How much do most of us think about the search terms we enter into our search engine of choice? Are there times when you hesitate entering a word or phrase? Do you ever wonder if someone out there, either an employee of the company that runs your search engine or some faceless researcher who gains [...]

“It is 2008 and never has so much been spent in information security. Year after year, more and more security hardware and software is purchased, more and more security professionals are hired, and more security is done; yet things are not getting better. Every indicator, every pundit, everything points to more security breaches, vulnerabilities and [...]

In a report issued yesterday on the unnamed 55-year-olds death in 2005, the health and disability commissioner attacked Lakes District Health Board for a series of failures in her post-operative care and the shameful treatment of her family.
The patient was supposed to have a special big bed in the high-dependency unit after her mastectomy, but [...]

The proposal comes in new laws being considered by the Australian government to protect the nations critical infrastructure from a cyber attack.
The proposed powers, which the government wants in place by the middle of next year and which could affect millions of workers, have been slammed as an unprecedented and unjustifiable intrusion on civil liberties.
The [...]

Health commissioner Ron Paterson, whose office launched the study after the Sunday Star-Times last year questioned the quality of foreign doctors says he had referred his findings to the Medical Council and specialist colleges.
The research into six years of complaints to his office found Indian-trained doctors are attracting more complaints per head than any other [...]

%26quot;The appellate panel would be headed by the board chairman and Shoaib can have the ban reviewed,%26quot; Shafqat Naghmi, the PCBs chief operating officer, said today.
%26quot;But we dont think it is an unjust decision of the disciplinary committee,%26quot; he said.
Shoaib, who was banned after a string of disciplinary violations, said he would be filing an [...]

According to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist David Schisler, the naturally occurring bacteria may compete with F. graminearum for nutrients exuded by the wheat plant’s anthers.
One such nutrient, choline, is rich in carbon that both the bacteria and fungus need to grow. F. graminearum also appears to rely on choline as a chemical cue [...]

Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf told a news conference yesterday the suspension was imposed on the recommendation of the PCB disciplinary committee and the paceman had the right to appeal.
The 32-year-old Akhtars international career will almost certainly be over unless he gets the ban overturned.
He described the punishment as harsh and unjustified and said he [...]

%26quot;We hope our study provides a tool for better treatments of neurological diseases, diagnosis, prognosis during therapy, and improved delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain,%26quot; said Philip Liu of Harvard, one of the researchers involved in the study. Liu also said that more research is necessary to determine exactly how these gene probes reach [...]

A blue sky yesterday meant it was the best day for the event after blustery and overcast conditions on Friday and Saturday.
The well-oiled engine that is Warbirds ran with few hitches, the notable exception being the absence of Australias C-17 Globemaster on Saturday.
Capable of carrying a payload four times greater than a Hercules, the enormous [...]