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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    BitTorrent wins US$20m in funding   Investors lose faith in SCO's Linux crusade   Novell to support Microsoft Office file format in OpenOffice   Human race urged to colonise other planets   IBM to employ 100,000 workers in India by 2010   Some websites reporting common error code contain adware   Internode upgrades Cisco gear for IPTV push   New Apple QuickTime worm rapidly spreading through MySpace   Cisco simplifies VPN security on routers   Dell bundles games with PCs   Your next house may come from a printer   Ericsson CEO more optimistic about Qualcomm deal   Yahoo partners with Reuters on eyewitness pictures   UN agency sees risks to privacy, security online
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This afternoon, the human race faces extinction if it does not colonise other planets beyond our solar system, Stephen Hawking has warned.

Also making news, SCO Group shares plummeted by nearly 40 percent to US$1.20 on Friday after a judge upheld an earlier ruling throwing out most of the company's legal case against IBM.

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BitTorrent wins US$20m in funding
Accel Partners stumps up the cash.


Investors lose faith in SCO's Linux crusade
Stock drops 40 percent as most of its legal case is thrown out.


Novell to support Microsoft Office file format in OpenOffice
Novell on Monday said its edition of OpenOffice will soon support the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML format.


Human race urged to colonise other planets
Reach for the stars, says Stephen Hawking.


IBM to employ 100,000 workers in India by 2010
The top analyst at IT consulting firm AMR Research said IBM plans to double its staff in India to about 100,000 workers within four years.


Some websites reporting common error code contain adware
Hackers are using 404 error messages to their advantage by creating fake sites containing the message to load spyware and adware, security researchers said today.



Internode upgrades Cisco gear for IPTV push
Broadband provider Internode has purchased additional Cisco core and Internet equipment to act as a foundation for its ADSL2+ service to deliver products such as IPTV throughout metropolitan and regional Australia.


New Apple QuickTime worm rapidly spreading through MySpace
An Apple QuickTime exploit is using MySpace's enormous user base to launch a blended cross-site scripting attack that, if successful, steals users' log-in credentials and installs adware on victims' machines, security researchers said today.


Cisco simplifies VPN security on routers
Cisco Systems on Monday continued the expansion of its popular Integrated Services Router line by adding new security and WAN optimisation capabilities.


Dell bundles games with PCs
Deals with software suppliers see games and edutainment on the menu.


Your next house may come from a printer
3-D printing is expensive technology used in architectural models and engineering prototypes. But the first consumer website using 3-D printing is in development, and prices are coming down.


Ericsson CEO more optimistic about Qualcomm deal
HONG KONG - The chief executive of the world's biggest mobile networks maker, Ericsson, said on Monday he was more optimistic that he and other vendors could reach an agreement with US wireless technology firm Qualcomm over lowering royalty charges.


Yahoo partners with Reuters on eyewitness pictures
NEW YORK - Yahoo, in partnership with Reuters, is inviting the public to contribute eyewitness photos and videos of news events, in the latest move to turn spectators into on-the-spot journalists.


UN agency sees risks to privacy, security online
GENEVA - Computer users who type in the same username and password for multiple sites - such as online banks, travel agencies and booksellers - are at serious risk from identity thieves, a United Nations agency said on Sunday.
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