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Apple issues 11 security updates for Safari browser

Apple issues 11 security updates for Safari browser

The Safari 3.2 update addresses multiple vulnerabilities and adds a new anti-phishing and anti-malware feature.
Angela Moscaritolo Nov 17 2008 10:03AM Security
Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds.
Dan Kaplan Nov 17 2008 10:03AM Security
IBM returns to broadband over power line market

IBM returns to broadband over power line market

IBM is once again planning to set up a broadband over power line (BPL) system in the US.
Shaun Nichols Nov 17 2008 7:12AM Networking
AVG offers infected users free year of service

AVG offers infected users free year of service

AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware.
Emma Hughes Nov 17 2008 7:06AM Security
Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Numerous emails exchanged by Microsoft and Intel executives have revealed that Microsoft knowingly cut its 'Vista Capable' PC specifications to help Intel flog rafts of cheap kit.
Egan Orion Nov 17 2008 7:06AM Software
AMD vs Intel - How Shanghai shapes up

AMD vs Intel - How Shanghai shapes up

A couple of days ago we were alerted to what we were told was a Shanghai SAP score for an eight-socket machine, which looked to come in a full 30 per cent lower than the highest score, which incidentally seemed to be Intel’s Dunington.
Sylvie Barak Nov 17 2008 7:06AM Hardware
New mobile virus goes 'old school'

New mobile virus goes 'old school'

A new virus is relying on some old tricks to infect Windows Mobile users. The so-called 'companion virus' attack uses a method of assuming the identity of an existing file and moving the old file to a different location.
Shaun Nichols Nov 17 2008 6:49AM Security
Top 10 greatest IT chief executives

Top 10 greatest IT chief executives

This week, we examine the executives who made technologies the basis of some of the largest businesses in the world.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson Nov 17 2008 6:49AM Strategy
Commander sale fails to tempt local telcos

Commander sale fails to tempt local telcos

Commander has been bought out by a consortium and not by major telco players like Telstra or Optus.
Lilia Guan Nov 17 2008 2:34AM Telco/ISP
Sun Microsystems to lay off 6000 staff

Sun Microsystems to lay off 6000 staff

Server system seller Sun Microsystems has admitted massive restructuring is underway and that some 6,000 of its employees will be laid off.
Sylvie Barak Nov 15 2008 10:23AM Training & Development
Human error becomes biggest security fear

Human error becomes biggest security fear

Human error has become the biggest security concern for IT directors, according to new research from gateway security firm Secure Computing.
Phil Muncaster Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Security
New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New customers wanting to pay for Microsoft's Dynamics and CRM software in monthly instalments can now do so free of interest for the first three years.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Software
Congress moves on net neutrality

Congress moves on net neutrality

With the election over Congress is moving quickly on the net neutrality issue, with a bill to be introduced in January.
Iain Thomson Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Strategy
OLPC reboots Give One, Get One campaign

OLPC reboots Give One, Get One campaign

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project that delivers low-cost laptops to children in developing and third world countries is relaunching its 'Give One, Get One' campaign, this time in Europe as well as the US.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Hardware
Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft has launched an online store where customers can download the company's software, and where US residents can buy the company's hardware products.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Hardware
Analysis: Online security war is social not technical

Analysis: Online security war is social not technical

The biggest obstacle to eradicating, or at least minimising, e-crime is not a technical challenge but a social one, according to F-Secure researcher Mikko Hyppönen.
Ian Williams Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Security
Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation

Q&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation

Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Software
1000 people, police, queue up for Wrath of the Lich King launch

1000 people, police, queue up for Wrath of the Lich King launch

So many people turned up to last night’s Sydney launch of Wrath of the Lich King that the police arrived to ask organisers to turn the music down.
Kathryn Small Nov 14 2008 3:19PM Software
Dell seeks new CTO

Dell seeks new CTO

Dell’s chief technology officer Kevin Kettler has announced that he is leaving the company in January.
Iain Thomson Nov 14 2008 3:18PM Training & Development
Execution date set for EstDomains

Execution date set for EstDomains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to go ahead with its plan to shut down EstDomains.
Shaun Nichols Nov 14 2008 3:18PM Telco/ISP

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