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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Review: Three security suites for individuals & small businesses   Web 2.0: Ingredients for a site makeover   IIA sounds off on copyright law ammendments   Internet valuations inflated   Star Wars Kid video heads for the dark side   Intel makes chip samples with smaller circuits   Sony may invest more in Samsung LCD joint venture   GPS devices won't kill paper maps, mapmaker says   Asus to bring mobile phones to market   Nanotechnology comes home for the holidays   Software will let users dodge government Internet censorship   Bye bye wires; Sony wants to send sounds through your body   Hackers prepping for new attacks   Most Chinese hackers seek passwords   New bot exploits months-old Symantec bug   China's Sinosat confirms failure of SinoSat-2
Wednesday, 29th November 2006
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This afternoon, we give you a head to head review of three security suites for individuals and small businesses – Trend Micro, McAfee, and Norton.

Also making news, enterprises that put up plain-Jane websites today risk turning away the more discerning browsing customer.


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Review: Three security suites for individuals & small businesses
Here's how recently upgraded packages from McAfee, Norton, and Trend Micro stack up in terms of virus protection, automatic definition updates, and firewalling.


Web 2.0: Ingredients for a site makeover
Putting up a few links and images doesn't cut it anymore. To bring your site into the Web 2.0 world, you need to know about Ajax, Active X, RSS, and other key technologies.


IIA sounds off on copyright law ammendments
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has joined the chorus of voices warning of the dangers of the Federal Government’s planed copyright law amendments.


Internet valuations inflated
NEW YORK - IAC/InterActive is staying on the sidelines for now in terms of big acquisitions as many Internet sector companies are overpriced, chief executive Barry Diller has said.


Star Wars Kid video heads for the dark side
Estimate of 900 million views largely based on 'informed approximation'.


Intel makes chip samples with smaller circuits
Intel said it's making prototypes of computer processors using new manufacturing techniques that further shrink circuitry, making the chips run faster and use less power.


Sony may invest more in Samsung LCD joint venture
Sony may boost investment in its LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics, a spokesman for the Japanese electronics giant said on Tuesday.


GPS devices won't kill paper maps, mapmaker says
One reason paper maps remain in high demand is their capability to provide a higher level of accuracy than GPS devices, says Marc Jennings, president of mapmaker Langenscheidt Publishing Group.


Asus to bring mobile phones to market
Taiwanese component and notebook manufacturer Asus plans to diversify its product range by heading into the mobile phone market.




Nanotechnology comes home for the holidays
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology updated its online catalog of products incorporating nanotech, ranging from the Apple iPod Nano to Zellens Fullerene C60 Night Cream.


Software will let users dodge government Internet censorship
Developers from the University of Toronto plan to release software this week that will allow residents in restrictive countries to gain uncensored Internet access through friends' and family members' home computers.


Bye bye wires; Sony wants to send sounds through your body
Sony has found a way to transmit radio signals through a wearer's body to earphones that convert the signals back to sound.


Hackers prepping for new attacks
Exploits come in waves followed by periods of quiet. A new wave of attacks is in the works, says Exploit Prevention Labs.


Most Chinese hackers seek passwords
More than half of the malware coming out of China aims to steal passwords, and nearly half of those attempts targeted online gaming login information during October..


New bot exploits months-old Symantec bug
Symantec on Tuesday warned of a new bot exploiting multiple months-old bugs, including one in its own antivirus scanning engine, and said that it's collected evidence of an attack in progress.


China's Sinosat confirms failure of SinoSat-2
BEIJING - A Chinese communications and broadcast satellite has failed about a month into orbit due to its inability to deploy solar panels and communications antennae, Sino Satellite Communications said on Tuesday.
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