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Article | 22/01/2008 Skype plugs critical bug with temp move

Hackers can exploit newly uncovered vulnerabilities in Skype's popular chat and VoIP software to shanghai a Windows PC, security researchers said Thur...

Article | 21/01/2008 Google provides AU$28.5 million for worldwide charitable works

The philanthropic arm of Google said it is giving US$25 million (AU$28.5 million) in grants and investments to companies and organizations committed t...

Article | 21/01/2008 Exploit available for year's first critical Windows bug

A just-released proof-of-concept exploit against the year's first Windows vulnerability has security researchers ringing alarm bells.

Article | 18/01/2008 ACCC sets ULLS pricing: Primus 'Justice has finally been done'

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has published its final determinations made in the arbitration of disputes over access to the Uncon...

Article | 18/01/2008 Telstra's CDMA cut-off gets Ministerial reprieve

The CDMA cut-off date has been pushed back several months after the Federal Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, said on Friday that he wa...

Article | 18/01/2008 Security alert: 'Valentine's Day' Storm gives love a bad name

Valentine's Day is less than a month away, and already the special messages are flowing in. But before you click on an e-mail from a secret admirer, s...

Article | 18/01/2008 Digg.com videos coming to Internet television network

Internet television network Revision3 is launching The Digg Reel, a new weekly show that will highlight the most popular videos submitted to Digg.com.

Article | 15/01/2008 Apple's first security patches of 2008 fix iPhone, QuickTime

Apple has released its first security updates of the new year, fixing bugs in its QuickTime media player and iPhone and iPod touch devices.

Article | 15/01/2008 Mac security program tries to scare users into buying

Some Macintosh users have encountered a security program whose function and Web site have the tell-tale signs of a scam.

Article | 15/01/2008 MySpace, US states team up for children's safety

An agreement between MySpace and most US state attorneys general will significantly increase the safety of minors on the popular social network and bo...

Article | 15/01/2008 New mass hack strikes sites, confounds researchers

A massive hack of legitimate Web sites has been spreading malware to visitors' PCs, using a new tactic that has made detection "extraordinarily diffic...

Article | 15/01/2008 Microsoft on Xbox's strange signal: It could be anything

After 37 days, Microsoft issued a 43-word statement on the report of a strange, strong radio signal apparently generated by its Xbox 360 game console,...

Article | 15/01/2008 Microsoft changes mind, goes public with Vista SP1 refresh

In a quick turnabout, Microsoft made the newest tweak to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) available to the public on Friday.

Article | 14/01/2008 Nintendo blocked GoldenEye XBLA, says Microsoft

According to <a href="http://kotaku.com/344324/goldeneye-xbla-shitcanning-was-nintendos-fault">Kotaku</a>, Microsoft officials allege that Nintendo pr...

Article | 15/01/2008 nVidia Announces Hybrid SLI

nVidia announced the industry's first hybrid technology for PC platforms--Hybrid SLI--that addresses two critical issues: increasing graphics performa...

Article | 15/01/2008 How to debunk a Macworld rumor

Rumors and hearsay, gossip and scuttlebutt are the coin of the realm for Apple fans in the days, now hours, that precede CEO Steve Jobs strutting acro...

Article | 15/01/2008 China Mobile reportedly rebuffs Apple's iPhone

China Mobile Communications, which has been talking with Apple for more than two months about serving as the US company's iPhone partner, has broken o...

Article | 15/01/2008 New Trojan intercepts online banking information

A new Trojan program is targeting unwitting users' bank data by intercepting account information before it is encrypted and sending it to a central at...

Article | 15/01/2008 10,000 Web sites rigged with advanced hacking attack

A sophisticated hacking scheme seen early last year is affecting an increasing number of Web servers, including one owned by a major online advertisin...

Article | 15/01/2008 Google redesigns mobile applications after iPhone surge

Google, inundated with traffic from iPhone users over the holidays, has hurriedly made improvements to its mobile Web applications that will enable fa...