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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 | 16/01/2008 Flash attack could take over your router
Security researchers have released code showing how a pair of widely used technologies could be misused to take control of a victim's Web browsing exp...
Article | 16/01/2008 MACWORLD - Apple airs out 'world's thinnest subnotebook'
Apple's CEO Steve Jobs took centre stage at the Macworld Conference and Expo Tuesday to introduce what he called "the world's thinnest notebook," dubb...
Article | 23/08/2007 Google Street View: The Internet giant comes to you
Google is coming for you. In fact, Google's minions are driving Chevy Cobalts with roof-mounted 360-degree digital cameras, and they want to take your...
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 | 14/01/2008 New Pacific cable set to make broadband cheaper
PIPE Networks on Monday announced the approval of a $200m undersea cable system stretching from Sydney to Guam which it claims will inject much needed...
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...
Article | 15/01/2008 Packeteer readies faster generation of traffic-shaping gear
Packeteer Networks in a few weeks will be coming out with a faster generation of its traffic-shaping gear that eventually will reach 20Gbps throughput...
Article | 14/01/2008 CES - Plasma and LCD TVs getting thinner
Ultra-thin flat panel displays were the highlight of this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, with many vendors showing thinner and sleeke...
Article | 14/01/2008 Child Wise CEO calls for government re-think on ISP filtering
Child Wise CEO Bernadette McMenamin has clarified her position on the Federal government's plan to implement mandatory Internet filtering at the ISP l...
Article | 14/01/2008 Great wall of Australia: Industry rejects sanitised Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs), IT managers and the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have slammed the federal government's national content fil...

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