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Friday, 28th September 2007

Latest headlines

Google fights to save DoubleClick deal; Microsoft fights to kill it

Google Thursday defended its planned acquisition of online ad company DoubleClick, even as a Microsoft-funded think tank, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, released a report arguing against the deal. ... Read More >>

	Estonia attacks down to online 'flash mob'
	Microsoft aims for Google with Live search upgrade
	Dell vows to save the planet
	Hidden Vista tools
	About half of IT workers admit sleeping on the job, kissing co-workers
	Apple Leopard appears nearly ready
	Cisco to buy Latigent to enhance call centre offerings
	World misunderstands China's Web controls
	Cyber-cars hit the streets
	Firms must be alert to social engineering tricks
	Confess on the Web to ease guilty feelings

Most read articles

Operating Systems
Five ways Linux is better than Vista
A user or sysadmin posts about problems with a brand new Vista PC on a support forum. Within minutes, a "helpful" soul suggests a fix: "Install Linux!"

Security
Google Video blasted over piracy claims
A US-based copyright watchdog has sunk its teeth into Google by sending a report alleging copyright violations on Google Video to members of Congress.

Mobility
Apple legend Woz blasts iPhone price drop and refund policy
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak Saturday blasted his old buddy Steve Jobs' decision to drop the price of the iPhone by US$200 only 68 days after the big launch and even took his old friend to task for how refunds have been handled for the popular device.

Security
Interview with a convicted hacker: Robert Moore tells how he broke into routers and stole VoIP services
Convicted hacker Robert Moore, who is set to go to federal prison this week, says breaking into 15 telecommunications companies and hundreds of businesses worldwide was incredibly easy because simple IT mistakes left gaping technical holes.

Software
Microsoft says Excel 2007 produces math errors
Red-faced officials at Microsoft have acknowledged that the latest version of the company's Excel spreadsheet program -- an integral part of Office 2007 -- produces significant errors in a small number of cases.

Events

Event Name	Location	Date
Sourcefire: Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence	The Westin Melbourne (Westin Room 3) 205 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3001	11/10/2007
Sourcefire: Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence	Sheraton on the Park Hotel (Castlereagh Room) 161 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000	09/10/2007
Boosting People Performance in Contact Centres	Sydney	26/11/2007
Driving Effective Intranet Delivery in the Public Sector	Sydney	12/11/2007
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre	20/11/2007

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