Stories by Andrew Hendry

IT job ads hit hard in April

Job advertisements for the IT sector took a hard blow last month, falling 1.92 percent to cap off a 10 percent fall in IT jobs over the past three months, according to the Olivier Job Index.

An open palette: Tux Paint's Bill Kendrick

Bill Kendrick is a software machine. He is the lead designer and developer of New Breed Software, a company creating free and open source games, libraries, tools and utilities across a range of operating systems, mobile devices, hand held and home video consoles. He has personally created a diverse range of classic Web-based games that run across all browsers, and has worked as a professional video game developer since 2003.

School kids turning away from computing subjects

Both young men and women are walking away from secondary school studies that could lead to careers in IT, with young women turning away faster than their male counterparts, according to the Dean of Charles Sturt University's Faculty of Education.

Mobile services outnumber Aussies for the first time

Mobile phone services outnumbered the Australian population for the first time as of 30 June 2007, when 21.26 million mobile phone services were in operation, according to a report released this week by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Feds tout malware as Australia's biggest cyber threat

The director of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre believes that the diversity of malware and its abilities to circumvent security products, is the greatest threat on the local cyber crime landscape.

AVG Free Edition 8.0 merges anti-virus with anti-spyware, adds safe-search

AVG's Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 will be available for download from Friday 25 April, providing basic protection against viruses and spyware to consumers.

SANS capitalises on security training in Canberra

The SANS Institute has formalised its association with Shearwater Solutions by appointing the company as its local ANZ representative, as well as bringing it on board to organize a SANS security training event in Canberra in June.

Sphere of influence: CSIRO redefines the kilo

The 120 year old International Prototype that defines the world's standard for the mass of one kilogram, held at the International Bureau of Weights and Measurement in Paris (BIPM), is set to be replaced by a perfect silicon crystal sphere developed by scientists at Australia's CSIRO.

National Broadband Network could expose naked DSL

The ability to bundle multiple broadband services and avoid fixed line rental has seen naked DSL emerge as the next cash cow for some ISPs, who want to see the service evolve into their flagship product.

Victoria's largest ever IT health program under fire

The most widespread and comprehensive IT program ever undertaken by the Victorian Public Health System is running behind schedule and has only installed a quarter of the planned applications, despite spending over half its budget, according to the Victorian Auditor-General's Office.

University of Canberra seeks new traffic management solution

A network traffic quota system developed in-house at the [[xref: http://www.canberra.edu.au/|University of Canberra]] (UC) in the mid nineties has passed its expiry date, with the University [[xref:http://www.canberra.edu.au/icts/tenders|seeking proposals]] for a new network traffic management solution.

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