
JBL Invader
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Ever since we sighted the alien-like JBL Creature speakers, we've been waiting for a second coming. We didn't have to wait long - the JBL Invader 4.1 system has just landed. The silence of our quiet earth is about to be shattered.
Dec 10, 2003
PIONEER POWER 470
by Nirmal Chandrasena
If laptops were cars, then the Pioneer Power 470 would be a caravan - a quick scan of the specs reveals that it has almost everything. The 470 model we tested was a 3.06GHz Pentium 4 unit with a large 60GB of drive space and 256MB of DDR.
Dec 10, 2003
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The latest dirt on the net
by Nirmal Chandrasena
New figures have revealed increasing amounts of e-filth being spread online.
Dec 1, 2003
12Ghosts Popup-Killer
by Nirmal Chandrasena
12Ghosts Popup-Killer LE 7.02 is free for non-commercial use, which is a good thing because this is worth having a look at.
Nov 12, 2003
Complete Wireless Home Networking, WinXP Edition
by Nirmal Chandrasena
The title says it all, and though I'm wary of anything branded as 'complete', Paul Heltzel's 'Complete Wireless Home Networking' offers both the essential education and the 'walkthrough' for you to start your first home wireless network.
Nov 12, 2003
Kensington Wi-Fi Finder
by Nirmal Chandrasena
Readily finding wireless hotspots, usable public wireless hotspots, can be a pain when you've got to power your laptop to see if any are available in the immediate vicinity. Enter the Kensington Wi-Fi Finder, a hand held hotspot detector.
Nov 12, 2003