Government & Public Sector

A Chinese Web site launched on Thursday allows Internet users in the world's most populous country to report illegal content online.

Black comedy was perfected when George W. Bush began using the term "evil-doers" to refer to those who do nasty things to Americans.

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The cybersecurity of the U.S. is too important to leave to the chance that marketplace incentives will lead to more secure software, a liberal...

The Internet is a "god-awful mess," but few U.S. government officials are willing to take action against virus writers, spammers and other scammers, author Bruce Sterling said at the Gartner IT Security Summit Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Six months after Treasurer Peter Costello publicly reprimanded Telstra Corp. Ltd. for sending 400 IT jobs to India, Minister for Communications, IT and the Arts Daryl Williams has flatly ruled out the introduction of any curbs on IT offshoring.

The debate over electronic voting is more contentious than presidential politics. Proponents believe that e-voting, in which votes are cast, recorded and counted electronically, will ensure the integrity of our election system, streamline election administration, and finally deliver on the promise of the secret ballot to the blind and other Americans who have not been able to vote unassisted at many polling places. But a vocal group of computer scientists is sounding the alarm that e-voting is too rife with security gaps, software bugs and procedural lapses to entrust with the linchpin of our democracy.

With the Federal Spam Act officially having taken effect in April, organizations have now had well over a month to adapt to the new laws or risk facing fines up to A$1.1 million (US$740,000).