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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Australian research group wins Wi-Fi patent suit   Chinese malware targets passwords and log-ins   EBay software pirates fined US$100,000   First OLPC laptops face 'rigorous testing'   Gartner approves Dell's ACS acquisition   Global mobile phone sales jump by a fifth   Irish government rolls out e-passports   Microsoft beats Oracle in security showdown   SecureCard targets credit card fraudsters   Service provider router market jumps 30 percent   Study blasts failing phishing toolbars   Toshiba printer erases and reprints on a single sheet   Mac OS X vulnerable to unpatched bugs   Low-cost mobile phone email service takes flight   Microsoft gives away Office 2007 user interface
Thursday, 23rd November 2006
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This morning, a ruling issued by a US district court could result in Wi-Fi royalties being paid to the CSIRO.

Also making news, security researchers have disclosed flaws in Apple's Mac OS X operating system that allow attackers to crash the computer and possibly hijack it.

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Australian research group wins Wi-Fi patent suit
Judgement moves CSIRO closer to collecting 802.11 networking royalties.


Chinese malware targets passwords and log-ins
Hackers looking to exploit online gamers.


EBay software pirates fined US$100,000
SIIA claims victory in two cases.


First OLPC laptops face 'rigorous testing'
Children let loose to pound on the keyboards.


Gartner approves Dell's ACS acquisition
Purchase will extend PC giant's service business.


Global mobile phone sales jump by a fifth
Gartner reports Asia/Pacific as the fastest growing region.


Irish government rolls out e-passports
Commercial printer De La Rue Smurfit said this week that it is supplying an e-passport containing a secure 72KB chip to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.


Microsoft beats Oracle in security showdown
Microsoft is beating Oracle hands down with the security of its database, according to a new report.


SecureCard targets credit card fraudsters
Two-factor merchant transaction verification system touted as the answer.


Service provider router market jumps 30 percent
Cisco leader of the pack, followed by Juniper and Alcatel.


Study blasts failing phishing toolbars
Carnegie Mellon report shows inability to identify sites across the board.


Toshiba printer erases and reprints on a single sheet
Paper can be reused up to 500 times.


Mac OS X vulnerable to unpatched bugs
Security researchers have disclosed flaws in the Mac OS X operating system that allow attackers to crash the computer and possibly hijack it.


Low-cost mobile phone email service takes flight
The service stores messages on servers enabling users to access them from their PCs later, but it won't operate with Verizon Wireless or Nextel handsets and users can't download attachments to their phones.


Microsoft gives away Office 2007 user interface
Microsoft hopes that the giveaway results in more applications that share the look and feel of Office 2007, and thus creates a more identifiable application ecosystem.
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