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TippingPoint: .gov.au sites frequently hacked

iGasm sex toy rubs Apple up the wrong way

Bloggers reporting bad customer tech support

Lawsuit claims Microsoft Xbox sparked fire that killed

Move to Web 2.0 increases security challenges

Microsoft car stereo patent could challenge iPod

Duke Nukem Forever seeks programmers

Panda unveils new web-based malware detector

Lucasfilm to launch Star Wars mashup tools

Google launches international search

MySpace urged to tackle online predators

Novelist Patricia Cornwell sues cyber-stalker

Friday, 25th May 2007

Headlines

	TippingPoint: .gov.au sites frequently hacked
	iGasm sex toy rubs Apple up the wrong way
	Bloggers reporting bad customer tech support
	Lawsuit claims Microsoft Xbox sparked fire that killed
	Move to Web 2.0 increases security challenges
	Microsoft car stereo patent could challenge iPod
	Duke Nukem Forever seeks programmers
	Panda unveils new web-based malware detector
	Lucasfilm to launch Star Wars mashup tools
	Google launches international search
	MySpace urged to tackle online predators
	Novelist Patricia Cornwell sues cyber-stalker

Good afternoon,

Cyber-criminal activity targeted towards Australian State Government websites has dramatically increased by 104 per cent over the last two years, according to security company, TippingPoint.

Microsoft is in trouble over a fire in the US which was apparently sparked by an Xbox 360 and killed an infant. This is not the first time that the console has been thought to have caused a dangerous fire, with a UK woman pulled unconscious from a blaze in 2005 which was also reportedly sparked by an overheated Xbox.

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