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Eight patches, 28 vulnerabilities for festive Patch Tuesday

Eight patches, 28 vulnerabilities for festive Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has closed out the year with a mammoth security update -- fixing 28 vulnerabilities, many of them Office and web flaws.
Dan Kaplan Dec 11 2008 10:00AM Security
Facebook virus spreads to Bebo

Facebook virus spreads to Bebo

A Trojan dubbed "Koobface" that has recently been hitting some users of the social network Facebook is now spreading.
Staff Writers Dec 11 2008 9:54AM Security
Symantec offers disaster recovery for virtual machines

Symantec offers disaster recovery for virtual machines

Symantec is collaborating with VMware to deliver enhanced high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) systems for virtualisation environments.
Staff Writers Dec 11 2008 9:54AM Security
Computer threats becoming more sophisticated

Computer threats becoming more sophisticated

The scale and sophistication of IT security threats increased at an unprecedented rate during 2008, according to a series of end-of-year research studies published last week.
Computing staff Dec 11 2008 3:19AM Security
Computer mouse hits 40

Computer mouse hits 40

The computer mouse is celebrating its 40th anniversary today after first being unveiled by Douglas Engelbart at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) in 1968.
Iain Thomson Dec 11 2008 3:16AM Hardware
Intel: 32nm process is ready to go

Intel: 32nm process is ready to go

Intel has completed the development phase of its next-generation manufacturing process that will be used to make 32nm chips, and said it is on track for production in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Daniel Robinson Dec 11 2008 3:16AM Hardware
AFP and Telstra to fight hi-tech crime

AFP and Telstra to fight hi-tech crime

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Telstra will increase cooperative efforts to reduce hi-tech crimes like identity fraud, phishing, botnet networks and attacks on public and private sector computer networks.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 8:50PM Security
Telstra pilots videoconferencing for remote aged care

Telstra pilots videoconferencing for remote aged care

Telstra is piloting a videoconferencing and IT system at four aged care facilities in NSW and Queensland it hopes will help connect residents to medical specialists and form the basis for a repeatable system that can be rolled out nationwide.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 4:47PM Telco/ISP
Internode frees ABC iView from download quotas

Internode frees ABC iView from download quotas

Internode has struck a deal with the ABC to offer unmetered, quota-free streaming of its iView IPTV service to its customers.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 4:46PM Telco/ISP
Opinion: CIOs must embrace collaboration tools

Opinion: CIOs must embrace collaboration tools

Author Don Tapscott gives Angelica Mari his reasons for promoting social networking tools and says transparency is the key to security.
Angelica Mari Dec 10 2008 3:14PM Software
IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship

IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has lifted its ban on Wikipedia, which slowed access to the site to a crawl in the UK.
Iain Thomson Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Software
Microsoft pledges to purge search info

Microsoft pledges to purge search info

Microsoft is pledging to become the first company to meet European Commission guidelines on search anonymisation.
Shaun Nichols Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Security
IBM launches web conferencing service

IBM launches web conferencing service

IBM has tossed a new entry into the hosted conferencing market. The company is launching a new version of the Lotus Sametime Unyte service. The web-based application allows users to set up conferences over the web.
Shaun Nichols Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Hardware
Businesses lose confidence in email

Businesses lose confidence in email

Australian organisations are increasingly concerned about the amount of legitimate emails blocked by spam filters, a new survey has found.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 3:10PM Security
Open source USB key to $2bn school laptop plan

Open source USB key to $2bn school laptop plan

The Rudd Government’s promise of a laptop for every child could fail without at least $2 billion in public funding, but an alternative USB ‘computer’ system pioneered in France may be its saviour.
Ry Crozier Dec 10 2008 3:07PM Hardware
Websense predicts the future of web security

Websense predicts the future of web security

The cloud will become dangerous, good sites will be used to hide bad data, and rich internet applications will turn on their users. These are some of the predictions from Websense Security Labs, which has compiled a security forecast for 2009.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 3:00PM Security
WAIA blames movie industry for illegal downloads

WAIA blames movie industry for illegal downloads

The legal action by the movie industry against iiNet doesn’t make sense, won’t stop unauthorised downloads, and won’t improve the industry’s service to customers. That’s the message of the Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) yesterday, which said the industry is part of the problem, not the solution.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 2:39PM Telco/ISP
Hundreds protest net filtering on Conroy’s new blog

Hundreds protest net filtering on Conroy’s new blog

Just 24 hours since its launch, hundreds of people have used Senator Conroy's new blog as a place to protest against his proposed net filtering scheme.
Kathryn Small Dec 10 2008 2:38PM Telco/ISP
McAfee urges governments to stay focused on cybercrime

McAfee urges governments to stay focused on cybercrime

In its annual crime report released Tuesday, McAfee warned governments that growing cybercriminal activity will have a further impact on consumer confidence.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 1:23PM Security
Call made for more cybercrime to be reported to police

Call made for more cybercrime to be reported to police

Cybercrimes often go unreported with the victims unsure of who to report to.
Dan Raywood Dec 10 2008 10:12AM Security

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