Recent articles by Nick Farrell

Vista replacing XP, not growing

Vista replacing XP, not growing

The latest market share figures show that Vista OS has seen a 2.56 percent increase in market share over the last year.
Nick Farrell Jul 4 2008 5:17AM Software
Yahoo restructures

Yahoo restructures

Search outfit Yahoo has announced a corporate overhaul in bid to rally the troubled company in the face of stockholder revolt and a mass migration of staff.
Nick Farrell Jun 28 2008 12:01PM Strategy
Chinese hackers blamed for power cuts

Chinese hackers blamed for power cuts

Cyber war games are now getting out of hand, with US government spinners being prepared to blame everything on the Chinese.
Nick Farrell Jun 4 2008 9:58AM Security
Watchdog exposes Google antics

Watchdog exposes Google antics

An anonymous tipster who alerted the Australian competition watchdog about Ebay's proposal to force its users onto the Paypal payments system was none other than Google.
Nick Farrell Jun 2 2008 8:02AM Strategy
22 arrested in hacking ring

22 arrested in hacking ring

Inspector le Knackeur swoops
Nick Farrell May 30 2008 10:05AM Security
Firefox replaces adverts with works of art

Firefox replaces adverts with works of art

Punters who are fed up with adverts on websites can replace the lot with tasteful art.
Nick Farrell May 27 2008 10:16AM Software
Microsoft surrenders libraries to Google

Microsoft surrenders libraries to Google

Microsoft has finally surrendered something in the great battle for online services to its rival Google.
Nick Farrell May 27 2008 10:16AM Software
Windows 7 confirmed for 2010

Windows 7 confirmed for 2010

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be with us "sometime in 2010" and appears to have released screenshots into the blogsphere.
Nick Farrell May 27 2008 10:16AM Software
Internet broken in Sydney

Internet broken in Sydney

THOUSANDS of punters in Sydney lost their Internet, phones and cable telly after someone managed to carry out one of the most basic hacks in Christendom.
Nick Farrell May 6 2008 9:03AM Security
AMD's Puma ready to pounce

AMD's Puma ready to pounce

Give Intel a taste of the cat
Nick Farrell May 6 2008 7:47AM Hardware

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