Too Much Information

Users of social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, are redrawing the boundaries between what is public and what is private, writes Nick Galvin.

Never Too Old To Face This Gang

LIONEL JACOBS may have been born more than three decades before the first computer, but that hasn't stopped the tech-savvy Sydneysider from joining the social networking craze and becoming an online love doctor.

Networking

Tourism Alliance Victoria is hosting the 2008 Victorian Adventure and Nature-Based Tourism Forum in Beechworth on July 29 and 30. "The forum will tackle some of the many issues operators are faced with in order to survive and prosper in today's challenging environment," says Tourism Alliance chief executive Anthony McIntosh.

Log On For Jesus? You Ain't Fooling Me With That Modern Shtick

The Catholic Church's new social networking site gives the illusion of progress, writes Catherine Deveny.

Face Off

Cyber criminals are preying on social networking sites. Katie Cincotta reports.

Time To Face Up To Your Age

A computer program can accurately estimate a person's age from a photo - even a baby snap. Geoff Maslen reports.

Facebook Confidential

Your personal information can end up on more than a networking site. Elissa Baxter reports.

Party Like It's 1969

A lot happened that year, including the birth of the computer age.

Facebook Up To It

YOU'VE probably heard of the term Web 2.0. It was invented by computer book publisher Tim O'Reilly and refers to the increasingly large number of internet applications that are collaborative and interactive.

In Your Facebook

Your personal information can end up on more than a networking site, writes Elissa Baxter.

Around The World, On Loyalty Points

An Australian tells Brad Howarth how home-grown skills equipped him for the global market.

For A Man Who Could Not Have Been More Committed To Justice, An Unjust End

INSIDE a nondescript brown brick house in an ordinary Dandenong street, a migrant family sits and prays, coming to terms with how an extraordinary death terminated an even more extraordinary life.

Giving Accreditation Where It's Due For Cios

A new industry council aims to improve the professional standing of information executives, writes Beverley Head.

Grammar School To Become Security Hub During Games

MELBOURNE Girls Grammar in South Yarra will become the Victoria Police's security nerve centre for next year's Commonwealth Games.

Casting A Net To Capture Life's Opportunities

Networking is an essential skill when you're looking for work but is more complex than thrusting business cards into the palms of strangers. By Wendy Taylor.

The Light's On But Nobody's Home

There was a time you could be confident your favourite radio show was local and live. These days, it could have been recorded earlier on the other side of the country. Sue Javes looks at how networking has changed radio.

Playing Into Your Hands

Fierce competition in the hand-held computer market has given consumers more choice. Charles Wright reports.

Whistleblowers Land Boss In Court

Two office workers dobbed in their boss to police over alleged secret commissions he offered in a multimillion-dollar contract to upgrade the Victoria Police computer system, a court has heard.

From Prototype To Necessity

The personal computer turned 30 last month. The first PC, the Alto, was developed at Xerox's legendary Palo Alto Research Centre, home of the graphic user interface, laser printer and peer-to-peer computing. The Alto, a prototype never produced in commercial quantities, had a vertically oriented, bi

Status Stays Secure

THE Hunter's reputation as a leader in specialist technology has been further boosted by CNN/Techcel creation of a secure high performing data connection for a major defence industry supplier.